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April 11, 2007 Google corners nearly two-thirds of US search market The latest search market share numbers are in from Hitwise: in the four weeks ended March 31st, Google (GOOG) racked up fully 64.13% of all US searches. That’s up more than 10% since March 2006, and, if...

Google joins race to buy DoubleClick: By MarketWatch Last Update: 12:43 AM ET Apr 2, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc. has emerged with Microsoft Corp. as a contender to buy online advertising company...

Interesting report... By 2012 about 17 billion devices will connect to the Internet, estimates Research firm IDC Corp. Frost & Sullivan's principal analyst for carrier infrastructure Sam Masud agrees. "2012, that's when we estimate the world will be out of IPv4 addresses," he said. "Between 15...

Can't believe it's taken this long... Will Google get sued by more media firms? - Mar. 13, 2007

Good! they need some competition! Wikipedia founder says to challenge Google, Yahoo Thursday March 8, 10:00 am ET TOKYO (Reuters) - The on-line collaboration responsible for Wikipedia plans to build a search engine to rival those of Google Inc. (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News) and Yahoo Inc...

Well, all the details on the YouTube buyout were released today. 3 YouTube Founders: Chad Hurley- $326m Steve Chen - $293m Jawed Karim -$64m Sequoia Capital gets $442m worth of shares for a $13m investment. Not bad for an 8 month return. YouTube founders to split $650M payout from Google  -...

Nice data analysis from Hitwise - LeeAnn Prescott - Hitwise US: 2006 Top Search Terms - A Closer Look

I know JenSense mentioned last month that Yahoo planned to stop supporting the keyword tool but it looks like it may have come true. I know it has always been sluggish or down for short periods of time but it's been down all day. http://inventory.overture.com/

Nielsen//NetRatings Announces December U.S. Search Share Rankings NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 23, 2007 -- Nielsen//NetRatings (NASDAQ: NTRT) reports December 2006 data for the Top U.S. Search Providers. Top search providers, ranked by total searches. Searches represent the...

SOME GOOGLE ADVERTISERS CUTTING SPENDING (sorry about the messed up format. Read the story at the below link...it's easier on the eyes) Google advertisers cutting spending By Ben Charny 10:58 PM ET Jan 3, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A growing number of online advertisers are...

By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Internet search giant Google, which defied gravity this year, is set to become the world's most visited Internet site in 2007. Google's revenue hit $7.2 billion for the first three quarters of 2006. Its stock topped the $500-a-share mark (now at $468). Most...

Tuesday December 5, 11:26 pm ET By Michael Liedtke, AP Business Writer Slumping Yahoo to Undergo Biggest Shake-Up in More Than 5 Years SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. will undergo its most extensive shake-up in more than five years, hoping to snap out of a malaise that has ravaged its stock...

Yahoo searches grew faster than Google's in October By John Shinal Last Update: 2:02 PM ET Nov 20, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Yahoo Inc.'s Internet search traffic grew faster than that of its larger rival Google Inc. in October, although Google's share of the market remained more...

Rupert Murdoch: MySpace is Now Worth $6 Billion Tuesday November 14, 2:25 pm ET Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Speaking with investors at a meeting in Sydney, Australia, yesterday, News Corp.’s (NYSE: NWS - News) Rupert Murdoch reportedly said that the company’s MySpace unit could now be sold...

....still killing Yahoo in ad search. Google profit surges 92% on growth in search ads

Interesting numbers from this study... "It's not all youths on MySpace. Half of the site's users are 35 or older, according to comScore Media Metrix's analysis of its U.S. Internet traffic measurements. Only 30 percent are under 25 despite a common belief that the site is mostly populated with...