Watching videos is going strong, considering that US Internet Users watched over 10 billion videos online during the month of February.3.42 billion of these videos was watched in Youtube. It's followed by Fox Interactive, Yahoo Sites, Microsoft Sites and ABC.com.We know that google is testing video ads on youtube videos and video ads on their search results. Googles has this kind of viewership (81.8 million), and a 35.4% of the video viewing market share compared to the NEAREST competitor of onl... Read more »
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Google Search Dominance by Answering Popular Questions
Posted on 11 April 2008 by David Tan, Affiliate
During the 4 weeks to March 29th 2008, Google grew in the marketshare of US searches to 67.25%. This is higher than the 66.44% of February 2008. Yahoo has about 20.29% of market share and MSN takes 6.65%, both having dropped from Feb 2008. Its true that when we want to know what's on the web, we ask Google. If I want to know how to get to a place, I ask Google Maps. If I want to put up PPC ads, I go to Google Ads. If I want to monetize my site, Adsense. There are more stuff that Google wan... Read more »
Yahoo's Future - Bleak or Not?
Posted on 10 April 2008 by David Tan, Affiliate
Does Yahoo plan to save itself or milk Microsoft for more money before caving in to their demands? I mean, having yahoo and google is legally impossible since it will harm competition. More smoke and mirrors. $31 per share offer by Microsoft might look really good, especially if they tanked in Q1. Consider what happens if Microsoft drops the deal then? Either way, it looks like yahoo is done. And we can only look forward to yahoo's future as 'part' of another company. It'll all become clea... Read more »
Compaq Evo Notebook N160 PC Notebook
Posted on 09 April 2008 by Seena Vincent, Affiliate
This is an abstract of blog post that appeared as Compaq Evo Notebook N160 PC Notebook on the blog Laptop and Note Book Computers. Please read the original blog for more details. The Compaq Evo Notebook N160 PC Notebook re-write the definition of laptop computers. This wonderful machine is available for just over a hundred dollars. the cheap rate and slightly delayed technology doesn't make this note book less attractive. Evo Notebook N160 is an economical yet highly mobile computing solution. ... Read more »
The Future is Bright with Smart Brake Lights
Posted on 27 March 2008 by William Lau, Affiliate
Students at Virginia Tech College of Engineering have developed a smart brake light that will tell how fast the driver is braking.The problem is that current brake light systems have only two states - On or Off. But the new light will soon address that, creating an orange glow when you slow down, and turning full red when you slam on the pedal.The product is close to commercialization, but a few obstacles remain unsolved. First, the cost of manufacturing a light bar costs $50. And it can't rep... Read more »