Content was king until the dot-com bubble called "Checkmate!" Looking at the rosy quarterly report that iVillage
The popular portal that bills itself as "the Internet for women" posted record earnings of $0.02 a share across all of its properties on a 23% uptick in revenues. While that may not seem like much, it marks the third quarter out of the past four in which the company has achieved positive bottom-line results.
With Google
Want proof? Consider the fact that even though MarketWatch
While iVillage is losing a custom publications project with Wal-Mart
So it's not just on the chessboard that a queen can fly circles around the plodding king. In the online world, there's no need to break through any glass ceilings when you are hanging out in the profitable penthouse.
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Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz loves women so much that he married one. He does not own shares in any of the companies mentioned in this story.