300 fired as Google takes over DoubleClick
April 2 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc. reported the biggest workforce reduction in its nine-year history, cutting jobs at DoubleClick Inc., the online advertising company it bought last month for $3.24 billion. About 300 of DoubleClick’s 1,200 U.S. employees were fired or placed in “transitional” roles,…
Google and Virgin Unite to form Colony on Mars!!!
Yes you read right, Google and Virgin are uniting to form a colony on Mars of all places for the future of Human kind, and YOU’RE invited!From the Press Release: ” MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and LONDON, England (April 1st, 2008) – Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and…
10% of Facebook Employees are from Google
Interesting stats from Facebook suggesting that 10% of Facebook employees are ex employees of Google: “Since there’s been a lot of press lately about Googlers jumping ship for Facebook, I thought I’d search Facebook’s network to see how many folks at the company used to…
Google’s Second Click Conflict Dominates SES Panel Today
Interesting article over at the Battelle blog, discussing Google and its biase towards their own products: “At SES, while I was on a panel about universal search, Comscore today released some really interesting data. We spent the rest of the hour debating the meaning of…
The Yahoo! Search Open Ecosystem
While there has been remarkable progress made toward understanding the semantics of web content, the benefits of a data web have not reached the mainstream consumer. Without a killer semantic web app for consumers, site owners have been reluctant to support standards like RDF, or…
Tesco and Ocado clash over ad claims
Supermarket giants Tesco and Waitrose are set to clash over comparative advertising, with Tesco rubbishing claims that online grocery service Ocado can match its prices. Read the rest here.
Hala HULU!!
Posted over at the Batelle Blog, a new Video Sharing Website is up and running: “One of my favorite parts of Hulu is that it’s halfway to the video grammar in which I hope our culture gets to participate.” For the rest visit http://battellemedia.com/archives/004325.php
Double Google Click!!
As I’m sure you’ve all already seen, Google have been looking into buying Double Click for a while now, well we have just recieved an email letting us know that its now final and Google have closed the acquisition of Double Click. Below is the…
March Update to Google Page Rank
We have recently launched our site and have started link building. Everyday I check the Page Rank and number of backlinks as if the site is a tender sapling. Well woke up this morning to Google recording backlinks for the first time but dropping us to 0 page rank……
Google’s not Wall Street’s Darling anymore…
This article from the LA Times states that investors are worried that Google isn’t as rceession proof as once thought…
