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Android Games Used As Trojan Horse For Malicious Apps Android Games Used As Trojan Horse For Malicious Apps
By · December 12, 2011

Malware disguised as popular game apps were discovered in the Android Market yesterday by Google’s security team. Despite being removed earlier today by Google, over 10,000 downloads of the malicious apps had already been performed by unwitting Android users. About …

A Lawsuit Concerning Facebook, a Marketing Company, and a Pizza Joint
By · October 2, 2009

I am a big fan of pizza. Maybe it’s my New York / New Jersey roots but there’s nothing like a really well done pizza with (insert favorite topping(s) here) sitting in front of a ballgame of some sort. You get the picture right?

Google Isn’t Dominating the News Market
By · April 13, 2009

In case you’ve missed the kerfluffle recently, the AP is rather dissatisfied with their relationship with the Internet, and Google in particular. Google is everyone’s favorite villain these days.

Social Media Market Still Miniscule, But Is Growing
By · March 16, 2009

Forrester Research just released a report that suggests the tough economy will be the catalyst for more spending on social media marketing.

eMarketer Predicts Shrinkage For Local Ad Market
By · March 11, 2009

It’s that time again folks. It’s time to write a headline that if someone doesn’t look beyond the statement it may seem a little odd or maybe even shocking. Of course since we are concerned with Internet marketing here this is actually a story with a pleasant ending.

Fusing The Concepts Of Search And Twitter
By · March 10, 2009

With all of the sniping that has gone on recently between Google and that annoying little pest that keeps landing on its shoulder called Twitter wouldn’t ittwitter-bird be nice to learn how to get value from one or the other?

India’s Mobile Market Growing Stronger
By · December 12, 2007

The U.S. search market appears to be pretty much wrapped up.  Neither Yahoo nor Google is especially strong in mobile matters, though, and the fight becomes even more of a tossup in India, where mobile services are expected to assume “a high growth trajectory.”

French Photographer Gets Layer In Google Earth
By · December 11, 2007

A French photographer named Yann Arthus-Bertrand is famous for many things, including an “Earth from the Air” exhibit.  It seems perfectly natural, then, that about 500 of his photographs have been used to create a new “Earth from Above” layer in Google Earth.

SEMPO Organizes Annual Meeting
By · December 5, 2007
SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, is organizing its annual meeting. For this round-robin discussion, it is bringing representatives from Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft. All the companies will discuss together about their latest plans and initiative programs.

The Danger of Aggressive Ad Placement
By · November 30, 2007
When I did a recent Q&A thread one of the recurring themes with sites that were struggling was AdSense ads positioned above their content.

Many websites are never given the chance to grow because they monetize too aggressively and look to spammy to enjoy the benefits of organic growth and community building.

SEMPO Wants You to Get Involved
By · November 30, 2007

SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, wants people involved with SEM to take its 4th annual State of the Market survey.

The Difficulty With Grabbing Attention In Search
By · November 21, 2007 · 3

Those much-revered top five placements on search engines for a given set of keywords only draws the viewer’s attention for seven seconds. Gord Hotchkiss sees this short attention span as a call to brands to keep doing their market research.

Market Research Continues to Move Online
By · November 20, 2007

A few months ago, I wrote about online panels, and I am finding more and more marketers moving their market research online.

Google Claims More Market Share For Itself
By · November 20, 2007

You’d think that at some point, Google would have so much that it couldn’t possibly grow any further, but despite having a lock on the top spot, Google continues to claim a larger slice of the pie month after month.

Google Being Investigated for Tax Evasion in China
By · November 19, 2007

Here’s a warning for Facebook–before they dive into China’s market–make sure you have your books in order. Google is allegedly being investigated for tax evasion by the Chinese Inland Revenue Department.

Baidu Chases Google In Mobile Market
By · November 16, 2007

Google’s determined not to lose in China, and to that end, the company is beginning to focus much of its energy on the mobile market.  Unfortunately (for Google), so is Baidu.

Google and BizRate.com Break Up
By · November 13, 2007

Google Checkout Makes Shopping Sites Undesirable

As Google Checkout ramps up, many thin arbitrage / shopping aggregator sites are going to see a significant love loss from Google. In September Andrew Goodman wrote a piece on how paid search and organic search quality criteria may play off each other, after coming across a post on Inside AdWords where Google stated that some types of sites are likely to merit a low quality score:

Google To Topple Baidu With Short Domain Name?
By · November 2, 2007 · 5

Someone who’s too weak, lazy, or pressed for time to type eight letters and a period is in serious trouble.  But anyone who would rather type eight than three is just silly, and so Google China has unveiled a new domain name: G.cn.

Casual Gaming: An Untapped Market
By · October 31, 2007

At the first of the year, I wondered if 2007 or 2008 would be the year of the online game.

2007 is nearly gone, and not a peep out of anybody except the Casual Games Association, which says 150 million people play free, casual games online, outpacing game consoles, first-person shooter games, and massively multiplayer games.

Casual Games Association
Google Takes Aim At China’s Mobile Market
By · October 29, 2007

We’ve discussed cultural differences, censorship, and the lack of a home field advantage – these have all posed challenges to Google in China.  It’s now becoming clear that Google will also need to overcome its unfamiliarity with the mobile market to succeed in this country.

Demise Of Xohm? Perhaps Not
By · October 29, 2007

The $5 billion price tag to create Sprint’s WiMAX service, Xohm, looked like a deal-killer when the former CEO was forced out. A spark of life exists.

Google Says “Failing Wisely” Is Just Fine
By · October 25, 2007

Although we all do it, “guessing and checking” can sometimes make a person look like a monkey.  And yet, if I remember correctly, the guess and check method is actually identified in some textbooks as a valid approach to problem-solving.  Also, the guys at Google are generally fine with the idea.

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