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Google Brand Worth $100B; Microsoft Brand No. 2 at $76B
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| Millward Brown Optimor has just published its list of its 100 most valuable
| global brands for 2009. Guess who topped the list?
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| You shouldn't have to if you're reading this blog. But yes, Google rings the
| bell at No. 1 with a $100 billion valuation, a 16 percent increase from a
| year ago. Microsoft came in second at $76.2 billion, an 8 percent jump from
| 2008.
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http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/google_vs_microsoft/google_brand_worth_100b_microsoft_brand_no_2_at_76b.html
What's The Google Brand Worth These Days? $100 Billion.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080600658.html
Google, Microsoft demand place at medical stimulus table
http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=2542
Google Muscling In On Microsoft Enterprise
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/08/google_muscling.html;jsessionid=SRJ0XKBFM2VCXQE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN
Recent:
Microsoft, Verizon rate low among IT pros
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| Microsoft and Verizon may need to learn a thing or two about customer service
| from IBM's Informix, according to a report released Wednesday by market
| researcher VendorRate.
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| Among IT professionals questioned, Microsoft's customer satisfaction ratings
| for the second quarter dropped in three key areas.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10287094-92.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0
Google leaps, Microsoft drops in brand value
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| Google's brand name value jumped from 20th place last year to 10th in 2008,
| according to the latest version of an annual study that ranks the best
| brands, with only four technology companies ahead of it on the list.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10046074-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Related:
Google 'UK's top consumer brand'
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| Google also topped a poll of "superbrands" as judged by professionals earlier
| this year.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7516343.stm
Google reputation hits top spot
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| Google has finally managed to push Microsoft from its top spot.
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| The Vole actually fell to tenth place in the annual Harris Interactive
| Reputation Quotient poll, but overall, the tech sector did outstandingly well
| this year.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/23/google-intel-microsoft-top
Microsoftâs credibility turning to junk while Linux revenue grows
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| Sweeping changes are needed in Microsoftâs go-to-market approach, and it may
| find more success by creating products like Live Writer, which found a huge
| following right away. Continuing on its current path, the company will
| continue to destroy its credibility and build animosity with users looking
| for quality products on their terms. Â Â
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http://tech.blorge.com/Structure%20/2008/04/10/microsofts-credibility-turning-to-junk-while-linux-revenue-grows/
http://tinyurl.com/5fojkd
Microsoft Plummets, Retail Falls While Beauty Gains in CoreBrand 2007 Brand
Power Rankings
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| The annual "CoreBrand Brand Power 100" Branding Index(R) of 1,200 US
| corporations ranks Coca-Cola Company and Johnson & Johnson at #1 and #2
| respectively, unchanged since 2004. Meanwhile, Microsoft's corporate brand
| declined in stunning fashion over the past four years, falling from 11 in
| 2004 to 59 in 2007 Microsoft, a decline of 48 places! Â Â
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=834308
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| Would you believe... that Microsoft has dropped down to #86 within the
| Fortune Best Places to Work survey? That's down from #50 in 2007 and #42 in
| 2006. Like a rock. In a bad way. And who is #1 for two years in a row? Grab
| that chair and give it a big effen toss in the air to Google! Toot! They get
| bigger and they're still #1. Â Â
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http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2008/02/some-quick-quips-yahoo-86-and-mspoll.html
Apple has biggest impact on world consumers: survey
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| Microsoft, the world's largest software maker was also a winner, but it
| received the dubious honor of the brand most readers wanted to argue with,
| and the one they most wanted to revamp. Voted into second place in the
| category was brand USA. Â
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http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSL2850164020080331
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