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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (8512)	3/7/2006 6:55:40 PM
From: RockyBalboa	Respond to of 15857

It is not the job of top executives. Perhaps some of the lower folks in there. I hardly believe that anyone of the top executives is (still) capable (or willing, or in charge)of doing .ppt presentations let alone posting it on the IR webpage (see latest reuters story). .---------------------- Google says mistakenly put old ad outlook on Web Tue Mar 7, 2006 6:44 PM ET SAN DIEGO, March 7 (Reuters) - Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) inadvertently published outdated profit margin and revenue projections on its Web site last week during its annual analysts' day, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. But it stood by its refusal to issue financial projections. The Web search leader said speaker notes that were posted to its investor relations Web site were inaccurate depictions of its financial outlook. Following its annual presentation to Wall Street analysts at its Silicon Valley headquarters last Thursday, Google published, then retracted, a massive document containing slides with speakers' notes on product plans and financial targets. The previously undisclosed notes stated that Google's core advertising business was expected to grow by nearly 60 percent to $9.5 billion in 2006 but that profit margins in its mainstay AdSense business could be squeezed this year and beyond. Google said in the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the notes stated: "To really get down to brass tacks, we're going to: Execute well on our core ads projects to help us exceed the $9.5bn target (and backfill any AdSense partner loss) and drive advertiser satisfaction." It said in the filing that the notes had been presented early in the fourth quarter of 2005 for an internal product strategy presentation. The document came to light when a blogger picked up details from it. It also described an unannounced plan to offer online storage to Web users, creating a mirror image of consumer hard drives. "These notes were not created for financial planning purposes, and should not be regarded as financial guidance. Consistent with past practice, Google is not providing revenue guidance," Google said in the filing. Google lets slip talk of online storage service