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POPSOnline dating boosted by recession? A most intriguing piece by The Economist states that dating sites seem to be doing rather well with the recession. The correlation between the Dow Jones falling by more than 100 points and the increase in the traffic of one of the dating sites was arguably the most astonishing of all facts presented in this article.
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POPSWhat do they mean "recession fears"? Quite a strange headline from the FT speaking of Wall Street's recession "fears"? Is the Street blind, deaf and comatose to the point of having completely missed the news that the US economy has been in recession since December 2007?
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POPSFret no more about Google
The decrease in paid clicks on Google's online advertising network has been one of the worrying news of the first quarter for modern day advertisers. The Economist has done a good little piece of analysis showing why the decrease may only be the result of Google's own aspiration for more relevance and better performance of ads. And I think it shows pretty well why Google is here to stay and very far from being already "over the hill" as some put it. It is perhaps the most telling testimony of the company's ambition to build a sustainable position in the elusive field of online advertising and beyond that narrow perspective an indication of the stringent demands the company has on itself. So emails may be flying around showing how great a working environment Google is, but nobody should infer it's a corporate version of Club Med. And judging from their ambitious cooperation with SalesForce, these guys are going for a cut of every significant business transaction they facilitate.
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POPSA Voice in influence marketing Quite an interesting initiative showing that influence marketing is increasingly recognized as a separate discipline requiring dedicated attention and assets.
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POPSMicrosoft's woes? The hits seem to keep coming for Microsoft who has hard time imposing Vista on the market, faces issues with Excel, a flagship product, and lost an important legal battle with the EU Commission over its competitive behavior. While Microsoft's tactics justifiably cause customers to be concerned, I believe the weapon of market dominance ends up being a boomerang for a company because its erodes its relational capital with customers and local communities, drives intense reactions from competitors and regulators and probably leads to some form of complacency and arrogance of its personnel, who may end up believing that whatever they release will end up being bought by a market taken hostage by their employer.
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POPSLuxembourg-based company registering 3-letter domain names Why does a Luxembourg-based company called Quinv invest so much money registering systematically all 3-letter domain names? Apparently there seems to be a business case behind that, which is rumored to be a form of asset backed bond. The revenues that can be generated through these domains will be used to issue one or more asset backed securities, thus allowing the company to make money by generating more profit than required to service the obligations stemming from the existence of the asset backed securities. Perhaps there is more... Don't forget that Skype was initiated in Luxembourg :-)
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