Archive: December, 2008

Reviewing a Perilous Transition – The News of March 2008

Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Posted by Jim Hedger @ 3:57 pm

Below, behold the biggest or most interesting stories I found in March 2008. March was an interesting month full of debate, controversy and the first inklings that something wicked was coming this way…

March 2008

GOOG

    $457.02/share, Mar 3
    $440/share, Mar 31

YHOO

    $27.77/share, Mar 3
    $28.93/share, Mar 31

MSFT

    $26.99/share, Mar 3
    $28.38/share, Mar 31

Mar 1
IAC: Ready To Bail On Ask?
More on the impending shakeup at IAC’s long-suffering Ask. An insider tells us that IAC is considering finally pulling the plug on Teoma, the engine that powers Ask’s search, and just using Google.

Whiteboard Friday: SMX West Interviews-Matt Cutts
… we have an interview with Google’s own Spaminator, Matt Cutts. Matt was kind enough to sit down with Rand and reveal a bit more about the man behind the madness that is the Google Spam Team.

Mar 3
comScore Paid Search Data & How The Sky Might Not Be Falling
Last week comScore came out with a report that showed a 7% sequential decline vs. December 2007 in paid search ad clicks.