Google posted a 31 percent increase in year-over-year revenue for the firstquarter of 2013. Sites made over $8 billion in revenue during the firstquarter of 2013. The smartphone maker earned the search giant a little over $1bn for the quarter.
UK paid search CPCs overtake US for first time – The DrumMeanwhile, Kenshoo reports that "CPCs in the UK rose by ten cents taking the total CPC to $0.48, overtaking the US CPC of $0.45 in the final quarter and dwarfing the rest of Europe which saw...
Across the six verticals studied, AdGooroo found 25,056 paid search advertisers on YBN receiving at least one first SERP ad impression, compared to 39,006 advertisers active on AdWords during the quarter.
CPC rates saw a general increase cross the board during the last quarter. Amazon Product Ads had the best conversion rates for Q4 2012, notably even beating its own numbers for the previous quarter. Q3 2012 marked Google Shopping first recorded...
CI expects the deal to close within the firstquarter of 2013. Google has acquired ecommerce solutions firm Channel Intelligence (CI). CI handles ecommerce solutions aimed at boosting the sales of product and services by making them easier to find...
Well, the social network's fourth quarter results show that around 23 percent of its total fourth quarter advertising revenue ($305 million) came from mobile. Facebook reported Q4 revenues of $1.59 billion, up from the year ago quarter of $1.13...
For the fourth quarter, Yahoo reported revenue of $1.34 billion, a 2 percent increase on the year ago quarter. Yahoo has posted its first annual revenue jump in four years as the company continues its efforts to rebuild under Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.
The stock has lost more than a quarter of its value in the following weeks. Investors seemed pleased despite Facebook’s $59 million loss, compared to a $227 million profit for the same quarter in 2011, before they became a public company.
Expect another big update from Google in the firstquarter of the year, and ongoing activity throughout the entire year. As always, learn to focus on serving the needs of your audience as your first priority, as this is one of your most important...
With 2013 upon us, and a fiscal meltdown promised by both sides of the political spectrum, many brands have been looking at tightening belts and wallets during the firstquarter as they play a waiting game on consumer sentiment and spending.
For example, in the first three months you might map out to produce 40 pieces of content total that is divided into blog posts and social media messages and set a goal for the 2nd quarter to increase by 25 percent.
ComScore Senior Director Matt Archer says mobile's share of retail e-commerce is on pace to reach double digits for the first time this quarter. The driver in most cases was not surprisingly price shopping, followed by the need to see items in...
Its three components will be rolled out in phases beginning in the firstquarter of 2013. The first component is the ability to build on the current Conversation Ads offering by letting people in a Skype conversation share and collaborate on content.
Thirty-five percent of retailers’ full year spend on paid search in 2011 was concentrated in the fourth quarter, with the top 50 largest retailers spending closer to 45 percent of their annual budget for search in those last three months...
Based on your average test duration, start projecting how many tests you'll be able to complete in the next month, quarter, and so forth. When testing between two or more URLs, it’s smart to use the URLs as an additional indicator of the variation...
Research firm IDC said that the Google mobile OS is the first to surpass 100 million quarterly shipments in a single quarter. The company noted that Android also saw its shipments rise by 91.5 percent over the previous year's quarter, a growth rate...
Mobile search spend increased 17 percent over the previous quarter and for the first time tablet CPCs surpassed desktop CPCs. Covario reports, “On a global platform basis, mobile advertising grew 17 percent in the third quarter when compared to Q2...
Investors seemed pleased despite Facebook’s $59 million loss, compared to a $227 million profit for the same quarter in 2011, before they became a public company. Advertising revenue represented 86 percent of total revenue and a 36 percent increase...
Google’s costs-per-click fell for the fourth quarter straight, for a 15 percent loss YoY, as searchers continue to move to mobile, but advertisers refuse to pay desktop rates. Then, they had no investors, analysts, or advertisers to contend with...