AOL gains, Google loses in Nielsen metrics change
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Blog: Nielsen metrics changes benefit AOL over Google by looking at amount of time users spend on a Web site instead of just unique visitors
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InfoWorld - Google lost ground in the U.S. Internet advertising market for the first time in two years during 2007 due toÂ slower growth in the fourth quarter, market researcher IDC said Monday.
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Nielsen//Netratings released their statistics on search engine market share and usage today which ranked the search engines by usage and growth. Google still dominates the American search engine market with almost half of all US searches taking place via Google.com and its partners. Google also enjoys more than double the amount of searches than Yahoo, [...]
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Yahoo looked to new leadership in its battle against Google. It was a bad week for automakers. Home Depot downsized by a unit, and Wal-Mart introduced products and services for the unbanked.
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(InfoWorld) - Google's revenue continued to climb in the second quarter with the company reporting revenue of $3.87 billion, up 58 percent compared to the same quarter last year. Net income for the quarter, which ended June 30, was $925 million, down just slightly from $1 billion in the first quarter. On a non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) basis, net income for the quarter was $1.12 billion, compared to $1.16 billion in the first quarter. Google-owned sites generated revenue of $2.49 billion, or 64 percent of revenue for the quarter, an improvement of 74 percent over the same quarter last year. Revenue outside of the U.S. was $1.84 billion, or 48 percent of total revenue for the quarter. That's up from 42 percent in the second quarter 2006. Google was pleased with its international expansion. "We continue to make significant international investments and we're seeing the benefits of this strategy," said George Reyes, CFO, during a conference call to discuss the earnings. Europe drove international growth for the search giant, with Spain, Italy, and France leading the charge and Germany and the U.K. also serving as significant revenue drivers, he said. The company continues to hire new workers in its international sites and expand product support in international markets. Paid clicks grew by 47 percent compared to the second quarter of 2006. That includes clicks related to ads served on Google sites as well as the sites of AdSense customers. Earnings per share was a bit lower than expected by analysts. Non-GAAP earnings per share for the second quarter was $3.56, down from $3.68 in the first quarter and a few cents shy of the $3.59 expected by financial analysts polled by Thomson Financial. Google's rift with eBay Inc. during the quarter didn't have a negative affect on earnings, executives said. In June, eBay pulled all of its ads from Google's AdSense network. The auction giant later returned to AdSense but at a significantly lower level. Even though eBay has been the largest advertiser on AdSense, there was no impact on Google from the change, said Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google. "EBay is a long term partner for Google and while it's true they adjusted their mix in our ad model, they continue to be a significant advertiser," he said. "We did not see an impact on Google from the changes they talk about that they made." During the call with financial analysts, Schmidt touched on Google's interest in upcoming wireless spectrum auctions. Google wants to see consumers buy any mobile device and be able to connect to a wireless network and use the full capability of the Internet, he said. That's because he wants those users to become Google advertising customers. "There's a direct connection between the open interoperable network we're arguing for in the FCC filing and so forth and the usage of Google services," he said. Google filed a document with the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to make changes to the rules for an upcoming spectrum auction in order to ensure that the resulting networks are open. Google's earnings report comes against the backdrop of hints of a challenge to the company'sÂ proposed acquisition of DoubleClick. A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hasÂ opened an investigation into the proposed $1 billion acquisition. The executives did not discuss the proposed merger, but Schmidt did touch on legal woes for the company. The two most significant lawsuits Google faces at the moment include those related to its book search project and the suit filed by Viacom related to YouTube, the online video site that Google owns. Schmidt called the suits very important and said he wished they could be solved by technology or otherwise. He also cautioned that governments around the world could potentially find some of Google's activities inappropriate and that could become the source of future legal troubles. For now, however, there are no such threats, he said. This story was updated on July 19, 2007 Â
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Google continues to grow revenue at a healthy clip, reporting an increase of almost 60 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period last year.Third-quarter revenue for the search giant reached $4.23 billion, up 57 percent over the same quarter last year.Net income for the quarter that ended Sept. 30 was $1.07 billion using generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), compared to $733 million in the same quarter last year. On a non-GAAP basis, net income reached $1.24 billion in the third quarterEarnings per share on a non-GAAP basis were $3.91, beating analysts consensus as polled by First Call, which was $3.78.Google&#39;s core search advertising business, as well as expansion of services into international markets, drove growth, Google said. Revenue from outside of the United States was $2.03 billion, representing 48 percent of revenue in the quarter. That compares with 44 percent of revenue coming from international markets in the same quarter last year.
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Shares of Google Inc., the Internet search engine that first sold stock to the public in August, surged 15 percent after profit more than doubled, and the company said online advertising sales show no signs of slowing.
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According to a recent study from Nielsen//Netratings, Yahoo &#038; Ask.com are growing faster than Google in terms of search engine usage. While Google still undoubtedly holds the number one spot for the amount of searches at over 3 billion searches in the past year, or 49.6% of the search engine market share; Yahoo search usage grew [...]
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Google said that its profit jumped 17 percent in the fourth quarter, but the earnings fell short of analystsâ expectations, and the companyâs shares fell after hours.
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A recent ComScore study showed that in 2006 International usage of Google grew 13%, projecting it to the #2 spot in the Top Global Web Properties list, nudged between Microsoft and Yahoo, which each grew by 5%. The ranking were judged by Total Unique Visitors in 2006, not page views or usage, if so, we&#8217;d probably [...]
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Bloggers offered mixed reviews of Nielsen/NetRatings decision to shift its key metric for measuring Web sites from page view numbers to the time spent by visitors.
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A new Internet advertising forecast shows a slowdown in paid search listings in the next five years. Will the projection affect Google's prospects when it goes public?
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Nielsen/NetRatings plans to drop its old methods of counting pageviews to gauge Web site popularity, instead opting for a system where it would measure how long a user stays on a site. The change will shake up Web rankings quite a bit.
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Rivals to Internet search giant Google Inc. rode the momentum of its long-awaited initial public offering and saw mixed gains in early trading Thursday, but sank near the closing bell as Google&#39;s shares remained
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Time Warner's  AOL Europe has hired Google  to provide advertiser-sponsored search results for its Internet service, replacing Yahoo's  Overture unit, AOL Europe said on Tuesday.
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The debate over hits versus page views versus unique visitors has taken a new twist, thanks to measurement firm Nielsen//NetRatings, which is scrapping page views in favor of what it deems more accurate metrics.
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Web search leader Google Inc. in  April showed a sharp gain in market share among U.S. Web search  users, taking business from its three closest rivals, research  firm comScore Inc. said on Friday.