The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) from the Russian Federation has finally put its foot down on the Google-Begun deal as anticipated in our previous article.
According to the press release (for the moment available only in Russian) on the official site of the FAS, they have received a request from a privately-owned limited liability company KOKUNA [...]
In July, Google agreed to buy for $140 million 100% of the company Begun, Russian contextual advertising company, from the UK-registered Rambler Media Ltd., operating one of Russia’s most popular internet brands Rambler. The parties had planned to complete it before the end of September, however due to skepticism on behalf of the FAS (Federal [...]
Posted in Media News on October 17th, 2008Internet activity lagging a bit lately? Blame it on the summer.
Not for Google though, the search monster has instead maintained a visitor growth rate of 1.6% between June 2008 to July 2008 according to Hitwise. Currently it holds a total market share of 70.77% amongst all leading search engine providers in the US.
Following Google, not [...]
We know Google has clearly established if not the most powerful and recognized brand in the history of online marketing. At least if anyone were to mention the word internet to me, the first thing that pops in my mind is Google, and I’m sure I’m not the only one out there (except some really [...]
Posted in Media News on June 10th, 2008
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