Since Bing's launch, the search engine has garnered quite a bit of attention. This is no surprise since Microsoft invested so much money into marketing it. It may still be too early to tell, but it seems to be paying off so far. Bing's numbers have edged up since its launch.
When we think of Google's competitors, Yahoo and Microsoft often come immediately to mind. We think of other search engines. There's no question that Google is (by far) dominating this space. What do you think Google's greatest source of competition is? Share your thoughts.
In a Q&A session at SMX Advanced in Seattle, Google's Matt Cutts was asked the following question:
How does Google look at the issue that I can buy suspect links and point them to my competitor? How does your algorithm track that?
You have to give Facebook credit. They get in the news more a lot. Maybe it’s investment. Maybe it’s a look at their numbers. Maybe it’s someone on the executive team has a hang nail. You name it they are there.
While measurements of Hulu's audience have been disputed recently, there is no question that the site, while certainly gaining popularity, still has quite a ways to go before it catches YouTube.
Hulu has lemonade to make of such lemons, however as its YouTube channel (yes, it has a YouTube Channel - who would've thought?) is the tenth most popular channel on the online video leader's site. And that's of all time.
There's a short but interesting blog post up on Google's official Public Policy Blog, which states six principles the company holds with regards to competition and openness.
Last month Compete.com launched with a new look. WebProNews had a few words with Compete's Director of Market Development, Aaron Prebluda who talked a little bit about the new design. Have you used Compete since its relaunch? What do you think about it? Share your thoughts.
The other day, Eric Schmidt blamed Microsoft for fanning the flames of controversy over Google's proposed advertising deal with Yahoo!. He did also note, however, that Google had probably failed to explain the deal well enough, and that this had contributed to said controversy as well.
Quebec's open source organization Facil is suing the province's government for spending millions of dollars on Microsoft software, and never entertaining the idea of using anything open source. The problem here is that there is no room for competition because the government automatically goes to Microsoft.
The chipmaker's long-standing dismissal of antitrust claims by its main rival, AMD, will receive a test as Federal Trade Commission regulators take a closer look at Intel.
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