• Google

    Posted on July 3rd, 2009

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    Google China Revenue Taking Off- Up 40% in H1

    A report on 163.com says, Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) China revenues in the first half of this year grew 45-50% year-on-year. The report cited a Google China regional advertising agency as saying its advertising services revenue in the second quarter increased nearly 25% quarter-on-quarter, and noted that other regional agencies had marked similar growth.
    If this report is [...]

  • Google

    Posted on June 23rd, 2009

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    Is the Google Porn Scandal Just a Political Beat Up?

    As I noted in a post last week, the Chinese government has denounced Google (GOOG) for enabling users of its Chinese Web site to access pornographic Web sites.  In the post, I note that China’s Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center, a government-supported “watchdog” outfit, claimed that ”Google China has not conducted the oversight required according to [...]

  • Google

    Posted on May 26th, 2009

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    Google China Improves it Mapping Service

    In news reported by Ccidnet, Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) China was said to have launched a new Internet and mobile versions of its map service. The new version covers 184 domestic cities and offers Chinese language searches for worldwide locations.
    Google China said in early 2009 that mobile search traffic increased four-fold in 2008, making China the company’s third largest [...]

  • Google, Search Marketing

    Posted on March 4th, 2009

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    Web Page Loading Times Will Effect Quality Scores

    In a post on the netimperative site stated that Google will now include the speed of web page loading times into its quality score of advertisers, which means that companies with slow websites could end up paying more on its sponsored search listings.
    The move comes after new research from Google which indicates that that [...]

  • Google

    Posted on January 9th, 2009

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    Google China has a YOY increase of 75.8% First 3 Qrt’s Of 2008

    There is information from the Chinese market research firm Analysys International, that Google (GOOG) China made CNY973 million revenue in the first three quarters of 2008.
    Most of us working in the Search Marketing industry in China normally assume Google is not making substantial revenue inroads in this market. This is the first ever-published operating revenue [...]

  • Announcements, Google

    Posted on October 17th, 2008

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    Search Engine Marketing will become a $26.8 billion business by 2009

    A study released this week (Oct 2008) by JupiterResearch–commissioned by Marin Software, San Francisco–suggests that paid search advertising will become a $26.8 billion business by 2009. The data reveals that 92% of large search marketers would increase their pay-per-click (PPC) spend an average of 22% if technology and management impediments were resolved.
    Further, today Google [...]