Forecast: Yahoo and
Google will top $9B in 2005
If ABC, CBS and NBC are TV’s big three, then Yahoo and
Google are the internet’s big two, at least in terms of ad revenue.
Together the internet giants will approach $10 billion in worldwide ad
revenue this year, according to eMarketer. Google will earn more,
according to eMarketer’s estimates, $5.16 billion to Yahoo’s $4.35
billion. Google will also hold a slight lead in U.S. ad revenue, $3.12
billion to $2.99 billion. Yahoo earned more in ad revenue than Google
last year, but a faster growth rate will push Google ahead in 2005.
EMarketer predicts a 50.3 percent ad revenue growth rate for Google,
compared to 32.8 percent for Yahoo. Overall, eMarketer sees Google
accounting for 24.2 percent of all internet ad revenue this year,
including 57.7 percent of paid search revenue, while Yahoo will claim
23.2 percent of all ad revenue and 33.2 percent of paid search revenue.
No thanks: Most cell users don't want video service
Not interested in video capabilities for your cell
phone? You’re not alone. Two out of three mobile phone users say
they’re not yet ready for video services on their phones, according to a
recent In-Stat survey. It’s the same percentage found in last year’s study.
Don’t count on interest surging soon, either. Just one out of
eight respondents said they are interested in purchasing the service from
their wireless carrier. In-Stat forecasts the number of subscribers buying
mobile video content in the U.S. will increase from an estimated 1.1
million in 2005 to more than 30 million by 2010.
Gartner: Cell phone sales approaching 800 million
Cell
phone sales will hit 779 million this year and top 1 billion by 2009,
according to a new report from research company Gartner. Some 2.4 billion
people will use cell phones that year, according to the report, at which
point the real money will be made from cell phone services, not the phones
themselves. For example, Sony Ericsson reports that during the second
quarter of the year, cell phone sales grew but revenue shrank 16 percent.
Gartner says cell phone sales this year will increase 15.6 percent over
last year's 674 million.
Blinkx launches
online TV and radio search tool
There's now an easy way to search for radio and TV programs online.
Internet search company Blinkx introduced a service yesterday that sifts
through radio and TV content online and automatically delivers it to a
user's computer. Available at blinkx.tv, the site looks through content
from more than 30 sources, including NBC, CNN, ESPN and BBC News. By using
Really Simple Syndication for delivery, the service creates and sends a
link to the sought content after looking for the audio or video clip using
voice and transcription technologies. The new service should help Blinkx
in its move from investor-supported to ad-supported site.
Alien endeavor: MindComet shoots blogs into space
Call
it the modern-day version of a message in a bottle, sending messages into
outer space via satellite in hopes of making Martian friends. A new
service from Florida-based MindComet now lets bloggers peddle their
opinions far beyond the world-wide web. The purpose is to connect with
extraterrestrials, should they exist, says MindComet president and CEO Ted
Murphy. Sign up is free at BlogInSpace.com. Who, if anyone, is on the
receiving end is not certain. But keep your content family friendly, says
Murphy, whose company urges users to refrain from trying to provoke any
alien neighbors.
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