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News archives for the week of January 30, 2006
February 2, 2006
Only one in seven Wall Street analysts lowered his earnings estimate for Google
One analyst, meanwhile, lowered his earnings forecast and downgraded
his recommendation for the company. "We're downgrading Google
primarily because of concerns about weaker-than-expected
international revenue growth," said Ben Schachter, a UBS Securities
analyst. "I think they are investing heavily in that area, and that
is the right thing for the company in the long term. But in the near
term, it will put pressure on its margins for the next couple of
quarters." Schachter lowered Google's fiscal 2006 estimates to $8.36
a share from $9.40 a share and downgraded his recommendation to
"neutral 2" from a "buy 2." He also lowered his price target to $425
a share from $500.
February 1, 2006
Google says it gets a lot of search queries on music terms
Google actually partnered with Apple's iTunes service, along with
RealNetworks, Rhapsody, eMusic, Amazon.com and WalMart.com, on its
music search initiative. The search giant's motive? It said it gets
a lot of search traffic on music terms. However, the Post report
suggests another motive. The Post said Google wants to offer a
monthly subscription service to its music store because it believes
that is where the market is headed. Apple, by comparison, has
captured about 80 percent of the market selling individual songs.
February 1, 2006
Podscope, for searching within audio and video files
“Searching within audio and video files with Podscope’s spoken
word index reveals their full content much like a Google or
Yahoo search of text Web pages,” says David J. Ives, president
and chief executive officer of TVEyes, Inc., the company behind
Podscope.
January 31, 2006
VoiceOne entered into a master service agreement with Google
Google announced the test version of its click-to-call service in
November. According to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on Monday, VoiceOne entered into a master service
agreement on Sept. 1, 2005, to supply Google with voice over Internet
Protocol, or VoIP, services.
January 31, 2006
Shares of Google tumble after earnings report
Google's revenue growth forecasts had varied between 72 percent
and 99 percent. Virtually all of Google's revenue comes from sales
of Web search-related advertising. Revenue, excluding traffic
acquisition costs of $629 million, was $1.29 billion, nearly
double the $642 million in revenue net of such costs it reported in
the year-earlier fourth quarter. Traffic acquisition costs refer to
revenue that Google passes along to hundreds of affiliates, most
importantly Time Warner Inc.'s America Online, which rely on Google's
search system to serve up advertisements on their own sites.
January 30, 2006
Soon, MSN will display its own ads on its search engine results pages
"As you know, we're in the middle of a transition," said Liddell,
noting that the company is switching from Yahoo Search Marketing
ads and will soon solely display its own ads on search engine results
pages. "The ramp up of a new ad platform requires significant
investment for Microsoft. We are ramping up deployment by rapidly
onboarding advertisers."
January 30, 2006
Yahoo in advance of other wireless Internet portals during 4Q of 2005
ESPN was the most popular source for news, with Yahoo, CNN, Fox
Sports and ABCNews.com rounding out the top five news providers.
The survey underscores Yahoo's success in securing premium deck
placement with operators. Google, on the other hand, is working
to entice mobile Web surfers off carrier decks with an array of
offerings including a personalized home page.
