"Google’s Influence Is Slipping, But At A Glacial Pace… – When we looked at the Average Source of Traffic share gain/loss across all 6 verticals, Google actually lost share (down 94 bps from 2010 to 2012), with losses in the Health (significant), Media (modest), and Retail (slight) verticals, but modest gains in the Travel, Finance, and Autos verticals. On a broader basis, Google has gone from delivering 17% of all the traffic to the top 30 Websites in 2010 and 2011 to 16% in 2012. That’s slippage, but at a glacial pace. Meanwhile, Yahoo!’s and Microsoft’s share of traffic has remained essentially flat from 2010 to 2012. This is arguably something of a positive surprise in the former case, given market belief that Yahoo! is a deteriorating asset. And this is arguably something of a negative surprise in the latter case, given signs of Bing Search market share gains."
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Citi’s Annual ‘Net Influence Report: Google Continues To Lead As Source Of Traffic To Websites -
[excerpted from an email]
(Source: mail.google.com)
Posted 9 February 2012 at 9h17 |
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» Perpetual War - Digital Pirates and Creators - NYTimes.com
Rafer sez:
They had to stick this on the editorial page as this esteemed member of the NYT editorial board (link to his bio if you think that much of him, geniuses) replaces fact with conjecture and damning with faint praise slightly more than once a paragraph. An appalling waste of space.
Posted 6 February 2012 at 6h32 |
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"Samsung now sells about half of all “official” Android phones, and the signs are that is going to increase. In theory, it should be telling Google how to run it, and even dictating terms. But it’s probably content with the profits."
— Battle of the smartphones | Technology | The Guardian
Posted 6 February 2012 at 3h36 |
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benedictevans:
The global handset business in one chart. Very striking polarisation between Apple on one hand and Nokia/Samsung on the other.
It is equally clear that most of the other smartphone/Android players are pretty sub-scale.
This will be part of a big report I’m publishing for Enders Analysis next week.
Rafer sez:
In a comment on the original post, I asked the author:
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- Nokia and Samsung lead mobile phone sales as Apple leaps into third place (guardian.co.uk)
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6 February 2012 at 3h26 |
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» Stewart Baker: The SOPA War: Why the GOP is Embracing the Internet over Hollywood
lilly:
Yep. This is a pretty big problem if the left doesn’t get it’s act together and figure out the web.
radiofreeandrew:
Democrats: The race is on. Republicans are increasingly embracing a pro-Internet, pro-innovation, pro-free-speech agenda. They are making a play for the Internet native generations. Don’t cede the future to the GOP.
Posted 6 February 2012 at 2h39 |
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"I miss the Valley’s golden age of weird moguls. I know that’s a little petty, because Silicon Valley is ultimately about creating jobs, building products and creating shareholder value, and there’s something to be said for boring, responsible, predictable CEOs and founders. But if we wanted bland-glad-handing men in suits who never say anything that could offend anyone but also has no substance, we’d go to DC. If we wanted plastic perfection, we’d work in Hollywood. If we wanted slick, suited masters of the finance universe we’d work on Wall Street. The reason we’re all in Silicon Valley is because we like pirates and individuals, and all-too-often PR departments white-wash that out of entrepreneurs and then wonder why they don’t get more press. (Ignore for the moment that Elon actually lives in LA— I’m describing industries here, not actual towns.)"
— SarahLacy.com | Welcome to a day in the life of a (Silicon) Valley girl
Posted 6 February 2012 at 0h31 |
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