What’s Coming in Internet Advertising: 12 Predictions for 2012

Posted on January 10, 2012 by robhof

I did my annual predictions first on my Forbes blog, The New Persuaders, since they’re focused largely on the Internet media and advertising I cover there. On that blog, they’re done as separate posts, but I wanted to gather them up in one place here, as I’ve done in previous years. So here’s what I [...]

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LIVE at Google’s Chrome OS Launch: “Nothing But the Web”

Posted on December 7, 2010 by robhof

When Google announced plans for its own operating system, Chrome OS, in July 2009, many observers thought the company had gone a little Microsoft-crazy. Not so, in my opinion. But for whatever reason, the Web-based operating system–described by Google as essentially the Chrome Web browser with a bunch of software drivers needed to run many [...]

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The Long-Awaited Boxee Box Gets a Hollywood Preview

Posted on November 3, 2010 by robhof

Few consumer electronics devices have been more widely anticipated, at least by the more geeky set, than Boxee‘s settop box for bringing Internet content to the TV–since Google TV debuted three weeks ago, anyway. The uniquely shaped Boxee Box will debut on Nov. 10 in New York, adding a potent new player to the rapidly [...]

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Bing-Yahoo May Challenge Google. Just Not Yet.

Posted on October 12, 2010 by robhof

Two days ahead of reporting its third-quarter earnings, Google continues to gain on the combined search engines of Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing–at least in the amount advertisers are spending on search ads. That’s the conclusion of the latest surveys from two search marketing companies, Efficient Frontier and SearchIgnite. According to Efficient Frontier, Google’s share of [...]

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Google’s Marissa Mayer Live at TechCrunch Disrupt

Posted on September 29, 2010 by robhof

Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice-president of search products & user experience, is holding a fireside chat at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference this afternoon. One of the best-known faces of the search giant, she often provides clues to where the look and feel of Google’s signature service is heading. She’s talking with TechCrunch editor and newly minted [...]

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LIVE at Yahoo’s Product Runway

Posted on September 16, 2010 by robhof

Yahoo’s set to announce a new product strategy shortly at what it’s calling Yahoo Product Runway. I’ll blog the highlights as they come from Blake Irving, EVP and chief products officer ad Raymie Stata, VP and chief technology officer. And we’re underway, with some observations on Yahoo on Irving’s hundredth day here. Things are great, [...]

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Google to Revamp Search Results, Yet Again

Posted on September 7, 2010 by robhof

Google’s much-teased search event at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art gets underway at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Wednesday, and I’ll be there to blog the highlights. (You can also watch it live on Google’s YouTube channel.) Tonight, after checking out the new logo that progressively recovers its usual colors as you type in letters, it sure [...]

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LIVE: Google’s Q2 Earnings Come in a Little Low

Posted on July 15, 2010 by robhof

Despite some promising signs of a continued rebound in search advertising, Google reported second-quarter results that met analysts’ revenue expectations but came in lower than they forecast on profits. Shares are down almost 4% in after-hours trading after closing up a fraction in today’s trading. I’ll liveblog the earnings call starting at 1:30 p.m. Pacific. [...]

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Search Ads Continue to Surge; Good News for Google?

Posted on July 13, 2010 by robhof

Given the even sorrier state of the economy a year ago, it’s not hard for any industry to show an improvement. But even though search ads didn’t slump nearly as much as every other kind of advertising, it’s continuing to show strong improvement, according to a new report from search marketing firm Efficient Frontier. That’s [...]

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LIVE: Display Ad Rebound Powers Yahoo Profit, But Investors Unimpressed

Posted on April 20, 2010 by robhof

After five straight quarters of declining year-over-year revenues, Yahoo managed to return to growth in its first quarter, even if it was only 1%, to $1.6 billion. But the real upside for the tarnished Internet icon was in profits, which jumped 162%, to $310 million, or 22 cents a share–way ahead of analysts’ 9-cent estimate. [...]

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