You know those monkeys that are supposed to recreate the works of Shakespeare? Judging from some of the strange domain names Google owns, the company appears to have hired a handful of them.
Google Knows You Skipped A Commercial
Technology from Google submitted to the US Patent Office shows how they can tell when someone viewing a video skipped an ad.
Google’s Earnings Cause Trouble For comScore
Overjoyed investors have made Google’s stock go up by about 20 percent since the company reported its earnings. comScore, on the other hand, temporarily lost eight or so percent of its value.
Google Video Gets Updated Again
Google Video’s existence continues to be a bit of a mystery; after Google paid $1.65 billion for YouTube, you’d think the company would be able to concentrate on just it. Still, users of Google Video are likely to be happy about a new redesign.
Google Website Optimizer & Urchin 6 Come Out To Play
It sometimes seems like beta tags hang around Google’s products forever. That’s no longer the case, though, at least as far as Google Website Optimizer and Urchin 6 are concerned.
Google Kills Estimates
Google shares spiked by over 18 percent in after hours trading, about the same time the search giant’s earnings report hit. The dramatic rise is attributed to a trouncing of Wall Street estimates.Google reported revenues of $5.19 billion for Q1 2008, or $3.7 billion after traffic-acquisition costs, pulling in a non-GAAP earnings per share of $4.84. Analysts had predicted $3.61 billion in revenues and an EPS of $4.52.
Yahoo Ready To Give Google Search Ad Business
Only a few days into what was described as a limited test of AdSense for Search in Yahoo’s search results, rumors began that Yahoo would hand over more business to Google.
Hitwise Looks At The Effects Of Google’s Blacklist
Ever get annoyed when a cold or the flu knocks you out of commission for a couple of days? Hitwise examined a site blacklisted by Google, and found that it’s still floundering 11 weeks after the fact.
Google Sites Top Video Property For February
For the month of February Google Sites were again the top U.S. video property with nearly 3.6 billion videos viewed (35.4% share of all videos), gaining 1.1 share points over January according to comScore Video Metrix.U.S. Internet users viewed more than 10 billion videos online during the month, a three percent increase over January and a 66 percent gain over February 2007.
Google Book Search Gets Traffic Boost
Some of the features Google introduces do little more than collect dust, while others become extremely popular. The Books Viewability API appears to be part of this second set, as traffic to the UK version of Google Book Search has increased by a dramatic amount since its introduction.