Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 after the market closed but missed expectations for both revenue and earnings per share, sending shares down more than 5% or $50 a share in after hours trading. Google reported consolidated revenues of $14.11 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, an increase of 19% compared to the second … [Read more...]
Google’s .App Draws Fire From The Association for Competitive Technology
Google's new gTLD application to operate the .APP new gTLD come under fire yesterday by the The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). In a a letter to Dr. Stephen D. Crocker Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. Fadi Chehadé President and CEO of ICANN, Jonathan Zuck President of the The Association for Competitive Technology which boosts having over 5,000 small and mid-size … [Read more...]
TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they have a nightmare on their hands when it comes to domain names. Take Google. In June 2013 we found 977 .com/.net domain names were registered … [Read more...]
123-Reg UK Largest Registrar Becomes Premier SME Partner of Google AdWords In UK
According to a press release we received this morning, 123-reg, the UK’s largest accredited domain registrar, has today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Google to become a Premier SME Partner (PSP) of Google’s AdWordsTM advertising programme in the UK. "As a PSP, 123-reg will gain access to Google’s training and support, to provide an end-to-end AdWords account … [Read more...]
Google AdSense Is 10 Years Old
Google is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Adsense program. Here is what Google had to say about the 10 year anniversary: "Ten years ago we launched AdSense to help publishers earn money by placing relevant ads on their websites. I can still remember the excitement and anticipation as AdSense went live that first day. Our small team huddled together in a cramped conference room, and … [Read more...]
Report: Paid Search On Travel Continues To Decline & Its Google’s Fault
According to a blog post on adgooroo.com, in the first four months of 2013. "Paid search spend in the Travel category on U.S. AdWords is down in 2013. At $238 million for the months of January through April, it's actually down 19% from 2012’s $295 million during the same period, which was down 17% from 2011. "Clearly, there’s a downward trend starting in 2011. And the … [Read more...]
Bloomberg Reports Google Facing New FCC Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads
According to Bloomberg.com, Google is facing a new Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission According to the story the FCC is looking into "into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition" The story goes on to say that the investigation is in the preliminary stage and may not expand into a … [Read more...]