Twitter Updates for 2009-06-12
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-07
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Twitter Updates for 2009-04-29
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Microsoft Earnings Key Takeaways: Where’s the Search?
The biggest acquisition news yesterday wasn’t Microsoft-Yahoo but Arby’s-Wendy’s. In both cases, search marketers are asking, “Where’s the beef?”
Better yet, analysts on the Microsoft conference call should have asked, “Where’s the search?”
Microsoft search queries and page views are up year-over-year. By how much? No Wall St. analysts asked the question.
Microsoft reported $4.4 billion in net income for the quarter.
Microsoft’s online services business increased revenue 40 percent to $843 million, including $143 million from aQuantive, which added 96 new publishers this quarter to the Atlas Publisher Solutions, the ad management platform that competes with Google’s DoubleClick division.
Online advertising for Microsoft grew 39 percent. If aQuantive ad revenue ($47 million) is excluded, Microsoft was up 29 percent. Microsoft’s online audience is still growing. Live IDs increased to 18 percent to 448 million.
Microsoft remains focused on the online advertising market (doubling by 2010 to $80 billion).
Yahoo would accelerate growth but the core strategy won’t change: drive innovation and search, increase value to advertisers and publishers through innovation and scale and grow user engagement across MSN and Windows Live properties.
The weak U.S. dollar may be Microsoft’s best friend. While about half of Google’s revenue comes from the U.S., two-thirds of Microsoft’s revenue is derived from users abroad. In addition, about 15 percent of revenue is in high-growth emerging markets.
Microsoft’s strategy of reinvesting existing business, pursuing organic and acquisition growth opportunities makes the company a formidable competitor with or without Yahoo – except in search.
Forget Google’s 20% Jump, Baidu UP 78% In Month
The strength of Chinese search engine Baidu in the Asian market – beating Google in the valued China market – has been reflected in investor confidence it seems. While Google made back some of their recent drop in value, it is the 78% rise in Baidu over the past month that is truly impressive.
The Motley Fool asks “Do You Believe in Baidu?” And seem to present a good argument to do so.
“Baidu has been on the move in many ways, expanding outside its search engine stronghold with recent forays into instant messaging, consumer auctions, online games, and even a bold leap into the mature yet lucrative Japanese search engine market,” they report.
Nice to see another engine growing in a Google like manner, both financially and corporately.
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Selling CEOs on Search Engine Marketing
What’s the biggest mistake any search engine marketer can make? Blowing a presentation to decision-makers. Even with phenomenal results and ROI, a search marketing campaign has little value unless your CEO understands why you’re investing millions of dollars online. Search marketing agency OneUpWeb announced the launch of a new eye tracking service today that builds [...]
Netflix Opens Floodgates To Online Streaming
For Netflix customers, it’s time to consider buying a better office chair and investing in a nicer monitor; the service that’s best known for mailing DVDs will allow many people to view an unlimited amount of video online. read more More: continued here netflix opens floodgates to online streaming
Yahoo Finance Partners With CNBC
In another move geared toward building their niched portal/community efforts, Yahoo has partnered with CNBC to increase the information available at Yahoo Finance. “Under the terms of the agreement, CNBC will provide video clips from its global networks and articles from CNBC.com. The content will be available to Yahoo! Finance users in the U.S. (http://finance.yahoo.com), [...]
SES Chicago: The I-word, Discussed
If you want to build up investment interest in your SEO/SEM firm, you have to make your company compelling enough to separate capital from capitalists. SES Chicago returns, and WebProNews is on hand to bring you reports and videos from the Windy City. Enjoy our coverage this week. Investment. It’s the key to taking a [...]
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