Archive for July, 2005
Friday, July 22nd, 2005
Google AdSense publishers make $630 million
Google:
Ad Revenues Drive Record Quarter
Google reported record revenue of nearly $1.4 billion for the second quarter of 2005. Net income was $343 million, or $1.19 per share.
Revenue from sites owned by Google grew at a faster rate than that coming in from its AdSense contextual advertising network. From its own properties, the company generated $737 million, a 115 percent increase over the same period last year, say Clickz.
AdSense publishers, meanwhile, brought in $630 million, an 82 percent year-over-year increase. The network’s share of Google’s total revenue was 46 percent, down from 47 percent for the previous quarter.
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Friday, July 22nd, 2005
Changing to an Apple Powerbook
Changing to an Apple Powerbook
Came across this last night from Tom Parish and couldn’t resist including it — for PC users as a typical example of why people prefer Mac, and for the many Mac users who will enjoy hearing their platform praised by a new “convert” 
Well, I did it. I made the move to an Apple Powerbook (12″) for office work and remote audio recording. There were two basic reasons for the change. One was simply feeling tired of the hassle of dealing with virus related issues and managing a firewall with a PC laptop.
It always seemed that the PC laptop no matter how new slowed down with use, regardless of the constant fiddling, defragging, de-virusing and all that stuff that you just assumed you had no other choice but to endure. Other issues like battery life never quite hit the mark for me on the PC laptop either.
On the software side I realized I had meet one of my business goals of moving all my project management, email and nearly every SEO related support tool to the web. I also realized that the Podcasting recording and editing software I use runs on the Mac as well as the PC. So, I sold some of my studio equipment and turned the Powerbook into my remote recording studio and general use laptop while traveling to clients.
