Economic Woes May Move Google To Sit On Its Money
It’s hard to imagine the death of search as we know it, but search is changing as we speak, and unless Google finds some flexibility, the company will be at the forefront of innovation no longer. The dent in Google’s armor comes from rather surprising directions, not from Microsoft or Yahoo—both with their own rigid corporate paralysis—but from Twitter and Facebook, where users create their very own walled gardens.
UK Search Trends Reflect Economic Fears
Even if news programs offer almost nothing other than economic information these days, it seems that a lot of people are still seeking out more of the stuff on their own. Fresh search data from the UK reveals that people are studying some rather depressing terms.
Google Comfortable Enough In Its Own Economic Shoes
Google CEO Eric Schmidt is a busy man as you can imagine, and has probably been even busier than usual recently, now that he has been named to the transitional economic advisory board of President-Elect Barack Obama at a time when the economy needs all the help it can get.
Economic Woes Don’t Scare Schmidt
Google’s stock first hit $430 per share in December of 2005. It moved upward past the number in October 2006 and March of this year, as well. Now the stock’s right around $430 again, and although the situation’s sure to frustrate investors, Google’s leaders believe their company is in good shape.
Amid Economic Woes, Microsoft Pushes Into Your Home
More money spent on gas and groceries means less for luxuries. In the past that meant more people going to the movies and picking up used musical instruments. Now, Microsoft wants to be an entertainment outlet, serving games, videos, and oh yes, advertising.
Calacanis’ Advice For Economic Trouble
Tell that to Bear Sterns.Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis, formerly in charge of Netscape, former owner of Weblogs, Inc. who sold to AOL for a reported $25 million, has the answer for startups worried about getting through economic hard times: lots and lots of money.He’s a Fordham alum, so you know where to send your contributions.Not known for his silver tongue, the Brooklyn-native reportedly replied to a small, perhaps slightly inebriated group of SES New York karaoke goers’ concerns about the economic disaster the US is headed for with some sage-like advice.
Google Says It Can Weather Economic Slow Down
Google says it will be able to survive any global economic slow down because of its broad base of advertisers.
SEO Tips for Harder Economic Times
In this month’s Target Marketing Magazine, a TopRank authored article on how small businesses can gain a competitive marketing advantage by leveraging content promotion, blogs, social media and universal search was featured.
Conference Board Reports Drop in Leading Economic Indicators
After a 0.6% drop in March, and no change in April, the Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell 0.5% last month according to a report from the Conference Board.