Friday, February 6, 2009

Domain Industry Giant Marchex Goes Mobile?



The mobile Web is growing fast... so what does a publicly traded domain company- Marchex, do to adapt with its hundreds of thousands of domain names in their massive domain portfolio? By the way, where is Yun Ye these days?

Google Killers?


There's Still Room for Google Killers, Study Says
NEW YORK It may seem like Google always has been the search engine of choice. There was a time, though, when AltaVista, Lycos and Yahoo ruled the roost in the late-1990s, only to see Google blow past them. A new survey by Forrester Research concludes that such a turnabout could happen again, despite the solid and growing lead Google maintains in the search market.- AdWeek

Top 10 Advertisers in the USA


January - September 2008
Rank
Parent Company
Total Ad Dollars Spent*

1. PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
$2,342.3

2. GENERAL MOTORS CORP
$1,659.6

3. AT&T INC
$1,317.6

4. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
$1,125.6

5. TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
$1,194.1

6. FORD MOTOR CO
$1,112.9

7.JOHNSON & JOHNSON
$1,059.1

8. TIME WARNER INC
$878.2

9. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
$807.9

10. PEPSICO INC
$730.5
(Source: Nielsen Monitor-Plus)

*Number in millions