The Only 14 Companies Now Worth More Than Google

Yesterday, Google eclipsed the $500 per share mark giving them a market cap of just over $156,000,000,000 ($156 Billion - yes billion!). GOOG is worth more than such American institutions as Coca Cola ($110 B), Oracle ($101 ... [Read More]

Google Still the Top US Search Engine, but Yahoo and Ask.com are Growing

The October search results are in. According to Nielsen//NetRatings report on the Top US Search Providers, Google is still on top. Of searches within the US, Google has 49.6% of the search engine market share and a 23% ... [Read More]

Did Prank Calls Get Click-to-Call Yanked?

It sounded like a great idea. Google's Click-to-Call was announced less than a week ago -- but TechCrunch reports that it's already been pulled. The speculation regarding its removal is pretty much points to one option: ... [Read More]

Google Tops $500 a Share – Worth $154 Billion!

Eight years ago Serge and Larry started Google in a rented garage - fast forward to the present, Google is worth over $154,000,000,000 and they now own that garage. Boy a lot can change in less than a decade. Today Google's ... [Read More]

SES Chicago to Feature Jason Calacanis

In what looks to be an interesting coup to get people out to SES Chicago - Incisive has struck a deal to feature Jason Calacanis at the Search Engine Strategies show in December. Why is this big news? This will be Jason's ... [Read More]

Yahoo's Newspaper Ads More Practical than Google's

First Google, then Yahoo. This is a seemingly big trend in the industry lately. Two weeks ago, Google decided that it would begin expanding its ad base to newspapers, and now Yahoo seems to be doing the same thing -- only ... [Read More]

How Not to Get in TechCrunch

Getting covered by Michael Arrington's TechCrunch can be the launching pad that many new companies need. It brings coverage, links, and attention to your new product/website. Guy Kawasaki recently wrote about the best ways ... [Read More]

When Stumbling is a good thing

StumbleUpon is a great add-on that embeds into your browser toolbar and allows you to surf through thousands of pages that have some significance to you. Toolbar versions exist for Firefox, Mozilla Application Suite and ... [Read More]

Yahoo! Continues to Move in on Social Marketing: Acquires Bix.com, MyBlogLog Rumors

Yahoo! is continuing to increase its reach on the social media -- now most famous in the del.icio.us and Flickr spheres -- by purchasing Bix.com.  Rumor has it that they are also in early acquisition talks with ... [Read More]

Google Maps: Click to Call Feature Added

Yesterday, Google announced a pretty neat feature in Google Maps which is a great solution for those whose businesses are localized. The feature, called Click to Call, allows you to get in touch with local businesses after ... [Read More]