Safa Rashtchy
Safa Rashtchy
advertising bring broader economic expect increase internet maturity online particular search sector spending together top trends
We also expect more spending on search advertising. On top of these broader economic sectors, we expect the Internet companies, in particular e-commerce players, will increase their spending noticeably. These trends together will bring more maturity to the online advertising sector in China.
advertising bottom hit seeing slow slump
We have hit the bottom of the advertising slump and are seeing a slow recovery, ... Things are not getting worse, and they are getting progressively better.
advertising brand largest yahoo
Yahoo is the largest destination for brand advertisers. Unfortunately, it has been overshadowed by search.
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Yahoo! is still seen as heavily dependent on advertising, and since there is no clear recovery in the ad market yet, people aren't getting excited about Yahoo!. In reality, Yahoo! has diversified outside its core advertising market, and growth there will help it grow the top line nicely.
advertising almost bring business companies hated internet investors low margin margins media percent positive selling
It is a positive move. Investors almost hated the e-commerce business because a it was low margin operation, ... What they like about Internet media companies is they get 80-to-90 percent margins on advertising and sponsorships agreements. Why bring it down by selling something that has no margins?
came higher hopes lower quarter second
The second quarter got our hopes higher for margins, which came in significantly lower than we were expecting,
behavior broadband change companies content crossing dollars expense focus gradual increasing media online profound pushing threshold
Crossing the 50-percent threshold on broadband usage, increasing focus of traditional media companies on Internet, and most importantly, the gradual but profound change in consumers' behavior for content consumption is pushing many more advertisers to allocate more dollars online at the expense of traditional media.
beat companies expect people
People expect these companies to beat the numbers,
amazon competition decline hurting increase needs picture seriously spending
Competition is seriously hurting Amazon and it needs to increase spending just to keep up with the market. The picture is getting worse: more spending, steeper decline in margins.
knew match operations point solid
To me, it was a very solid quarter. I'm not disappointed at all. We knew the point would come when operations would match expectations.
believe correct level likely stock
We believe this level of disparity is not sustainable and the stock is likely to correct this.
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We believe there is a good chance for revenue upside, and we expect the stock to react positively to any top line upside.
both fix microsoft midst property time
Microsoft is in the midst of repositioning MSN and they are going to get a property (AOL) that is also in the midst of repositioning? Having to fix both at the same time is going to be a challenge.
guidance higher hopes people seems
For some reason, people had their hopes much higher than this, especially for the guidance. Everything seems to be in line.