[NEW YORK - Wednesday] - by Devon Melk. Rumors are now running amokthat the 2nd most powerful website on the entire Worldwide-Web mayfile BANKRUPTCY, with the deadline set for this December; being thedate of both discharge and dissolution in a Federal Court of Law.
This would come as a SHOCK to investors and "Googlers" alike whoboth profit and benefit from the use of the World's largest andmost powerful search engine which receives far in excess of100 MILLION unique daily visitors and well over 300 millionindividual searches daily - making it perhaps the single mostvaluable public data resource as an "information bank" online the world over.
But is the rumor true or false?
The origin of the rumor occurred when some savvy Internet marketersbegan making statements that they had heard "insiders' talk" thatthe company (now publicly traded since April 30, 2004, just over 3years ago) may face financial disaster with the release of a "newsystem" that would allow advertisers to get their otherwise pay-per-click (PPC) advertising completely free.
This, of course, would naturally lead directly (like a domino-effect) to the collapse of Google's sibling program AdSense; as its only revenue comes from the direct sales of AdWords "clicks."
The "new system" in question and responsible for the controversyover getting AdWords pay-per-clicks free is that developed byDr Jon Cohen of New York City, New York (now retired) who discovered a simple, yet effective means, for getting Google PPC ads without having to suffer the costs involved.
The retired New York doctor and native has a publicly disclosed networth now in excess of $70 million [US], having generated well over$377 million in product sales from sixteen (16) separate online businesses within just nine (9) years since first venturing online in 1998 (about the same time as Google was founded).
It is estimated by company insiders and leading financial analyststhat the "good doctor" (as he's called by "all who know him") haspurportedly saved well over $93 million (some estimates suggestcloser to $136 million) in otherwise paid advertising at Google andthe other major players in the PPC targeted-search arena online -including Yahoo, MSN, AskJeeves, AllTheWeb.com, HotBot, AltaVista,Lycos and Netscape, just to name a few.
The "secret" became available to the general masses last April, andits very release caused such a major sweeping stir among thecommunity of Internet-marketers, affiliate-marketers, webmasters,ecommerce company owners and surfers alike that the site quicklyrose to break the top most visited 1,000 websites on the entireplanet briefly; and as can be seen here:
http://tinyurl.com/39lnjn (Alexa data on this!)
When asked if the "secret" would somehow ruin Google, Dr Cohen revealed almost cryptically that it actually would bring about just the opposite effect, and "stimulate" even more business volume for the virtual giant.
Many people were dismayed to find that Google itself is deliberatelyallowing the purchase of 100,000's of PPC ads offering the secretsystem to the general public -- which indicates to most observers that either they [Google] haven't caught it, or they simply feel that it somehow is not a threat to their continued operation.
For anyone's inspection factual and hard evidence supporting this can be seen by simply looking to the right-hand column when doing a search for "get google ads free" (specifically in quotation marks)at Google.com under the "Sponsored Links" section.
Or take this direct and instant SHORTCUT:
http://tinyurl.com/2ctu6j
You can also see nearly 100,000 specific results in the "organic"fields index located in the center and which occupies the bulk of the results pages.
One would think that if Google felt threatened by such a release as this earth-shaking "secret" is, they would hardly allow for either paid-ads or organic content to make the top searches regarding it.
However, evidence supports to the contrary - and this being the case now for a full six (6) months.
Mysteriously, within just two (2) hours of its initial release last April, Google itself actually did in fact 'pause' the parent firm's attempts at advertising the new system using PPCs on their search engine - only, however, to release the hold after a Review Team consisting of some of Google's top executives completed performing an in-depth investigation and made the determination to ALLOW the ads to run.
The secret system was recently revised however to include "major new content" and "more exhaustive instructions," and is now available at its Home Site:
http://tinyurl.com/2rc3wh
The most important addition is that of a so-called "string of code"(tech-talk for some HTML) that can be added to any webpage(s) that instantly causes the elimination of the page owner's AdWords costs right away.
Even a "live" woman spokes-representative ("Rachel") has been added to the site, and who appears to literally walk out onto the webpage and talk to visitors and explain a bit more how the mysterious new breakthrough system works.
Since the addition of this new "live" spokes-woman has now appeared at the site, company Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr Todd Coutrin states that "sales for the system have skyrocketed above2, 430% suddenly and with no limit in sight.
"Coutrin continues: " With the newest revision now in place, plus all the additions added, affiliates for the new system can expect to earn even more than ever before!" (Note: Affiliates make up the bulk of the firm's sales generation.)
The refund rate for the new revised version of the secret (namedV5.1) has dropped to less than half of what it was before the newer version's release; meaning it's now even more readily-received and put to use than ever before (perhaps in large part to the newer simplicity of application) - now making it the safest and one ofthe best resellers for the networks of affiliate marketers who earn their revenues from the reselling of other electronic publishers' stock and digital product lines.
When asked, Google company representatives stated matter-of-factly that the rumors of bankruptcy for the ecommerce giant are simply not true, and that the rumor millings are in fact simply the result of "panics" brought on by the usual hysteria associated with anything large, new or revolutionary - or in this case, all three.
Attempts to contact both Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the former Stanford University students who founded Google in 1998, to request comment were unsuccessful.
Again, Google itself seems to be the biggest supporter of the "newsystem" as it's allowing more and more advertisers to promote the new system on its search engine before over 100 million daily searches and surfers.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Gunman kills 2 at missionary training Center
12/9/07
Gunman kills 2 at missionary training Center
CNN) -- A gunman opened fire Sunday in a training center for young Christian missionaries outside Denver, Colorado, killing two people and wounding two others, police said.
The lone gunman walked into Youth With a Mission, began shooting and then ran away, according to Susan Medina of the Arvada Police Department.
A man and a woman, both in their mid-20s, were killed, Medina said. Two men, ages 22 and 23, were wounded, but Medina would not provide their conditions.
One of the injured men was in critical condition, said Peter Iliyn, regional director for Youth with a Mission.
Peter Warren, the center's co-founder, said those killed were a woman from Minnesota and a man from Alaska.
"These kids were like our kids, you know?" he told CNN affiliate KUSA. "It's just such a tragedy."
The center was summoning the 80 or so people who live at the Arvada center to the mountain campus in Golden, near the Golden Gate Canyon State Park.
"We're just going to be honest and pray for one another and cry with one another," Warren told KUSA.
A memorial service for the two would likely be held Tuesday or Wednesday, Warren said.
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Gunman kills 2 at missionary training Center
CNN) -- A gunman opened fire Sunday in a training center for young Christian missionaries outside Denver, Colorado, killing two people and wounding two others, police said.
The lone gunman walked into Youth With a Mission, began shooting and then ran away, according to Susan Medina of the Arvada Police Department.
A man and a woman, both in their mid-20s, were killed, Medina said. Two men, ages 22 and 23, were wounded, but Medina would not provide their conditions.
One of the injured men was in critical condition, said Peter Iliyn, regional director for Youth with a Mission.
Peter Warren, the center's co-founder, said those killed were a woman from Minnesota and a man from Alaska.
"These kids were like our kids, you know?" he told CNN affiliate KUSA. "It's just such a tragedy."
The center was summoning the 80 or so people who live at the Arvada center to the mountain campus in Golden, near the Golden Gate Canyon State Park.
"We're just going to be honest and pray for one another and cry with one another," Warren told KUSA.
A memorial service for the two would likely be held Tuesday or Wednesday, Warren said.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Robert Hawkins High School Drop-Out Kills Eight
High school drop-out kills eight in US mall shooting
By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles
Published: 06 December 2007
A 19-year-old high school drop-out opened fire with a rifle at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska, yesterday, killing eight people and injuring at least five others before turning his weapon on himself.
America's latest mass shooting triggered panic among hundreds of shoppers out buying presents for the holidays. And it rocked a city which is a virtual byword for the heartland – friendly, overweight, and heavily suburbanised.
The killer, identified as Robert Hawkins, marched into the Von Maur department store at the Westroads mall just after lunch and created mayhem on the second and third floors.
Shoppers barricaded themselves in dressing rooms for safety. One group of employees and customers huddled down in a cupboard behind the gift-wrapping room.
Hawkins, dressed in camouflage gear, worked his way up to the third floor, began shooting down from a balcony into the shopping mall, then took his own life by turning the weapon on himself, according to police who rushed to the scene.
Someone called the emergency number 911, but by the time police arrived on the scene six minutes later it was all over. Eyewitnesses said Hawkins fired an initial volley of five or six shots, followed by 15-20 more rounds.
One eyewitness, Shawn Vidlak, told the Associated Press that the shots initially sounded like a nail gun. He assumed it came from construction work going on in the building.
Then, he said: "People started screaming about gunshots. I grabbed my wife and kids and we got out of there as fast as we could."
Within half-an-hour, a woman came forward with a note she said she had found – it was not immediately clear where she had picked it up from.
Police said the note "could be interpreted as suicidal". One local television station reported that the note announced Hawkins' intention to "go out in style".
Little was immediately known about the shooter, except that he had been a student at Papillion-La Visa High School. He was reported to be still enrolled, although he dropped out in March last year.
Mass shootings have continued unabated across the United States in recent years, as disgruntled – and usually suicidal – gunmen have claimed victims in schools, on university campuses, at work places and even in church.
The Bush administration has refused to continue a federal ban on automatic weapons begun during the Clinton presidency, and gun laws remain lax enough to make it relatively easy to buy deadly weapons in just about any state in the union.
Omaha is on the eastern edge of Nebraska, a plains state which has made itself famous for cattle-raising and meat processing, right on the border with Iowa – where politicians of all stripes have been campaigning hard in anticipation of the Iowa caucus on 3 January.
President Bush was in Nebrasksa yesterday to raise money for Republican candidates, but left shortly before the shooting started. Omaha is the home of Warren Buffett, the celebrity investor and financial guru, and also the setting for many of the films made by native son Alexander Payne – films about the casual absurdity of heartland American life such as Election and About Schmidt
By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles
Published: 06 December 2007
A 19-year-old high school drop-out opened fire with a rifle at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska, yesterday, killing eight people and injuring at least five others before turning his weapon on himself.
America's latest mass shooting triggered panic among hundreds of shoppers out buying presents for the holidays. And it rocked a city which is a virtual byword for the heartland – friendly, overweight, and heavily suburbanised.
The killer, identified as Robert Hawkins, marched into the Von Maur department store at the Westroads mall just after lunch and created mayhem on the second and third floors.
Shoppers barricaded themselves in dressing rooms for safety. One group of employees and customers huddled down in a cupboard behind the gift-wrapping room.
Hawkins, dressed in camouflage gear, worked his way up to the third floor, began shooting down from a balcony into the shopping mall, then took his own life by turning the weapon on himself, according to police who rushed to the scene.
Someone called the emergency number 911, but by the time police arrived on the scene six minutes later it was all over. Eyewitnesses said Hawkins fired an initial volley of five or six shots, followed by 15-20 more rounds.
One eyewitness, Shawn Vidlak, told the Associated Press that the shots initially sounded like a nail gun. He assumed it came from construction work going on in the building.
Then, he said: "People started screaming about gunshots. I grabbed my wife and kids and we got out of there as fast as we could."
Within half-an-hour, a woman came forward with a note she said she had found – it was not immediately clear where she had picked it up from.
Police said the note "could be interpreted as suicidal". One local television station reported that the note announced Hawkins' intention to "go out in style".
Little was immediately known about the shooter, except that he had been a student at Papillion-La Visa High School. He was reported to be still enrolled, although he dropped out in March last year.
Mass shootings have continued unabated across the United States in recent years, as disgruntled – and usually suicidal – gunmen have claimed victims in schools, on university campuses, at work places and even in church.
The Bush administration has refused to continue a federal ban on automatic weapons begun during the Clinton presidency, and gun laws remain lax enough to make it relatively easy to buy deadly weapons in just about any state in the union.
Omaha is on the eastern edge of Nebraska, a plains state which has made itself famous for cattle-raising and meat processing, right on the border with Iowa – where politicians of all stripes have been campaigning hard in anticipation of the Iowa caucus on 3 January.
President Bush was in Nebrasksa yesterday to raise money for Republican candidates, but left shortly before the shooting started. Omaha is the home of Warren Buffett, the celebrity investor and financial guru, and also the setting for many of the films made by native son Alexander Payne – films about the casual absurdity of heartland American life such as Election and About Schmidt
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