SMX West – Online Reputation Management Through Search
I was interested to hear the presentations in the Reputation Monitoring & Management Through Search session at the SMX West Conference yesterday in Santa Clara, and the five presenters didn’t disappoint. (click to enlarge)
SMX West – Generation Next: Search In The Coming Decade
Day 3 of SMX West kicked off with a group keynote titled Generation Next: Search In The Coming Decade moderated by Search Engine Land’s Executive Editor Chris Sherman and Gord Hotchkiss, President and CEO of Enquiro.The panel of speakers included representatives from the major search engines – Brad Goldberg of Microsoft, Larry Heck with Yahoo! and Peter Norvig of Google – discussing where they see search going in the next decade. Will search as we know it will survive?
Wikileaks Gets Backing Of EFF, ACLU
The whistleblowing site Wikileaks, which was ordered offline by a California court for hosting documents, related to Swiss banking group Julius Baer is receiving some legal help from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Air Force To Cut Access To Some Blogs
The Air Force is restricting access to a wide range of blogs its troops will be able to read.The Air Force Network Operations Center (AFNOC) said," AFNOC has imposed bans on all sites with ‘blog’ in their URLs, thus cutting off any sites hosted by Blogspot. Other blogs, and sites in general, are blocked based on content reviews performed at the base, command and AFNOC level."
Google Health Has A Heartbeat
Marissa Mayer talked more about Google Health, but the key piece of news, a launch date, proved absent from the discourse.
LinkedIN Gets New Homepage And Features
Social networking site for professionals, LinkedIN has launched a new homepage, which includes a "Status" feature that allows users to share their activities with those in their network.
Yahoo racks up seven angry lawsuits
Shareholders who view Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo as a welcome exit from two years of falling stock prices have filed seven lawsuits against the company over its reaction to the deal.
About.com CEO Set To Leave
Somewhere in the world today, a group of minstrels may be singing about how Scott B. Meyer, the former CEO of About.com, is about to "beat a very brave retreat." Meyer himself, on the other hand, will probably stick with an "amicable parting" line.
Salesforce.com Reports Strong Fourth Quarter
Since the beginning of October, the Dow has dropped nearly 1,400 points. Even Google’s lost its glow. But Salesforce.com just posted fourth quarter financial numbers that beat analysts’ expectations and represent year-over-year increases in almost every way possible.
Google Health Closer To Reality
The latest round of rumors about Google Health received mention in the Wall Street Journal, which could mean the service may be near an opening.