News: Google Search Engine, Accounts for 63 Percent of August Searches
Reston, Virginia - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 24, 2008 - Search engine firm, Google, has been placed in the top spot of the digital monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace.
In August 2008, Americans conducted 11.7 billion core searches, virtually unchanged from July, as Google Sites extended its lead in core search market share by 1.1 percentage points.
Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in July with 63 percent of the searches conducted, up from 61.9 percent in July, followed by Yahoo! Sites (19.6 percent), Microsoft Sites (8.3 percent), Ask Network (4.8 percent), and AOL LLC (4.3 percent).
In the comScore August 2008 analysis of the top properties where search activity is observed, Google Sites led with 10.2 billion searches, a 2-percent increase versus July. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 2.4 billion searches, followed by Microsoft Sites with 1 billion and AOL LLC with 839 million.
These results come on the heels of Google's recently sale of the Chicago-based Performics search marketing business to Publicis Groupe. Performics facilitates the performance of advertiser investments and campaign effectiveness. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
comScore, Inc. is a digital measurement source of marketing intelligence.
With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google's technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; two WIRED magazine Readers Raves Awards; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor's Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo! and its international properties, Sony Corporation and its global affiliates, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, California, Google's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Sequoia Capital.
For more information about comscore, please visit: www.comscore.com.
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News: Web Hosting Provider, Network Solutions, Enhances Designer, Developer Packages
Herndon, Virginia - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 23, 2008 - Web hosting and small business applications company, Network Solutions, has released an extensive series of web hosting enhancements, geared toward the web designer and developer community.
The enhancements include one-click installs for popular open source programs - provide advanced users with ease of use, enhanced performance and improved reliability, to better meet the needs of clients, while continuing to be user-friendly and backed by superior customer support.
Bill Jolly, Director of Product Management for Network Solutions noted, ''We are making a concerted effort to make our hosting packages attractive to the web designer and developer community. The enhancements we've made are just the beginning and we continue to make improvements to our hosting platform to provide added features and flexibility to help web professionals design and deliver quality products and services to their clients. Look for more to come in the following months.''
Network Solutions web hosting packages now include more open source software applications with one-click installs, including Joomla, PHP Bulletin Board (PHPBB) and OSCommerce. The UNIX sever uptime rating has been increased to 99.99 percent, to help ensure a client's business is always up and running.
In addition, the storage and bandwidth have been increased to allow web developers, designers and their clients to accommodate more traffic and added features such as blogs, videos, and other interactive applications.
Network Solutions is a provider of e-business solutions and domain name registration service, offering a full range of online services to small and medium enterprises, including web hosting, web design, e-commerce software, search engine marketing, SSL certificates, e-mail services and domain name registration. Network Solutions draws on over 29 years of experience to make it simple and affordable for customers to build and manage an online presence through a one-stop web Solutions provider.
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News: Google Search Engine, Completes Performics Marketing Business Sale
Mountain View, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 23, 2008 - Search engine firm, Google, has completed its sale of the Chicago-based Performics search marketing business to Publicis Groupe. Performics facilitates the performance of advertiser investments and campaign effectiveness.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Earlier this month,
Google Video for business, a new application in Google Apps, designed for sharing video in an organization, was been released. To participate, it is only necessary to upload a video to Google Apps, and then invite others to view it. With Google Video for business, anyone can upload a video -- on anything ranging from executive communications to product training to trip reports -- and share it securely with individuals or the entire company. Google Video for business is now available as part of Google Apps Premier Edition at no additional cost.
With Google Video for business, companies can leverage the power and intimacy of video to communicate all flavors of corporate information including: Leadership communications such as business updates and corporate announcements Training and how-to videos to share product knowledge and business expertise Customer insight derived from site visits, interviews, or focus groups Social videos that evangelize relevant activity and initiatives across an organization.
Sharing video is accomplished through clicking 'browse' to find a video and 'upload' to start sharing. Google Apps gives video owners multiple controls for sharing videos such as: share videos with individuals, groups, or the entire organization add descriptions and tags embed videos in any internal web page, including Google Sites Viewers across the organization can: search for any video to which they have access view high-quality video from popular browsers (including Safari on iPhone) submit ratings, comments and additional tags optionally download videos for viewing offline or on portable devices Google Video for business is available now in English to Google Apps Premier Edition accounts at no additional cost.
Each Google Apps Premier Edition domain gets 3GB of Video storage per user account. Existing Premier Edition administrators can enable Google Video for business immediately from the Google Apps control panel. A version for Google Apps Education Edition customers that allows faculty and staff to upload and share videos with students will be available on September 8 for free trial until March 9, 2009, at which point it will cost $10 per user, per year. Google Apps brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools to organizations.
With Google Apps, users can use tools such as Gmail webmail service, Google Talk instant messaging service, Google Calendar calendaring service, Google Docs program, Google Sites web application, the Start Page for creating a customizable homepage, and now Google Video for business on their own domain to work together more effectively.
Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.
With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google's technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; two WIRED magazine Readers Raves Awards; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor's Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo! and its international properties, Sony Corporation and its global affiliates, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, California, Google's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Sequoia Capital.
Posted by editor on Tuesday, September 23 @ 11:31:24 EDT (531 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Firm, Hostway, Debuts .Pro Domain Name Registration Specials
London, United Kingdom - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 22, 2008 - Web hosting and online technology services company, Hostway Corporation, is encouraging individuals and companies, since the registry effectively has relaunched, to register for the .Pro domain name.
Thomas Herbert, product manager, Hostway noted, ''When the domain name was launched in 2004, it was limited to the medical, legal, accounting and engineering professions. The companies or individuals had to be licensed in the United States, Canada, Germany or the United Kingdom and rigorous checks were required to ensure that professionals were properly accredited. Furthermore, these groups could only register a Second Level name (mydomain.pro) once they had already successfully registered a Third Level name (e.g mydomain.law.pro for certified Lawyers, or mydomain.med.pro for Doctors and Physicians). A lot of that has changed now - all professionals are now eligible for a standard second level .Pro name.''
Following ICANN's announcement regarding the relaxation of regulations around registering for the .Pro domain name, all professional individuals and companies can now register for a second-level .Pro domain name (e.g. domain.pro). Previously, the domain name was limited to four groups of professionals and strict checking procedures were in place. The domain name is now open to all professional groups and categories, from accountants to zoologists.
The .Pro domain name allows professionals to distinguish their website or online identity from any other kind of domain name, and offers an interesting alternative to the now rather stock .com and .co.uk names.
Mr. Herbert added, ''.Pro still feels untapped as an address I believe, and remains a fresh, unique proposition for professionals looking to stand out from the crowd.''
The .Pro live registration opens today - the 8th September, and competition is likely to increase over the next few weeks for the most popular names. Registrants order .Pro names in the same way as any other domain, but they must still self-certify their eligibility by supplying their professional information within 44 days of placing their orders. A full FAQ is available on the Hostway site.
Another barrier to .Pro adoption has also been lifted - and that is the price of a .Pro name. Previously over sixty pounds per year, Hostway is now offering discounted .Pro registrations at 11.95 pounds +VAT for the first year, and 19.95 pounds +VAT for any additional years thereafter - making it far more financially viable for most people. The special promotional pricing applies domains registered between September 8th 2008 and January 1st, 2010.
Founded in 1998, Hostway Corporation (www.hostway.co.uk) is one of the three largest web hosting companies in the world with a direct presence in 11 countries, 15 worldwide operation centres, and more than 700 employees. Serving customers both small and large, Hostway combines best of breed hosting infrastructure with innovative online tools that help customers broaden their reach and grow their businesses online. Hostway offers a wide range of managed hosting services ranging from Windows and Linux based shared hosting plans, to complete dedicated server and Enterprise managed solutions to now over 600,000 customers worldwide.
For more information about Hostway Corporation, please visit: www.hostway.com.
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News: Search Engine Marketing Platform, MediaTraks, Integrated by LocalTel
Miami, Florida - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 22, 2008 -
Search engine solution designed for buyers and sellers of local advertising, MediaTrak, has been chosen by LocalTel, Inc., to use the MediaTraks Platform for customer management of pay-per-click advertising campaigns on Google, Yahoo and MSN.
LocalTel is a leading Independent Yellow Pages Publisher, specializing in community-specific books throughout New England. MediaTraks' SEM Platform is an online tool that centralizes SEM campaign management for sellers of local advertising. The Platform enables clients to efficiently buy, optimize, report on and bill for their customers' Google, Yahoo and MSN search marketing campaigns through a single web-based solution.
Easy-to-use modules within the SEM Platform allow clients to create and post ad campaigns that can run simultaneously on all three search engines. Users can also set campaign management parameters, consolidate performance reporting, and automate campaign optimization. In addition, the Platform's Performance Dashboard translates granular data into high-level performance and cost analysis across all advertisers and campaigns.
MediaTraks' SEM Platform clients include Yellow Pages publishers and agencies seeking to provide their advertising customers with qualified online leads.
MediaTraks Global, LLC brings together buyers and sellers of local online advertising across the nation and around the world. Founded by a group of media, web and telecom veterans with more than 100 years' combined industry experience, MediaTraks anticipates and fulfills the next-generation needs of advertisers, agencies and website publishers. MediaTraks offers a suite of web-based solutions and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
LocalTel is a leader in independent yellow pages advertising, offering business advertisements in community-specific books. Compared with larger regional directories, LocalTel offers advertisers lower rates and higher returns on their advertising dollars, enabling businesses to promote their services in the towns they want to serve. In addition to community directory solutions, LocalTel offers comprehensive direct marketing programs to ensure their customers are found wherever consumers are looking. The Internet Marketing division of LocalTel, PageOne Local, provides local businesses the opportunity to take advantage of the power of the internet by offering a complete portfolio of online marketing strategies.
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