Yahoo came on top of the 2009 online advertisement ranking beating the web heavyweights such as Google, Amazon and Facebook. The ranking was based on the number of impressions on the ads published. Yahoo topped with 521 billion ads display impressions.
Social networking sites made a very impressive score with MySpace leading the category with 368 billion impressions followed closely by Facebook with 330 billion impressions. Microsoft Sites did fairly well at overall position No.4 serving up 218 billion display ads impressions, while Google (No. 6) served up only 70 billion. Google did not make a very significant score as it would be expected considering its position on the World Wide Web.
Although the report did not include paid search text ads, it gave a clear pin-point on the performance of different online ads publishers world-wide. This can help businesses make the right decisions on advertisement choice
Bruce Schneier was the man of the hour when CNN run an opinion poll based on his suggestions that Google created a backdoor access system into their Gmail accounts in a bid to comply with government search warrants on users’ data.
He claims that it is this backdoor access system that enabled the hackers in China to gain admission into the private Gmail accounts. Schneier warns against these backdoor access systems which he states could someday facilitate the policing of our accounts. However in Google’s defense these backdoor access systems were created as a compliance with the government law and were not meant to be misused to hack into people’s accounts.
If this year has started off with you not having a job then you might be interested in finding out that SAS a privately- held software company has been named as the best company to work for. A survey carried out by Fortune magazine has named this budding company as the best to work for in the year 2010.
SAS is one of the largest privately- held Software Company and is headed by the founder who is a Ph. D holder and passionate about programming. The company is made up mostly of statisticians then engineers and those with MBAs. So if you’re still looking for a job then drop off you C.V. and you never know
Although we are still yet to enjoy this Google Chrome OS we are being promised a better performing system that will impress with its tight and compact functionality. This latest release from Google promises to have an integrated media player while still remaining true to its primary functions.
The developers are thinking about sticking with JPEG and the other media operations while having the original web applications neatly fitted into the browser experience. We are promised that the wait will be worth it once Google officially unveils the much anticipated Chrome OS which will have many more goodies packed into it.