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Blog archives, week of Aug. 23, 2004464 - August 27, 2004 - 7.47 PM EST Yahoo sells $191 million in Google stock Yahoo sold $191 million in Google stock in that company's initial public offering, cashing out some of the 2.7 million shares Google gave Yahoo this month to settle two disputes. The shares were sold on Friday. Posted on Businessblog™ 463 - August 27, 2004 - 7.50 AM EST KDE to add Google-style search feature The Linux developers of KDE have announced plans to simplify searching for files on the open-source Linux desktop environment by adding a Google-style search tool. The next version of KDE, which will either be called 3.4 or 4, is expected to include the new search feature. It's likely to be released within the next 18 months. Aaron Seigo, a KDE developer, said the community has already been discussing and writing code for the new search engine at the KDE Community World Summit, which is taking place in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Posted on Businessblog™ 462 - August 26, 2004 - 11.28 AM EST Was the Google IPO a success? A week has passed since Google has officially become public. I've had time to digest the events surrounding the company's initial public stock offering and I still find myself pondering two key questions: Was the Google IPO a success? And is it worth doing it again? Posted on Businessblog™ 461 - August 26, 2004 - 10.00 AM EST Search-based advertising popular for newspapers The three largest UK newspapers are signing up to place search-based advertising on their news websites. Three old-media giants are taking up - or furthering their involvement with - the popular practise of placing relevant, search-based ads on their new media properties. Posted on Businessblog™ 460 - August 26, 2004 - 8.21 AM EST Interchange improves its Local Direct platform Local paid-search service provider Interchange made some enhancements to its Local Direct geographically targeted search platform yesterday. Local Direct, which debuted in March, is a service for Internet Yellow Pages sites and Yellow Pages publishers that combines Interchange's paid-search technology with a database of business listings. The platform enables publishers to sell cost-per-click advertising products to their own advertisers under their own brand. Posted on Businessblog™ 459 - August 26, 2004 - 7.52 AM EST
AOL technical glitch causes wrong information People who tried to access their personal pages on America Online last weekend found themselves looking at a completely different page instead, AOL confirmed Monday. Posted on Businessblog™ 458 - August 25, 2004 - 5.14 PM EST Google will start paying blogging sites In wanting to attract new users to its Blogger.com publishing platform, Google will share a portion of its advertising revenues. The search technology darling announced plans to share the profits from its AdSense self-service program that helps publishers serve up contextual advertising. The move is a significant departure from Google's previous policy of keeping all its revenues earned from AdSense. Posted on Businessblog™ 457 - August 25, 2004 - 10.25 AM EST Google could improve its corporate governance Google has weak corporate governance policies, according to a study by a stockholder service organisation. Posted on Businessblog™ 456 - August 25, 2004 - 8.22 AM EST Friendster names Charles Barrett V.P., sales In addition, he will also be responsible for ad operations and will strive to insure the Friendster network offers marketing partners a robust platform for delivering rich, measurable and highly efficient advertising and promotional campaigns.
Charles Barrett joins Friendster from AOL, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Sales for AOL Media Networks, overseeing the Western Region. Posted on Businessblog™ 455 - August 24, 2004 - 7.31 PM EST Tygo gives away $5 million in advertising Search engine Tygo.com hit the Internet today with an unusual marketing approach that matches its unusual advertising model. Posted on Businessblog™ 454 - August 24, 2004 - 5.16 PM EST Google's stock weakens a bit After closing higher each of Google's first three trading days, its shares lost ground Tuesday. After falling more than 5% early Tuesday, Google's shares recovered slightly to trade at $105.08, down $4.32 for the day, or nearly 4%. Posted on Businessblog™ 453 - August 24, 2004 - 9.30 AM EST More on Google's Playboy article Playboy magazine posted previously unpublished sections of the controversial interview with Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page. The excerpt, which was posted on the magazine's Web site yesterday, comes after Google's $1.67 billion initial stock sale last week. In it, Sergey Brin and Larry Page reveal more about the inner workings of their company. Posted on Businessblog™ 452 - August 24, 2004 - 7.16 AM EST Private information leaked on Google Subscribers to the MoveOn.org mailing list may have found that their interests in the anti-George Bush political website was a matter of public record. A website misconfiguration left dozens of the liberal political group's subscriber pages easily searchable through simple Google queries.
Posted on Businessblog™ 451 - August 23, 2004 - 5.55 PM EST FaganFinder launches URL info Another interesting tool from Michael Fagan, via his Fagan Finder search page. Posted on Businessblog™ 450 - August 23, 2004 - 11.31 AM EST Banks buying more Google stock Google's IPO got a little larger on Friday, when its lead investment bankers cashed in an option to buy 2.94 million more shares. The additional Google shares were sold to the firm's lead investment bankers, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston, at their IPO price of $85, according to a person familiar with the transaction. The banks can now resell the stock, which last traded at $108.31, for millions of dollars in profit. Posted on Businessblog™ 
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