Performics

Got to love forums and what people have to say in them. Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land feels Google should divest themselves of Performics, an SEM company owned by DoubleClick. Why? "Conflict of interest," to the utmost. But doesn't...

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Google, Don't Be Evil: Sell Performics Danny Sullivan has a great post on the conflict of interest facing Google (GOOG) with the consummation of DoubleClick. DoubleClick is an online behavioral target ad network. DoubleClick also owns...

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...its Web site in its index. This puts Google and its new Performics division in a serious philosophical conflict, as search industry expert Danny Sullivan argued in his Search Engine Land blog recently. "Google was the lone hold-out...

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Only a few days later, he was raving about Mac and Windows on In a move that comes as a surprise to many, Google has decided to reinforce Performics, a company that came with the Doubleclick Acquisition, by transferring long time search...

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...:) Google's acqusition of DoubleClick has been finalized this week. Now Danny Sullivan suggests that they divest of Performics to make it more fair for others. As many people say, Google has an unfair advantage. All Your [Military]...

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...to Google's mission and core to the trust we ask from our users." Search expert Danny Sullivan, who wrote an open letter asking Google to sell Performics to avoid the conflict of having a search marketing firm try to improve results on...

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...'in' with Google's non-paid search results," writes Danny Sullivan in a Search Engine Land blog post in which he urges Google to get rid of Performics. Granted, Microsoft finds itself in the same SEO-owning boat after acquiring Avenue...

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...and it's a call that should be supported. When Eric Schmidt said that they'd be letting people go…I can only imagine the Performics heads would be first on the chopping block. Dynamic Trade (the first name for Performice before...

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