Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGoogle reported that its second quarter profit rose 35% but its flag ship ad business is slowing as the number of paid clicks at the Web giant continued to slow.

Summary:

The #1 search engine that redefined internet is facing legacy system issues as they grow bigger and bigger as company. Getting ad money from YouTube has become a challenge for Google. YouTube with one billion plus page views got a meager $200 million last year. The challenge for Google is take their legacy applications which are popular with text ads to next level i.e. video ads. Besides technology issues the advertisers are hesitant to display their ads besides amateur videos. The lessons learned from Google's issues is that continuous focus is required on legacy systems by improving them to stay on top in the business.

Analysis :

I feel part of the revenue loss can be attributed to the cautious steps that Google is taking as infringement law suits are increasingly filed against YouTube business of Google. It is surprising to note that a world class company like Google lacks fully automated billing system for YouTube and the bills are counted manually. Advertisers had to pore over three separate legal contracts for Google sales people to get back to the advertisers shows how worse is the usability of the legacy system. The team found 105 ad sales problems with YouTube and 24 internal systems are touched to customize to what advertisers need, this shows us the growing problems of complicated system. It is good for Google that it faced similar issues in the past with the "Project Drano" because of overlap of sales database and disparate billing systems. With the current problems the "Project Spaghetti" is aimed to fix the issues and start gaining market share. Combining acquired companies sales systems is always a challenge in acquisitions.

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Looking for all TV channels that are broadcasting Bangladesh tri-nation series from June'8, Here is grand list of all continents/countries and the respective TV channels. I've tried my best to include the schedule of the channel links for convenience of match start times and channel numbers.

Canada: CBN (Bell ExpressVu; Rogers Cable)

CBN channel has the broadcast rights of telecasting this tri-series in Canada.CBN and ATN- Cricket Plus are two sports channels that ATN operates in Canada.

US - Direct TV & Dish Network

Direct TV DirectTV hasn't yet announced on its website the package -

Check this link for any updates.

Dish Network

Dish Network hasn't yet announced on its website the package -

Call Dish Network (USA) and tell customer service that you want cricket - Bangladesh tri-series channel.

Check this link for any updates.

UK - Zee Cinema

The Tri-Series will be shown on ZEE Cinema, live and exclusive in the UK.

the Tri-Series, which features India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, will be shown from next month. The Indian and Pakistani squads are set to reach Dhaka in early June, with a kick off on Sunday 8th June.

June 8: Bangladesh v Pakistan
June 10: India v Pakistan
June 12: India v Bangladesh
June 14: Final

The Tri-Series will be shown on ZEE Cinema, live and exclusive in the UK.

India - NEO Cricket (Tata Sky)

Neo Sport bought the rights to broadcast all Bangladesh tri-series matches.

Pakistan - Geo Super

Geosport is telecasting Ban-Ind-Pak series.

Africa - Supersport

Supersport (http://www.supersport.co.za/cricket/content.aspx?id=11817&des=content&view=full ) provides coverage for tri-nation matches in Africa continent.

Here is the schedule ..remember some days it is on Supersport1 (SS1 channel) , SS2 channel and SS7 channels.

Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:50 - 19:45 SS1 Bangladesh Cricket - Triangular B`desh v Pakistan
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:50 - 19:45 SS2 Bangladesh Cricket - Triangular Pakistan v India
Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:50 - 19:45 SS7 Bangladesh Cricket - Triangular B`desh v India
Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:50 - 19:45 SS7 Bangladesh Cricket - Triangular Final

Australia - ??

UAE, Dubai & Middle East - ART Prime Sport

Probably ART Prime Sport, as this is popula sports channel available to viewers in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan and Libya.

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