UK Internet Access on the Rise
According to new research, the number of homes with Internet access in Britain is on the rise.
Official figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that homes with access to the internet has risen by almost a million over the last year to reach 15.2 million homes with access to the internet, thats equivelent to 61% […]
Google CFO Retires
Google announced today that its chief financial officer, George Reyes, will retire (age 52) by the end of this year. Mr. Reyes has been CFO at Google for five years.
Eric Schmidt Google’s CEO had these words to say about Reyes’ departure:
“I’ve known and admired George since our days together at Sun and we will miss his thoughtfulness, good humour and wisdom”.
Schmidt added:
“as Google’s […]
Google signs Adsense deal with CNN
Google has agreed a deal with CNN to become the sole supplier of contextual advertising on its flagship website CNN.com.
The deal will see Google serve contextually relevant ads next to CNN news content.
This is what CNN said about the deal:
“At CNN.com, our mission is laser-focused on providing up-to-the-minute news and information to our users,” said […]
New Google Adwords Formula
The forumla used to decide which paid adverts show up at the top of the natural search listings has changed.
Previously Google used the actual cost per click paid by an advertiser and muliplied this figure by the “Quality Score” of the advert to come up with a weighting mechanism that decides which adverts show up […]