With the onset of 2009, Beijing is cracking down on web portals and search engines that publish material deemed to be too vulgar or subversive for the nation’s 300 million-plus Internet users. Chinese authorities have reportedly implemented new software that lets them more easily track and counter threats, and have issued stern warnings to industry leaders such as Baidu.com Inc. (ADR: BIDU) and Google Inc. (GOOG).

The government earlier this week cited 19 Web sites - including Baidu, Google, Sohu, Sina, and Tianya - as purveyors of vulgar content that is morally or politically destructive.

Some results produced by search engines had “large amounts of pornographic links [and] after notification from the complaint center, the site did not take effective countermeasures,” the State Council Information Office said in a statement.

“Some Web sites have exploited loopholes in laws and regulations,” said Cai Minzhao, deputy chief of the Information

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Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares are at new low today but analysts and even Jim Cramer himself are going to bat for the case to buy Google shares on the cheap.  Que Quagmire...

Its a Google World, they rule Search, News, Blogs, Maps, Images, and of course Youtube.com, which none of us can live without, right Glen? Now that Google shares are trading at $300, its time ...

QuoteMedia, Inc. (QMCI.OB) is involved in one of the fastest growing niches in the financial industry. The company is currently one of the leading providers of financial stock market feeds and data to financial institutions, online brokerages, public companies, and clearing houses. QuoteMedia also provides its customers with financial software solutions that provide end-users with the tools they need to translate market data into usable information that can be applied to their own financial growth.

QuoteMedia has a number of competitors who are providing financial data to the marketplace. Many of these competitors are using outdated technologies created upon legacy-style data networks which require heavier server and network loads along with more bandwidth, which result in higher server and data delivery expenses. QuoteMedia has built a proprietary and streamlined platform that allows the company to recognize positive margins, even when a contract is executed at a wholesale

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Sohu.com, Inc. (SOHU), is a leading online brand in China. Services provided by the company include news, search, e-mail, games and wireless messaging. The company offers services through one of the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines.

Although Sohu faces fierce competition from different fields including brand advertising, online games, wireless value-added services, and search, the company manages to be a main player in almost each field. Sohu has a well-known brand and rich website resources to leverage the great opportunities for online business in China.

Internet penetration is accelerating [in China], which is very positive for Sohu. Overall, we think the current stock price is undervalued. Therefore, we are maintaining a Buy rating on SOHU shares. Due to the current market malaise we are reducing our target price to $65.

Read the full analyst report on SOHU.

"SOHU" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? ...

Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU) is one of China's largest web networks, running 7 Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines. The company has been on fire as Internet access expands across China and its growing middle class. Analysts expect 2008 year over year earnings growth of 293.89%.

Sohu.com's Revenue Explodes

On Jul 28, the company reported second quarter earnings and beat its own prior guidance and Wall Street estimates by 45.71%, or 32 cents per share. Net income surged 60.1% to $40.2 million, or $1.02 per share, from $25.1 million, or 64 cents in the year-ago period.

Revenues continued to soar, rising 162%, and 20% quarter-on-quarter, to $102 million from $39 million in the second quarter of 2007. Total revenues exceeded $100 million for the first time in the company's history. Advertising revenues were hot, growing 53% year-over-year to $43.4 million.

Sohu.com was the Internet Content Sponsor for

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Lehman (LEH) meetings will continue today and thanks to hurricane Ike we return to $4 gas.  Two fun events that should make for another flip-floppy week on Wall Street. First up, Lehman suiters could be Bank of America and Britain's Barclays, both have emerged as the front runners among potential buyers. They're reportedly hoping the government will provide some assistance, as it did when it helped JPMorgan Chase buy Bear Stearns in March Gas prices are poised to shoot back toward record highs after Hurricane Ike's direct hit to the heart of the nation's oil refineries, analysts said. StockMaster Ads, because Ads are neat var mooter_ad_format="0"; var mooter_terms = ""; var mooter_affiliate = "frankl"; var mooter_sub = "8174382321283796445"; var mooter_uid = "8174382321283796445"; var mooter_IP = ""; var mooter_width = "300"; var mooter_height = "250"; var mooter_num_to_show = "4"; var mooter_background = ...

As many other blogs StockWeb receives most of the visitors via search engine results. And it is not surprising that here major referrer is Google. Actually traffic from other engines like Yahoo, MSN or AOL never exceed 10 visitors per day. If anyone knows how to get more attention from I will be glad for any advice.In order to get more traffic from search engines you should choose proper keywords to target audience. Many bloggers use tools which are showing how popular respective keywords are. My blog is investing and finance related. In this area it is very easy to predict popularity for keywords even without any tool. If stock markets are reaching high people are searching "top growing stocks". If there is a commodity boom everyone search "invest to oil" or "invest to gold".Let me share with you my top keywords from the beginning of ...

There has been a robust debate about whether it is a good idea for Sparc to spend over $10 million on websites between 2006 and 2010.

The question should not be is it a good idea, but is it an effective use of public money. I love websites. I would love to spend lots on them. But I know you can achieve a lot with a little online and the best websites are often the ones run on a shoestring.

People in the private sector who spend a lot on their websites quickly lose most of their money because it’s tough to make money online. This forces private website operators to be extra clever and resourceful, as opposed to dumb and wasteful.

So I thought it’s worth asking a few questions about the relative success of the

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SourceForge Inc. (LNUX) has touched a 52-week low during the second week of trading in June 2008, and the CEO has just resigned. Earnings per Share are just 2 cents, and the Beta is 2.97. Is this the darkest spot in a market that is dull in the first place?

More than 30 million technologists will disagree. They visit web sites of this company from Mountain View, CA, and are nearly addicted to free systems and programs it offers. The Internet depends on networking, and this means that the company could be at a nadir only to start a rapid and sustained climb.

Corporate interests have prevented global participation in software development. Major information technology companies make money by keeping such networks under wraps. However, the nature of complex projects requires independent development. This company is a clear leader for such futuristic systems development.

Leading search engines have found ways to make windfall

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Coming back to the latest statistics released by ComScore in mid of April. It shows the biggest growth in searching for Google among heavily used engines. Month on month the change is +12%. But total winner is Craigslist with 16%. This is very good result for Craigslist. It generates now almost one third of search queries on AOL. Company Mar 08 (MM) MOM growth Google Sites 8,267 12% Yahoo! Sites ...