Google Giveaways Now Include Villages
People care a lot about national borders – there’s a great scene from the “Blackadder” series, for example, in which one soldier tries to convince another of the value of the seventeen square feet of land they’ve gained. But if seventeen square feet is a cause for celebration, Argentina must now be throwing a heck of a party – Google tried to give it a whole village.
Behavioral Targeting Moves by Yahoo & Google
A recent article by Brandweek, talks about how Yahoo is betting big on Behavioral Targeting.
CBS Eyes Silverlight For Local Video
Microsoft’s entry into the cross-browser media player category has received a warm reception from CBS Television, which will use it as part of a community-generated content project for a network of local websites.
Utah Lawmakers Take Blinders Off, Earplugs Out
A resounding "DOI!" came springing out of the Utah legislature late last week as lawmakers acknowledged they should have done a little background work, or at least listened to all the squalling, before they passed the Trademark Protection Act.
Adobe Isn’t Desperate
I’ve been playing around with Adobe Flex for a few days. Heard about them open sourcing the Flex SDK later this year. Didn’t think much of it, since it was already free. Then I read this from Dana. Maybe Dana has been wearing OSS goggles for a few too many days, but come on.
Shuman: Google’s Down With CQC
The eight principles the Click Quality Council would like to see search engines adhere to in improving PPC quality; Google’s cool with all of them.
ICANN: RegisterFly Has Flown
A US Federal judge granted the Independent Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) the right to terminate RegisterFly’s accreditation and to transfer domains from the company.
Teens Lead On Tech, Tweens Follow
Teenagers 17 and older are leaders when it comes to adopting new technology and are twice as likely to be early users of some key new technologies as younger teens according to a JupiterResearch report "Teens and New Technology: Understanding the Adoption Cycle".
Search Exec Punches Out Of Yahoo
The executive who helped drive the launch of the very successful Yahoo Answers product has hit the eject button and landed in the world of venture capitalism.
SEO Degrees?
We recently posted the video of an interview I did with Greg Jarboe at the 2007 SES New York conference. In the video, Greg and I were discussing the general lack of qualified search engine professionals that seemed to be one of the main buzz-themes of the conference this year. We both agreed that it […]