Posted on November 5, 2008 by Tom OKeefe
Microsoft just released a program called BizSpark which is “designed to help accelerate the success of early stage startups by providing key resources when they need it the most” Some of these services include software, support and visibility which allows startups to access Microsoft development tools, connect with network partners and receive global visibility.
BizSpark is free [...]
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Posted on August 21, 2008 by Tom OKeefe
comScore released its July 2008 search engine market share numbers and once again Google has gained ground - up 0.4% from June to 61.9%. This share increase was taken directly from Yahoo, likely due to the Microsoft fiasco, who lost 0.4% to 20.5%.
MSN Live search is still in a distant third place with 8.9% market [...]
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Posted on July 25, 2008 by Tom OKeefe
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced yesterday that that they will be integrating Microsoft Live Search into Facebook. This really should come as no surprise since Facebook can thank Microsoft for their excessive valuation - the least they can do is allow Microsoft to promote Live.
It remains to be seen if Microsoft can do a [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by Tom OKeefe
According to the latest numbers from Bizak (and to no surprise), 58% of startups rely on advertising as their primary revenue model.
Of this 58%, 25% use in house advertising, 22% implement Google Adsense and 11% use affiliate marketing services like Commission Junction.
Less than 1% of startups use Yahoo Search Marketing or Microsoft Search Advertising
Source: [...]
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Posted on June 6, 2008 by Tom OKeefe
Earlier this year Mark Zuckerberg reported that Facebook revenues for 2007 were $150 million and expects that number to be $350 million (approximately $29 million/month) in 2008. According to Compete.com Facebook had almost 32 million visitors in May 2008. According to FishTrain Facebook has data center costs of approximately $26 million/year or $2,166,666.00/month.
Enter [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2008 by Tom OKeefe
I just came across an article entitled, “Bright SEO Career Prospects Could Dim,” which once again has resurfaced my belief that SEO will eventually become ineffective. The decline in SEO utility will ultimately force the majority of website owners to abandon their reliance on Google (for traffic) and look somewhere else. According to [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2008 by Tom OKeefe
According to Compete.com, Googled ushered in the new year with its largest search market share to date - 68.6%. Up almost 7 percentage points in comparison to January 2007 - Yahoo declined 6% during that time and MSN remained relatively stable.
The interesting analysis to these numbers is that the top five search engines (Yahoo, [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2008 by Tom OKeefe
Today Microsoft and Steve Ballmer announced their intention to buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion in an attempt to take back search from Google. The two companies have a number of synergies (search, mail, instant messaging) whose operating costs will decline with a merged entity. This is all obviously good however this merger is [...]
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Posted on December 27, 2007 by Tom OKeefe
With 2007 coming to a close it appears that Google is still the dominant search engine however Microsoft still crushes them in market capitalization.
Yahoo $33.99 Billion
Google $210.09 Billion
Microsoft $389.70
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Posted on November 15, 2007 by Tom OKeefe
Today Apple, Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo, Amazon.com and Google remain the leading players in the internet and technology space. Companies like Microsoft and Apple have been around for over 20 years while Google is less then ten years old. Below are some of the IPO dates for the current online leaders and others that [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2007 by Tom OKeefe
Originally published October 2006
On October 9, 2006 Google announced the acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 Billion in Stock. The purchase of YouTube is unique for Google in two ways. First, it marks the largest purchase that Google has ever made in its eight years and, Second, it will be the first time that the [...]
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