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February was a quiet month for the search market; we're not going to suggest any companies either break out the champagne or fire their CEOs as a result of the small changes that took place. Still, for those who are curious, comScore believes it was Google and Bing that came out looking like winners. Google managed to increase its share of the U.S. search market to 65.5 percent, up from 65.4 percent in January, according to comScore's data. Bing, meanwhile, accomplished a more impressive feat (in overall terms, and especially in relation to its size) by grabbing 0.2 percent of market share. That put Bing in control of 11.5 percent of the market, up from 11.3 percent the month before. Yahoo's share of the search market then decreased, heading from 17.0 percent to 16.8 percent. Which is embarrassing, but not yet catastrophic, as the company's partnership with Microsoft moves towards completion. The interesting thing will be if Bing and Yahoo keep trading share. Also, of course, if Google keeps increasing its dominance. We'll be sure to cover comScore's next report to see if any trends have emerged. Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:27 -0500
Twitter should soon become more ubiquitous across the Web. Today, the company's cofounders announced something called @anywhere that should help integrate the Twitter experience into standard sites, and a number of impressive organizations have agreed to take part in the initial rollout. Evan Williams essentially handled the SXSW side of things this afternoon, discussing @anywhere during his keynote address. You can read our liveblogged coverage of that talk here. As for what Biz Stone was up to, he explained on the official Twitter Blog, "We've developed a new set of frameworks for adding this Twitter experience anywhere on the web. Soon, sites many of us visit every day will be able to recreate these open, engaging interactions providing a new layer of value for visitors without sending them to Twitter.com." Stone then continued, "Our open technology platform is well known and Twitter APIs are already widely implemented but this is a different approach because we've created something incredibly simple. Rather than implementing APIs, site owners need only drop in a few lines of javascript." Amazon, AdAge, Bing, Digg, eBay, The Huffington Post, MSNBC, The New York Times, Yahoo, and YouTube are among Twitter's first partners in this effort. Target dates and many other details remain unknown, but it looks like Twitter's set to give its own version of Facebook Connect a solid start. Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:04 -0400
Joanne Bradford started at Yahoo about a year and a half ago, assuming the title "Senior Vice President, U.S. Revenue and Market Development." Now, a fresh report's indicated that the high-ranking exec is on her way out again, ready to take a position at Demand Media. Kara Swisher wrote earlier, "According to several sources . . . Bradford is planning on leaving the Internet giant to take a new position as Chief Revenue Officer of online content upstart Demand Media." And Swisher (and her sources) are usually spot-on about these things. Yahoo's likely being dealt a major blow, then, considering what an important role Bradford plays at the company. While almost all departures have theoretical financial repercussions - you have to figure everyone contributes to the bottom line in some way - Bradford's position over ad sales means she has a direct influence. Also, Bradford's resume suggests that she's good at her job, having spent time at Microsoft, Spot Runner, and BusinessWeek before heading to Yahoo. Still, this development doesn't have to represent a complete disaster for Yahoo. As you might have guessed after reading the last paragraph, Bradford doesn't always stay in one place for too long - she only spent about seven months at SpotRunner, for example - so her move may not say much about Yahoo's situation. UPDATE: Yahoo responded to a question sent via email by stating, "Joanne Bradford has decided to leave Yahoo! to pursue a new opportunity. Joanne will be working with the team over the coming weeks to enable a smooth transition."
Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:00:45 -0400
There's good and bad news for Google this morning with respect to Android and the mobile market. In terms of how many units were sold during their first 74 days of availability, it seems the Droid beat the iPhone to the million-unit mark, but the Nexus One is lagging far behind. That's the state of things according to Flurry, which claims that applications using its analytics tools have been embedded in more than 80 percent of iPhones and Android devices. And anyone who's suspicious of the firm's stats should know that Goldman Sachs has used them as the basis for some forecasts, too. So on to the comparison. You can see the results below. FYI: Flurry picked a 74-day period because that's how long Apple said it took for one million iPhones to sell. Flurry noted that the Droid enjoyed several advantages here. First, the iPhone had already taught consumers about the benefits of smartphones. Verizon also boasted more subscribers than AT&T, and the Droid launched towards the start of the holiday shopping season. Android can definitely compete with the iPhone, then. The Nexus One's lack of success just makes it hard to judge what sort of circumstances are needed to even the odds. Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:43:49 -0400
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