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Google, MySpace and $900 million
MySpace has reached a deal with Google to pay out approximately $900 million in shared revenue for Google to become their exclusive search provider, in a move said by some to block Yahoo! and MSN from getting a piece of the action.Through the deal, Google search boxes will be added to MySpace, as well as provide keyword targeted ads through AdSense. As far as advertising goes, Google will also get first call on selling any unsold ad space that Fox Interactive has not sold directly.
Terms of the deal include Fox meeting certain milestones in traffic in order for Google to pay out. Google has no doubt that Fox will meet all criteria for payouts. The ads and search boxes are expected to be up and running by the end of the year, and continue until mid 2010.
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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otakucode said 2:48PM on 8-08-2006
Am I missing something? MySpace is going to pay Google to put ads on their site? Doesn't the payment usually go from the person placing ads TO the people hosting them?
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Chris Gilmer said 2:51PM on 8-08-2006
Google and MySpace will apparently share profits from this little venture.
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johnkimble said 4:54PM on 8-08-2006
Does Myspace need any more ads than it already has? Seriously, all of the pages are FILLED to the brim with them. What I want to know is 1) Where these ads are going to go; 2) IF Google is going to improve on the terrible interface 3) Why Google is even participating with Myspace - Don't they have Orkut?
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