Google is set to release its Q4 2008 earnings report tomorrow, and the company will likely set the tone for the entire search marketing industry and the online economy going into 2009. According to a recent market report, Google’s got a tough sell on Thursday.
I don't usually follow sponsored links when doing research (intentional ad blindness), but people are getting better at getting my attention. Mark Hines at Vestopia targeted GOOG and bragged via AdWords that he sold out at $741. Click and he'll tell you why.
Wall Street's romance with Google may be exiting the limerence stage and settling down into the not-now-honey-the-game's-on stage. GOOG opened this morning at $560, which would have been cause for Tanqueray and tango in early 2007.
Hat tip SEL: The Google-DoubleClick merger has been approved by the FTC.
So, after weeks of speculation, Microsoft won the battle over Facebook, with Google second, and Yahoo embarrassingly nowhere to be seen.
Both Google and Microsoft have now introduced their voice-based local search facility for your phone.
Google shares have been up and down in after-hours trading, but largely have hovered around the closing price of $639.62 soon after Google released its earnings report for the third quarter of 2007. Google beat analyst expectations by a slim margin.
For the third straight day since hitting an historic $600 per share mark, Google stock rose again, this time closing at $625.39.
The GOOG spent a brief time over the $600 mark, putting it in some pretty good company for a few minutes.
So shares of Google are tickling the underbelly of $600. Big deal. Wait 'til next year, when trading puts a seven in front of those double-zeroes.