Google Profit Soars, Stock Up 10 Percent
Reuters Google Inc on Thursday posted a quarterly profit nearly six times higher than a year earlier blowing past Wall Street targets as search advertising grew rapidly
The results sent shares of the leader in the 8 billion global Web search market up nearly 10 percent to in afterhours trade high enough to set a new record
More consumers clicked on its search ads more advertisers moved to the Web in the United States and abroad and company costs fell Google said
Outstanding is the only way to describe the results said Robert Lutts chief investment officer at Cabot Money Management Inc...
Dealing with Times of Great Change
Whats the use of a good quotation algorithm if you cant change it Dr Who The Fortune Program
Search engine optimization firms tend to have unique relationships with their clients Like our colligate cousins in the web design field our clients often see our services as onetime events Once the initial campaign is completed and websites have achieved Top10 placements some clients are content to go about their business assuming their placements are going to stay in place In many cases they do...
Google profit up as Web search advertising grows
Profit soared nearly 500 from a year ago to 369 million or 129 a share analysts had expected 92 cents Revenue nearly doubled to 126 billion analysts were expecting 116 billion
Investors cheered the results which came after markets closed In afterhours trading Google zoomed up 92 to a record a share That was after rising 31 in regular trading to close at
The year is off to a very healthy start Google Eric Schmidt told analysts in a conference call
Mark Mahaney an analyst at securities firm American Technology Research says Googles performance underscores online search advertisings strength...
IE May Get Tabs Before Summer
Windows enthusiast site Neowinnet on Thursday claimed that Microsofts group is working on a new toolbar that will add tabs to Internet Explorer an idea one analyst thinks could boost the whole browserasmoneymaker idea
is currently developing a nextgeneration version of their popular Toolbar Suite said the Neowin site in a brief item The updated version Neowin claimed would give current versions of Internet Explorer the ability to display multiple pages in one frame organized by tabs much as Mozillas Firefox browser now offers...
New Google rival is banking on more discerning searches - 2005-04-18
Become Inc whose corporate lineage is traceable to shopping site pioneer MySimoncom went live April 11 continuing the conversion of Web search from the general interest sites to sites devoted to specific topics or verticals While search sites devoted to travel planning or job hunting have been around a while the shopping vertical is evolving By focusing on one area vertical sites can produce more relevant search results and allow advertisers to better target their ads
A search engine is only as good as the results it generates says Michael Yang cofounder and chief executive officer of Become...