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topdog
May 13th 2005, 9:10 am
This explains why some checks are cut from Ireland.

I was watching the webcast of the google annual shareholder meeting, and according to the CEO of google, there is a favorable tax affect in Ireland.

Google has a global settlement program with a set of banks that takes local currency billing and converts it to dollars held in the us or euro dollars in european banks. It is a part of google's hedging strategy - having U.S. dollars in the U.S. and in Ireland along with euros.

I don't understand all of the details behind the hedging strategy - but at least now I have an idea of why payments are being sent via Ireland.
anusha
May 13th 2005, 9:23 am
I am sure it was a heavy check! How are your keywords doing..? My keywords are doing 40% below normal after the new forms of advertising...

Anusha
topdog
May 13th 2005, 9:45 am
My revenue is on a steady rise due to increasing traffic levels. I really don't pay attention to any of the other stats at this point. However if my daily earnings took a big plunge... I would be all over those other stats trying to figure out what was going on.

I'm always adding new content and working on driving more traffic in - to offset any negative factors that affect the revenue, such as advertisers bidding less per click. While I don't have any influence over how much advertisers bid, I do have influence over my efforts to increase click thru rates and traffic levels... so that's where my focus is.
Nate
May 13th 2005, 12:35 pm
Hmm... Are you sure they aren't just sent from Ireland because it's lucky?? ;)
yfs1
May 13th 2005, 12:59 pm
Just about every internet and software companys European headquarters are in Ireland.

I can take a 5 minute walk and visit Google, Yahoo, Overture (different location), eBay, Symantec, Creative, IBM and countless others.

And yes, it is because of our tax levels ;)
e10
May 13th 2005, 2:25 pm
Just about every internet and software companys European headquarters are in Ireland.

I can take a 5 minute walk and visit Google, Yahoo, Overture (different location), eBay, Symantec, Creative, IBM and countless others.

And yes, it is because of our tax levels ;)

Really, Yfs? That´s pretty amazing. I never thought about Ireland as a tax haven - though I´ve always fancied a holiday there and I do remember reading some time that it had some of the best Universities (which I could probably spell, if I´d ever been to one) in Europe.