SeoPapers - article Google Completes Performics Search Business Sale

Mountain View, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 23, 2008 - Google has completed its sale of the Chicago-based Performics search marketing business to performance of advertiser investments and campaign effectiveness facilitator, to Publicis Groupe.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Earlier this month, Google Video for business, a new application in Google Apps, designed for sharing video in an organization, was been released. To participate, it is only necessary to upload a video to Google Apps, and then invite others to view it. With Google Video for business, anyone can upload a video -- on anything ranging from executive communications to product training to trip reports -- and share it securely with individuals or the entire company. Google Video for business is now available as part of Google Apps Premier Edition at no additional cost.

With Google Video for business, companies can leverage the power and intimacy of video to communicate all flavors of corporate information including: Leadership communications such as business updates and corporate announcements Training and how-to videos to share product knowledge and business expertise Customer insight derived from site visits, interviews, or focus groups Social videos that evangelize relevant activity and initiatives across an organization.

Sharing video is accomplished through clicking 'browse' to find a video and 'upload' to start sharing. Google Apps gives video owners multiple controls for sharing videos such as: share videos with individuals, groups, or the entire organization add descriptions and tags embed videos in any internal web page, including Google Sites Viewers across the organization can: search for any video to which they have access view high-quality video from popular browsers (including Safari on iPhone) submit ratings, comments and additional tags optionally download videos for viewing offline or on portable devices Google Video for business is available now in English to Google Apps Premier Edition accounts at no additional cost.

Each Google Apps Premier Edition domain gets 3GB of Video storage per user account. Existing Premier Edition administrators can enable Google Video for business immediately from the Google Apps control panel. A version for Google Apps Education Edition customers that allows faculty and staff to upload and share videos with students will be available on September 8 for free trial until March 9, 2009, at which point it will cost $10 per user, per year. Google Apps brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools to organizations.

With Google Apps, users can use tools such as Gmail webmail service, Google Talk instant messaging service, Google Calendar calendaring service, Google Docs program, Google Sites web application, the Start Page for creating a customizable homepage, and now Google Video for business on their own domain to work together more effectively.

Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.

With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google's technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; two WIRED magazine Readers Raves Awards; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor's Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo! and its international properties, Sony Corporation and its global affiliates, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, California, Google's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Sequoia Capital.

To learn more, please visit: www.google.com.

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