NewsTrove.com - InternetRetailer.com - Daily News for Friday, March 31, 2006
Internet searches rise 39 yearoveryear to 53 billion in February
The number of Internet searches increased 39 to 53 billion in February up from 38 million in February according to Nielsen47NetRatings Searches increased in large part due to an increased number of searches per person particularly in the image and shopping search categories Nielsen said
In February the average web user conducted 431 searches up 30 from 332 searches in the yearearlier period according to Nielsen That compares with only a 6 increase in the number unique searchers
While the number of unique searchers in the...
NewsTrove.com - Google captures 75% share of U.K. search engine market in February
Google captures 75 share of search engine market in February
Google dominated the search engine market in the United Kingdom in February referring three out of every four searches according to online marketing services firm WebSideStory Inc
Google last month referred an average of of all visitors to other sites on the web compared to just 93 for Yahoo its nearest competitor according to the WebSideStory Index a new statistical barometer Googles search referral percentage in the exceeds both the average for the month and the global average 624
Even moreso in the than in the...
NewsTrove.com - Bill Tancer - Hitwise US: Google Finance - If it Looks Like a Portal...
March 29
Google Finance If it Looks Like a Portal
Yesterday I moderated a panel at West entitled The Reemergence of the Portal The gist of the panel discussion was that the days of the standalone search engine are over As those search engines namely Google continue to build out new properties and services the search engines are starting to resemble portals Why is this important Because I believe this marks a new war for site dominance between search and portal properties...
NewsTrove.com - Microsoft's Mistakes Proving Costly
The wizards of Redmond turn thirty this year Officially founded in Microsoft appears to have lost its edge as it enters its third full decade At one time not so long ago Gates and Co drove the machine setting standards that everyone else conformed to Virtually nothing could stand in their way and competitors who did seriously threaten their dominance could be effectively diminished in one way or another
Over the past few years Microsoft has gotten slower Key product releases have been delayed uppermanagement has been reshuffled several times in two years defining initiatives such as the...
NewsTrove.com - Google plans to raise US$2.1 billion in stock offering
Google plans to raise 21 billion in stock offering
Nancy Gohring News Service
Even after amassing 8 billion in cash by the end of Google is looking for more announcing on Wednesday that it plans to issue to issue an additional 53 million shares of stock
The new shares would bring in 21 billion based on the value of Googles stock at close of trading on Wednesday
The sale is intended in part to meet the needs of index funds to purchase Google stock once Google is added to the SampP 500 Index Google said Google will be added to the SampP 500 Index at the close of trading on Friday...