May, 2007
Some New Features Added To Google Finance
Google added some new features to their Finance service today. Here is a list of the updated features: Historical prices - View and download historical end-of-day prices for any U.S. or Canadian company. Portfolios - You can now download the latest portfolio performance and transaction details from your portfolio. News feeds - Stay on top of the news [...]
No Microsoft / Yahoo! Merger
According to MarketWatch, the talks between Microsoft and Yahoo! over a possible combination are no longer active, according to a media report late Friday. The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site that in recent months the two companies discussed a possible merger, but that the discussions are no longer active. The two companies [...]
Google to Host Annual Stockholders Meeting
announced today that it will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Thursday, May 10, 2007 in Mountain View, California. The meeting will begin at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time at Google headquarters. The live audio webcast of Google’s annual stockholders meeting can be accessed at http://investor.google.com/webcast. The webcast version of the meeting will be available through [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo! Talking About Merger
Several newspapers reported on Friday, as Microsoft and Yahoo! re-enter talks to strike a deal and fend off a common competitor in Web search leader Google. The two companies have held informal talks over the years, but the latest approach comes as Microsoft seeks a deal to counter Google’s rapid growth. The New York Post [...]
Yahoo! Introducing Robots-Nocontent Tag
Web pages often include headers, footers, navigational sections, repeated boilerplate text, copyright notices, ad sections, or dynamic content that is useful to users — but not to search engines. Webmasters can now apply the “robots-nocontent” attribute to indicate to search engines any content that is extraneous to the main unique content of the page. Yahoo! [...]
Ask.Com Debuts “The Algorithm” Brand Advertising Campaign
Ask.com today unveiled a comprehensive new creative campaign featuring a series of television, outdoor, online and print advertisements centered around the “The Algorithm.” Created by award-winning advertising agency Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, “The Algorithm” represents the initial phase of a year-long campaign that promotes “The Algorithm” as the secret ingredient that powers Ask.com and binds [...]
Comcast and Yahoo! Announce Ad Partnership
Comcast Corporation, a provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, today announced that Comcast Interactive Media and Yahoo!, have entered into a multi-year strategic partnership for online display and video advertising services on Comcast.net. Comcast.net is a top 10 online site with more than 2.5 billion page views, more than 80 million videos viewed [...]