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Economy Finally Catches Up to Google, Microsoft | Epicenter from Wired.com

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:33:44Z

There's little doubt that Google and Microsoft had challenging quarters. Both companies' earnings came in below Wall Street expectations, which prompted a bloody sell off in after-hours trading. Oddly, though, executives at both companies seemed happy wit

Last.fm Revamps Website to Reflect Improved Usability - MarketingVOX

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:30:38Z

Last.fm, a social online radio site owned by CBS, unveiled a cleaner website with more user-friendly features.

Internet Coupon Usage Up 83% in American Households [PDF]

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:28:10Z

Internet coupons are of increasing interest to consumers, according to a recent analysis by consumer and media measurement firm Scarborough Research. Eleven percent of households currently obtain coupons via the Internet, and this has increased 83 perc

Nokia's Touchscreen Phone to Target 'Mid-Range' Markets - MarketingVOX

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:26:34Z

Yesterday Nokia announced its anticipated "Tube" touchscreen phone will go live sometime before 2009. The first model will target the "volume market" instead of the high-end market currently served by iPhone or the Samsung Instinct.

Google Gets $1.10 for Each New Dollar Spent on Search, 77% of All Search Spend - MarketingVOX

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:25:11Z

Google accounted for 77.4 percent of US search engine ad spend in Q2, an increase of 2 percentage points over 2Q07,

MediaPost Publications - Google Study: Search Marketing Increases Brand Value - 07/18/2008

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:24:27Z

More than merely a direct-response tool, search marketing is a great brand-building vehicle for consumer packaged goods advertisers. That was the key finding from a new study just released by Google entitled

22% of companies ban social networking sites, survey finds - Nashville Business Journal:

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:11:07Z

Social networking sites are banned by nearly a quarter of all companies, many of which see them as a drain on productivity and a haven for idleness, according to a new survey.

Can a META Description Kill Your Rankings?

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:10:02Z

A WebmasterWorld member says that when he changed his meta description, his rankings plummeted on his site.

Review: HP's Mini Notebook is a Real Deal Eee PC Killer | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:09:17Z

Despite beating Dell to market by a few months, it's clear the company put a substantial amount of thought into its initial offering. Price-wise, the 2133 remains competitive with other itty-bitty notebooks, coming in at $600 for the Vista Business versio

Mozilla Unleashes First Firefox 3 Update Offers a Glimpse of 3DOT1 - Webmonkey

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:07:28Z

Mozilla has released the first Firefox 3 update, which bring the browser up to 3.0.1 and fixes and number of small bugs, a few crashers and some security holes.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/17/microsoft-testing-new-self-serve-publisher-advertising-product/

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:07:04Z

Microsoft is testing a new pilot program that will let third party publishers add Microsoft’s contextual ads next to their content in a self-serve format.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/17/is-twitter-bucket-testing-a-new-design/

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:06:19Z

Some Twitter users have encountered a new design while using the microblogging service today…only to see it disappear once they refresh.

Moopz Merges Fragmented FriendFeed Conversations Into One Place

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:03:12Z

It used to be that if a user posted a link on FriendFeed, they would get a few comments and likes and that would be it. If someone reposted that link, it would have its own set of comments for the user who reposted it.

Google Buys Russian Contextual Ads Service for $140m

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:02:34Z

BREAKING NOW: Google is buying Russian contextual advertising company ZAO Begun for $140 million from UK-registered Rambler Media (many Russian firms now base themselves in the UK).

Amazon To Target $5.5 Billion Textbook Market With New Kindle?

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:02:15Z

Earlier this week Crunchgear broke the news on two new upcoming Kindle models: a smaller form factor Kindle to be released this year ahead of the holidays, and a large screen (probably 8.5×11) to come sometime next year.

LOUD3R Offers a BETT3R Way To Discover News

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:01:36Z

The newest trend in discovery tools, it seems, is semantic search engines, like Powerset (recently bought by Microsoft) and Hakia.

Mobile Livecasting Faces Off: Qik vs Kyte vs Flixwagon

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T15:00:54Z

Smartphones with high-speed data plans and video cameras are becoming increasingly commonplace, and many users are eager to turn their phones into handheld recording studios, even at the cost of video quality.

StumbleAudio is Pandora For Indie Music

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:59:11Z

With the highly successful launch seen by Pandora’s iPhone app, streaming digital radio seems ready to finally go mainstream. Unfortunately, as great as Pandora is, its music recommendations can shy towards music you already know - you may like the song

You Have Three Days To Check Out Wuala’s ‘Social Grid’ Storage

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:58:34Z

Wuala, the innovative P2P social grid storage coming out of Switzerland, is doing a sneak preview of its public beta from now until Monday evening, after which it will close until the full launch on August 14.

BetaNews | Google tweaks its use of contacts in Gmail's address book

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:55:27Z

Responding to user complaints over clutter in its address books, Google said it would partition the contacts it automatically adds to its users lists, into a separate area.

BetaNews | Amazon opens beta of its video-on-demand service

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:54:57Z

The latest project from the leading online retailer allows movies to be streamed directly to PCs. Built upon Amazon's library of Unbox titles, beta testers get a $5 rental credit to check out the streams.

BetaNews | Latest Winamp adds access to CBS Radio stations

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:54:28Z

CBS Radio (previously known as Infinity Broadcasting) has been streaming its owned and operated stations over the Web for several years, though up until recently, you've had to dial up each station through its Web page. Then CBS Radio launched its own onl

BetaNews | YouTorrent relaunches with focus on legal downloads

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:52:12Z

One of the fastest-growing new BitTorrent sites said late Wednesday that it had relaunched its search engine, indexing nearly six terabytes of legal content.

Lionsgate to partner with YouTube

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:51:22Z

Soon, Lionsgate will be joining the ranks of major content providers to partner with YouTube in advertisement and hosting.

BetaNews | Sony plans $500 'Blu-ray player for audiophiles' for fall

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:49:15Z

At a press event in New York this week, Sony presented a prototype of a new "Blu-ray player for audiophiles" -- the BDP-S550 -- slated for release next fall.

BetaNews | EC renews its anti-competition objections against Intel

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:47:34Z

This afternoon, the European Commission sent what it's calling a Supplementary Statement of Objections to Intel, reiterating its three-count claim of anti-competitive conduct in the European market against rival AMD.

BetaNews | EU set to take action against mobile phone service scams

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:46:59Z

With an ever-increasing number of sites on the web offering ringtones, wallpapers, and games, there is also an increasing number scamming consumers. The European Commission is attempting to address that.

Google On User Intent in Search Queries [SearchEngineWatch]

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:43:44Z

In the latest installment from Google about search quality, the topic du jour is user intent. Google Fellow Amit Singhal is at the helm of the Official Google blog again and wrote about efforts Google makes to help searchers find what they're looking for.

SEO Can Be A Bear [SearchEngineWatch]

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:42:24Z

We often take the mainstream press to task for not understanding the value of search engine marketing and search engine optimization. So it's a welcome change when a national columnist gets it right.

GoDaddy's New .Me Domains Turning Into Circus [SearchEngineWatch]

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:38:01Z

Seems GoDaddy is having some problems with their just launched .me domains. People were applying left and right for them and obviously GoDaddy seemed to have a "box office" hit with the new domain extension.

Microsoft's 18% Growth Disappoints Wall Street [SearchEngineWatch]

e_strategy.com — 2008-07-18T14:37:37Z

Google wasn't the only one reporting second quarter revenues yesterday. Microsoft also dished, though they label the same period as their fiscal fourth quarter.