October 28, 2008
Google announces third quarter 2008 results
Google reported revenues of $5.54 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, an increase of 31% compared to the third quarter of 2007 and an increase of 3% compared to the second quarter of 2008. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs (TAC). In the third quarter of 2008, TAC totaled $1.50 billion, or 28% of advertising revenues.
September 25th, 2008
Google TV Ads Platform Adds Bloomberg TV to U.S. Inventory
Google announced today that the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® network will make national cable advertising time in the U.S. available through the Google TV Ads™ platform. By offering self-service buying opportunities through Google TV Ads, the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION network will expand its reach to a wider range of advertisers, including those that are new to the medium.
September 10, 2008
Google Completes Sale of Performics Search Marketing Business
Google announced today that it has completed its sale of the Performics search marketing business to Publicis Groupe. Chicago-based Performics, one of the leading search marketing services providers, helps to improve the performance of advertisers’ investments and maximize client campaign effectiveness.
September 8, 2008
NBC Universal and Google Form Strategic Advertising Partnership
NBC Universal will join forces with Google to form a strategic multi-year advertising, research and technology partnership. The two companies will work together to develop more effective advertising metrics, attract non-traditional advertising partners to NBCU and incorporate self-service buying opportunities through the Google TV Ads™ advertising platform
August 19, 2008
Google.org invests more than $10 million in breakthrough geothermal energy technology
In the continuing effort to develop electricity from renewable energy cheaper than from coal, Google through its philanthropic arm Google.org, announced $10.25 million in investments in a breakthrough energy technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Today's announcement also includes funding for research on next-generation geothermal resource mapping, EGS information tools, and a policy agenda for geothermal energy.
August 6, 2008
Publicis Groupe to Acquire Performics Search Marketing Business
Publicis Groupe and Google announced today that Publicis Groupe has agreed to acquire the Performics search marketing business (Performics) from Google. Chicago-based Performics, one of the leading search marketing services providers, helps to improve the performance of advertisers’ investments and maximize client campaign effectiveness. Its profit-driving suite of marketing solutions includes Performics’ reporting platform, local platform, advanced market expertise and active account management.
July 18, 2008
Google to Acquire Russian Context Ads Service Provider - ZAO Begun
Google announced today that it has signed an agreement with Rambler Media to acquire ZAO Begun ("Begun"), a leading Russian context advertising service, for $140 million, subject to customary adjustments. This agreement emphasizes Google's commitment to improving the service it offers users, partners and advertisers in Russia, where digital advertising is currently experiencing rapid growth.
July 17, 2008
Google announces second quarter 2008 results
Google reported revenues of $5.37 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, an increase of 39% compared to the second quarter of 2007 and an increase of 3% compared to the first quarter of 2008. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs, or TAC. In the second quarter of 2008, TAC totaled $1.47 billion, or 28% of advertising revenues.
June 25, 2008
Bell Canada Executive Patrick Pichette to Join Google Executive Team
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that Patrick Pichette will be named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Pichette served as President of Operations at Bell Canada, a leading global communications company.
June 12, 2008
Google Announces Non-Exclusive Advertising Services Agreement with Yahoo! in U.S. and Canada
Google today announced that it has reached an agreement that gives Yahoo! the ability to use Google's search and contextual advertising technology through its AdSense™ for Search and AdSense for Content advertising programs. Under the agreement, Yahoo! has the option to display Google ads alongside its own natural search results in the U.S. and Canada. In addition, Yahoo! can serve contextually targeted ads on its U.S. and Canadian web properties as well as on its current publisher partner sites. Yahoo will continue to operate its own search engine, web properties and advertising services.
April 17, 2008
Google announces first quarter 2008 results
Google reported revenues of $5.19 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, an increase of 42% compared to the first quarter of 2007 and an increase of 7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2007. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs, or TAC. In the first quarter of 2008, TAC totaled $1.49 billion, or 29% of advertising revenues.
March 11, 2008
Google Closes Acquisition of DoubleClick
Google announced today that it has completed its acquisition of DoubleClick, a company that offers online ad serving and management technology to advertisers, web publishers and ad agencies.
February 19, 2008
Soros Economic Development Fund, Omidyar Network and Google.org Launch Small to Medium Enterprise Investment Company for India
The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), Omidyar Network, and Google.org announced today a new $17 million Small to Medium Enterprise Investment Company for India to create job opportunities and spur greater economic participation for a larger segment of the population. This joint Investment Company will provide capital to small and medium businesses in underserved markets.
February 03, 2008
Google's statement on Microsoft's bid for Yahoo
Google’s executives said -We take Internet openness, choice and innovation seriously. They are the core of our culture. We believe that the interests of Internet users come first -- and should come first -- as the merits of this proposed acquisition are examined and alternatives explored. The company also reiterated that allowing such a transaction would monopolize two most heavily trafficked portals on the Internet and would have little choice for openness.
November 11, 2008
Gmail launches voice and video chat
Google today launched Gmail voice and video chat, making it simple for people around the world to chat in high-quality video for free right within Gmail. All you need is a webcam and a small web browser plugin, and you can start video chatting with your friends, family, and coworkers on Gmail and Google Apps.
September 2, 2008
Google Chrome: A New Take on the Browser
Google Inc. today launched Google Chrome, a new open source browser intended to create a better web experience for users around the world. Available in beta in more than 40 languages, Google Chrome is a new approach to the browser that’s based on the simplicity and power that users have come to expect from Google products.
June 3, 2008
Google Site Search Taps Power of the Cloud to Improve Search for Business Websites
Google today announced Google Site Search™, a service that provides quality search to any website with the flexibility of cloud computing. The new service, hosted by Google, allows site owners to quickly implement search functionality that is familiar and useful to their visitors. At the same time, site owners can customize Google Site Search to account for the unique nature of their site and their content.
NASA and Google Announce Lease at Ames Research Center
Under the terms of the 40-year agreement, Google will lease 42.2 acres of unimproved land in NASA Research Park at Ames to construct up to 1.2 million square feet of offices and research and development (R&D) facilities in a campus-style setting. "With this new campus, we will establish a new era of expanded collaboration with Google that will further enhance our Silicon Valley connections," said Ames Director S. Pete Worden. "This major expansion of NASA Research Park supports NASA's mission to lead the nation in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research."
July 17, 2008
Google AdWords™ Announces Single Online Campaign for the Google Content Network
Google announced today an enhanced online campaign type that enables advertisers to manage both keyword-targeted ads and placement-targeted ads within one consolidated campaign. Advertisers can now combine keywords and placements in the same campaign to more precisely target where their ads appear on the Google content network and how much they pay for them.
April 16, 2008
Release of a new version of Google Earth
The new release, Google Earth version 4.3, greatly advances our vision of offering a realistic, 3D model of the world in Google Earth by giving users a higher quality, more immersive experience. Google Earth 4.3 also adds more realistic, real-world data so users have more ways to discover and explore all the interesting features the world has to offer.
April 14, 2008
Salesforce.com and Google Introduce Salesforce for Google Apps - First Cloud Computing Suite for Business Productivity
Google & Salesforce today expanded their global strategic alliance to make it easy for companies of all sizes to run their business in the cloud with Salesforce for Google Apps. The combination of the Google Apps™ suite of productivity applications and the Salesforce suite of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications enables businesses to effectively communicate and collaborate without any hardware or software to download, install or maintain. Salesforce for Google Apps also leverages the Force.com Platform and Google's open APIs, opening up even more development opportunities for developers and partners.
