YouTube continues to be Google’s good luck charm in video, when it comes to visitors and traffic to videos, anyway.
Apple Hops Into Movie Rental Market
Pretty much everyone knew that Apple intended to enter the movie rental market. And now that it’s done so, well . . . perhaps the anticipation was better than Apple’s actual arrival.
Google Close To Two-Thirds Of Search Market
Market share for Google search virtually reached 66 percent for the month of December 2007, while the next three major search sites gave back a little bit.
India’s Mobile Market Growing Stronger
The U.S. search market appears to be pretty much wrapped up. Neither Yahoo nor Google is especially strong in mobile matters, though, and the fight becomes even more of a tossup in India, where mobile services are expected to assume “a high growth trajectory.”
Market Research Continues to Move Online
A few months ago, I wrote about online panels, and I am finding more and more marketers moving their market research online.
Google Claims More Market Share For Itself
You’d think that at some point, Google would have so much that it couldn’t possibly grow any further, but despite having a lock on the top spot, Google continues to claim a larger slice of the pie month after month.
Casual Gaming: An Untapped Market
At the first of the year, I wondered if 2007 or 2008 would be the year of the online game.
2007 is nearly gone, and not a peep out of anybody except the Casual Games Association, which says 150 million people play free, casual games online, outpacing game consoles, first-person shooter games, and massively multiplayer games.
Google Takes Aim At China’s Mobile Market
We’ve discussed cultural differences, censorship, and the lack of a home field advantage – these have all posed challenges to Google in China. It’s now becoming clear that Google will also need to overcome its unfamiliarity with the mobile market to succeed in this country.
Mobile Market a Challenge for Google
While Google already sells ads on cell phones the company wants to expand it search service to more mobile devices.
Insiders Say Market Is Bullish, Not Bubbly
Maybe it’s not best to ask online players if online properties are overvalued. But the general consensus, save for an occasional cautious voice, seems to be that the market is bullish, not bubbled. Rational, on the other hand, is an entirely different matter.