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You are hereAntitrustDoubleClick claims it won't share privacy data with Google -- huh? "Intimacy theft"Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-04-23 13:01The WSJ reported DoubleClick Inc. "Defends its deal with Google" by "pledging that the information it collects about, and for, its graphical-advertising customers won't be shared with Google after the acquisition later this year." Let's be real here. They really do think everyone is stupid.
Privacy issues are Google's achilles heel. Google is growing so fast and is so profitable largely because they are most aggressively arbitraging privacy law and american's privacy expectations. The FT said Google's brand is now number 1 in the world. Translating Google's spectacular earnings callSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-04-20 09:45Google turned in another awe-inspring financial performance in 1Q07. Pick your news report for the basics. All you need to know is revenue growth was up 63%. Wow!
Let me translate some of the earnings call: Top 10 questions for reporters/analysts to ask Google on its earnings callSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2007-04-19 10:25Given my recent 10-page white paper which analyzes the antitrust and competitive implications of the Google-DoubleClick merger, I thought it would be helpful public service to pose some questions that reporters/analysts consider asking Google's CEO Mr. Schmidt on Google's earnings call.
How Google-Double-Click is exploiting antitrust law's soft underbellySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-04-16 13:59The news of Google acquiring Double-Click prompted me to spend a good part of my weekend analyzing the competitive implications of this seminal proposed acquisition for the future of the Internet. My analysis focused on answering the following key questions of interest:
Summary of my conclusions: Pages |