The development may not be big in a YouTube sense, but News Corp and NBC Universal are bound to be pleased. Hulu, their online video site, has sealed deals with Break.com, BuddyTV.com, Flixster.com, MyYearbook.com, TV.com, TVGuide.com, and Zap2it.com.
Ad Blindness Is Nothing New … and it’s No Surprise Google Is Seeing It!
Google’s stock is down because its rate of growth is down according to Google’s latest quarterly financial report. Google still had a 30 percent increase in payments from clicking ads, but that was substantially down from the 45 percent increase they had a year earlier.
World Reacts To Microsoft-Yahoo Surprise
Generally speaking, stories about Yahoo don’t have many exclamation marks – we’ve learned to drop ’em from the company’s name. Exclamation marks are appearing all over the place, however, following the exciting news of Microsoft’s acquisition offer.
No Surprise: Few Know Of Google Docs
The blogosphere has chattered about a study that found nearly three out of four people haven’t heard of Google Docs or other online productivity suites.
Seven Good PPC Habits Has One Surprise
John Ellis’ list of the Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Pay-Per-Click Advertisers includes one that runs counter to the promises made by many SEMs.
Surprise Your Newsletter Subscribers
Keep your newsletter subscribers interested by mixing up the days you send out your newsletter. Subscribers will look forward to the enewsletters you’ll send when they know they contain valuable information.
Google Surprise: A New Stock Sale
Another 5.3 million shares of GOOG, worth about $2.1 billion at current valuation, should help smooth the company’s entry into the S&P 500 index.
Surprise: GM Extends Discount Program
The world’s largest automaker said they would extend their “Employee Discount Program For Everyone” plan for another month until August 1. Chrysler has already started their plan which started on July 1st and Ford also announced today the Ford “Family Plan” offering incentives and discounts.
Gosh, What A Huge Surprise, IE, Firefox Still Spoofable
Our friends at Danish security research firm Secunia demonstrate how JavaScript is not your browser’s friend.
Big Surprise for Search Advertisers
Many search engine advertisers who are bidding on keywords are in for a big surprise. They are automatically enrolled in, and paying for, a contextual ad program.