Where’s the Fire? Kindle Sales Pushing Six Million for the Quarter.

Has anyone seen one of Amazon’s new Kindle Fires in the wild? I haven’t. But evidently they’re everywhere.
Kindle Fire(kid)

The Bull Case for Demand Media–And Why Wall Street May Not Buy It

Demand Media says reactions to Google’s algorithm changes have been overblown, and at least one Wall Street analyst believes it. But what if Google’s not done making changes?

The Daily Is Doomed! the Daily Is a Hit!

Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper doesn’t make its official debut for a few hours, but that isn’t stopping people from handicapping its chances. Here’s the bull and bear take, helpfully provided by the same Wall Street analyst.

Google Take All

No wonder the Department of Justice was going to file suit to prevent Google’s proposed advertising partnership with Yahoo: The company controls nearly three quarters of the search market. Research outfit Hitwise reports that Google’s share of the U.S. Internet search market rose to 71.7 percent in October from 71.16 percent in September.

Google Take All

Google's Mission: To Organize the World's Search Market and Make It Naturally Monopolizable

“We see little to stop Google from reaching 70 percent market share eventually; the question, really, comes down to, ‘How long could it take?’” RBC Capital Markets analyst Jordan Rohan asked that question back in March 2006. Today he has his answer: Not long at all, really.
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Google’s Mission: To Organize the World’s Search Market and Make It Naturally Monopolizable

“We see little to stop Google from reaching 70 percent market share eventually; the question, really, comes down to, ‘How long could it take?’” RBC Capital Markets analyst Jordan Rohan asked that question back in March 2006. Today he has his answer: Not long at all, really.
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