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Local Search Bonanza Stirs Patent Investigation
Last year in Feb the Kelsey Group made the eye-catching forecast that the global online local search market is set to explode from $3.4 billion in 2005 to $13 billion in 2010. This put the growth rate at a handsome 30.4% over the next 4-5 years. Interestingly, the same report was emphatic that the classified
Online Music & Web 3.0 (Part 3)
Business Model Music sites primarily earn revenues from subscriptions, music downloads, advertisements and the different products sold through its sites. Most music sites are allowing downloads at approximately 99 cents per song and analysts say it is not enough to cover the costs. Currently most of the music sites are losing money. Napster (NAPS) and
Maggie Wilderotter Joins Yahoo’s Board of Directors
WSJ reports that Maggie Wilderotter has joined Yahoo’s Board. This may be considered as the first big move by Jerry Yang to catalyze change in the company. You can read my interview with Maggie here to catch up on who she is, and what she has done before. And my central thesis on Yahoo’s turnaround
It’s About Place (Part 5)
by Cal McElroy, Guest Author I have been following with fascination (and taking many calls from research analysts), regarding the public market buzz around Local.com (NASDAQ: LOCM). This firestorm was triggered by John Gilliam’s recent blog on SeekingAlpha. While I personally think John’s assessment of this patent is overzealous (he did disclose he was long
Facebook’s Monetization Strategy (Part 1)
I have, so far, refrained from joining the hype machine around Facebook. However, things are plain out-of-control right now, with rumors about them turning down $6 Billion acquisition offer from Microsoft, and more recently, that $10 Billion is what they think they’re worth. All this, on an annualized revenue of how much? $150 Million, right?
Naukri, India’s Internet Star
On July 12 last week, Info Edge (India) Ltd announced the launch of ‘Asknaukri.com’, which purports to be the first website of its kind in India. With this Naukri.com completes the circle around the concept of online career needs in India. (BOM: NAUKRI) For the uninitiated, ‘Naukri’ in Hindi means job, and Naukri.com is the
Rediff’s Acquisition Prospects
Rediff (Nasdaq: REDF) is reported to be in acquisition discussions with Google and Yahoo. The company’s stock moved up to an all-time high of $27.50 per share on July 12 from $17.94 on July 5. The trading volume increased to more than a million shares from an average of 50,000 share a day, and has
Can Move Move Up?
National Association of Realtors (NAR), whose over 1 million members are Realtors, is a century-old powerful trade association of real estate agents and brokers in US. Besides owning the word ‘Realtor’ as a registered trademark, the NAR has sufficient clout among the decision makers, which stems from its being the US’ third largest donor to
