Posts tagged with 'Google'
Reuters has sold its stake in Factiva to its joint venture partner Dow Jones, saying it believes news archives are moving away from subscription-based models to free services on the web.
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by Richard Maven
18 October 2006 11:09am
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The predicted backlash against the infringement of copyright by video sharing sites has begun, with Universal Music launching legal action in the US against both Grouper.com and Bolt.com.
Universal, whose artists include U2 and Mariah Carey, is seeking compensation of up to $150,000 for each incident of copyright infringement, as well as demanding that the sites cease using their content.
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by Graham Charlton
18 October 2006 10:59am
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Google’s advertising revenue is predicted to rise dramatically this year in the US, outstripping its nearest rival Yahoo by some distance. Google is expected to account for a quarter of US online ad revenue for the first time this year.
The search engine behemoth is projected to take home $4 billion of the expected $16 billion US online advertising market, according to predictions from eMarketer, an online marketing research company.
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by Graham Charlton
18 October 2006 10:36am
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A summary of the major stories doing the rounds throughout the blogosphere today...
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by Richard Maven
17 October 2006 18:03pm
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Rand at SEOmoz is one of our favourite search marketing gurus and has just published a rough outline of the Google algorithm, using a combination of guesswork and reverse engineering.
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by Chris Lake
17 October 2006 15:59pm
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The world's biggest search engine is set to become America's biggest solar energy-producing office space when it begins converting its headquarters into a massive solar electricity park next month.
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by Robert Andrews
17 October 2006 12:53pm
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A summary of today's major stories doing the rounds throughout the blogosphere...
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by Richard Maven
16 October 2006 16:11pm
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Search Engine Journal has pointed out an excellent article by Bill Slawski on the complicated business of how search companies re-rank results.
It is important to get to grips with some of these factors if you are actively involved in SEO, since rankings can be influenced by any number of factors that may be outside of your control.
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by Richard Maven
16 October 2006 13:14pm
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MySpace has improved its low-key video sharing offering in what has been interpreted as a tactical response to Google $1.65bn purchase of YouTube last week.
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by Robert Andrews
16 October 2006 12:59pm
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After paying $1.6bn for the world's favourite video sharing site this week, Google could be facing copyright problems over some of the site's video content, as content owners take advantage of the search engine giant's deeper pockets.
Media group Time Warner has indicated that it will be pursuing its copyright claims against YouTube with its new owners, and other companies may well choose to follow suit.
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by Graham Charlton
13 October 2006 13:43pm
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