Google just announced the launch of Google Apps – a direct attack on Microsoft’s multi billion dollar Office Suite – although right now, they are just rolling out basic applications. The idea is that they will private label their suite of applications to make it seamless for companies to use and brand as their own. [...]
Archive for August, 2006
Google & eBay Announce International Advertising Deal
This is a big surprise, in some ways, but due to the fact that Google is so efficient at monetizing international inventory (where the other’s are not), eBay has partnered with Google on this front. This is an interesting move, and may squash rumours of an impending Yahoo/eBay merger. I cannot see the logic in [...]
Web Browser Comparison Study
I found a great browser comparison study at Extreme Tech. For comparison, this blog has about 2,000 unique daily readers, and fully one half of them use a Mozilla based browser – which emphasizes how important it is to ensure that your website is cross-browser compatible.
Yahoo Analytics Launching Soon…?
Ok, how do I know this? Well, if you search Google for “Yahoo Analytics“, you will find that this blog ranks at #3 on the SERP, due to a speculative post I made a while back. It has actually been there for quite some time now, however in the past week, it has been my [...]
incuBeta Acquires Strategic Stake in Quirk eMarketing
South Africa’s small, yet dynamic online marketing space got a bit closer!  We’ve just announced a partnership and strategic stakeholding in Quirk eMarketing. Quirk has been in operation for the past 7 years,founded by Rob Stokes, and grown to a 30+ person operation with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg and London. Rob is now based [...]
Vinny Lingham is an International Award winning Entrepreneur & Search Engine Marketer. He is currently CEO of Free Website maker, Yola.