Archive for September 16th, 2006

September 16

Google shares rise this week

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Starting September 11 at $378, Google finished the week with a gain of over 8%, to $409.88. I think Google is continuing to expand at a rapid pace. They’re buying small companies that you don’t hear about, start-ups that have only been around for a couple months before Google snaps them up. The masterminds behind […]

September 16

Baidu and Google

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The Chinese search engine Baidu continues to be far more popular in China than Google, despite the huge amounts of money spent on market research. As a Chinese company started by Chinese people, Baidu seems to cater better to the culture. Yet all of the results returned are paid for by advertisers, unlike Google, which […]