Marchex latest domain company to announce layoffs. Domain name and local advertising company Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) has laid off 10% of its workforce, reports The Pugent Sound Business Journal. About 35 people are losing their jobs, although some of ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Local is the New Black
· UncategorizedMarchex thinks "Local is the New Black". Is it right? 2008 has been a hot year for geo domain names as internet advertising experts push local advertising as the next wave of internet advertising. Call it a coming out party: people have been ... Continue Reading22 Comments
Marchex Scales Back Domain Parking Service
· Domain ParkingSitebox rapidly scaling down as it is no longer strategic to company. Local search and advertising company Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) is scaling down its third party domain name parking service Sitebox. Company executives believe the service is no longer ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Domain Stocks Pummeled
· UncategorizedDomain name related companies get pummeled on Wall Street. Google's 52 week stock performance(from Yahoo.com)The stock market is in a free fall, and domain stocks are no exception. Shares of Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) dropped 12.5% yesterday to close ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Ex-Marchex Employees Pay Up For Competing Web Sites
· Policy & LawPair allegedly copied code and set up competing web sites while working at Marchex Does Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) have a good business plan? A couple of its former employees think so. The pair have agreed to pay $100,000 after allegedly copying Marchex ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Domain Name Stocks Pummeled in 2008
· UncategorizedStocks of domain name companies take beating with the market -- and beyond. It's been a rough year for stock markets, and domain name companies' stocks are having a tough run as well. The good news is that two "pure play" domain companies' stocks are ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Can Marchex Pull it Off?
· Domain ParkingLocal search evangelist pushes forward with Adhere. Is it enough? Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX), the company that helped make domain portfolio sales popular with its purchase of Yun Ye's portfolio, is moving forward with its local ad plans by integrating two ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Arbitrage is Alive and Well on Google’s Content Network
· ServicesGoogle's content advertising network is full of pay-per-click arbitrage ads. I recently bought a web site about 529 college savings plans (more on that later) and added Google Adsense (NASDAQ: GOOG) ads to it. For the first couple days, almost all of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Marchex Reduces Dependency on Yahoo
· ServicesCompany continues to build its own ad network, reducing dependency on Yahoo. Direct navigation and domain name companies typically get pay-per-click ads from Yahoo (YHOO) and Google (GOOG). As I pointed out earlier this week, this duopoly is dangerous ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Yahoo Kills Domain Arbitrage: Fallout for Google, Others
· ServicesYahoo will stop allowing arbitrage as of this Friday, will affect other major companies as well. In a major move sure to have ramifications across the online advertising industry, Yahoo (YHOO) has told its advertising partners that it will no longer ... Continue Reading33 Comments