Google to hire record 6000 employees in 2011
GOOGLE said overnight it will hire a record number of people this year, taking on more than 6000 workers "across the board and around the globe." The internet giant added more than 4500 "Googlers" to its employee ranks in 2010 and plans to easily eclipse that figure this year, Google senior vice president of engineering [...]
Microsoft Core Search Query Volume Rebounds
Overall, Americans conducted about 18.2 billion total core search queries in December 2010, up 3% from about 17.7 billion the previous month. Top core search query provider Google experienced 3% month-over-month growth, from about 11.4 billion to 11.7 billion queries, while number two Yahoo stayed essentially flat with 3.43 billion queries. Number four Ask Network [...]
Google Improves Share of Search Engine Ad Spend
In contrast to the year-over-year (YoY) declines experienced in 2009, punctuated by a nearly 10% drop in Q3, YoY search spend based on a same-client basis increased by 18.5% in 2010, setting up a positive start to 2011.Growth of about 35% in Q4 2010 (see more detail below) brought up the overall average, as increases [...]
Schmidt Out as Google CEO
Google just dropped a bombshell: Eric Schmidt is out as CEO (as announced in the company’s earnings report. We’ll be covering the company’s earnings call, which is sure to have more on this. He will step down from the role starting April 4, and co-founder Larry Page will take charge of Google’s day-to-day operations as [...]
Microsoft Core Search Query Volume Rebounds
Microsoft, which saw its total core search engine query volume drop 4% month-over-month in November 2010, rebounded strongly in December 2010 with a 9% gain, according to new comScore qSearch data. Microsoft’s core search queries grew from about 2.01 billion to 2.18 billion, placing it third overall. Overall, Americans conducted about 18.2 billion total core [...]
