Tuesday, March 11, 2008

What does the DoubleClick deal with Google mean?

Google just completed its acquisition of DoubleClick today...what does it mean? Well, Yahoo will probably find that it will face even more pressure to find a buyout partner for one. The DoubleClick deal will allow Google an entry into the display advertising arena and will transform it into a full service ad company with both display and search. This will further weaken Yahoo's ability to remain independent and further solidify Googles' dominance.

Let me know what you think?

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Top 50 U.S. Website Properties

Ever wonder what some of the most popular websites on the Internet are? Take a few guesses as to the top twenty. It's not hard to guess Yahoo and Google as the top two, but would you have ever thought that Ask.com would be number 10, or Craig's List at number 25? How about Gorilla nation at 23, has anyone ever heard of that web property? If you'd like to read an article and see a top-50 chart on the most popular web properties for January 2008, check out the ClickZ article. I should mention these are web properties and not necessarily websites. For example, Fox Media is ranked number 5 on this list and that is because they own MySpace.com, etc.