Acquisition
Decommissioning Jet: Two charts proving Walmart planned to ground Jet all along
Walmart made headlines last week by announcing that it would fold Jet.com into its Walmart ecommerce operations. The story explained with two simple charts.
10 marketing metrics to master for first-time startup owners
When you’re just starting out as a business owner it’s easy to become wrapped up in the seemingly endless number of metrics you *need* to pay attention to in order to determine the success of your business.
People Build Links
Knowing the right people in person and getting links based on goodwill can provide the best links, but it can also be very time-consuming.
How to Make the Most of Google Analytics Acquisition Reports
Understanding how users reach your website is fundamental to planning your marketing activity and increasing relevant traffic to your website. The place for all of this wonderful information is within the Acquisitions section in Google Analytics.
Internet Marketing Ninjas Buy Webmaster World Forums #Pubcon
Today at Pubcon, Brett Tabke and Jim Boykin announced that legendary web forum Webmaster World is changing hands. Tabke plans to focus more on his PubCon conference series, while Boykin will build out his Ninja Dojo community.
Acquisio Acquire ClickEquations; Partner with Channel Intelligence
Acquisio have acquired ClickEquations for an undisclosed sum from Channel Intelligence and struck a strategic alliance which will see Channel Intelligence and Acquisio partnering to make an impact in the ecommerce market for large retailers.
Google’s Purchase of Motorola More About Patents Than Hardware
Motorola mobility has over 14,000 patents and another nearly 7,000 pending, all of which help protect Google's Android mobile OS platform and all the Android hardware OEMs from the plethora of lawsuits filed by Apple, Microsoft, and others.
Google Opens Wallet to Buy Smartphone Loyalty Card Startup Punchd
Punchd, a smartphone-based loyalty card business, has been acquired by Google for an amount believed to be more than $10 million. It is widely speculated that Google will use the service as part of its Google Wallet mobile payment system.
Google’s ITA-based Flight Search Could Launch Soon
Google may soon be providing more detailed flight search results, including maps, prices and results based on searchers' IP addresses as the starting point for destinations. This product may put pressure on aggregators like Expedia or Travelocity.
Google Acquires SageTV for GoogleTV Reinvigoration
Google just picked up SageTV for an undisclosed amount. SageTV, a software and hardware company that built a product for watching and recording TV shows from any computer with a high-speed internet connection, is likely to be integrated into Google TV.
