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SMX West: Tasty Blend Of Search, Retail
Universal search presents retailers an opportunity to reach searchers with more information than a few words of plain text.
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Skype Gets A New CEO
Skype isn't exactly a model company; onlookers have often equated it with an anchor weighing eBay down. But, be that as it may, Josh Silverman seems content enough to have been appointed CEO of the Internet telephone company.
YouTube To Test Personalized Homepage
YouTube said it is testing a new experimental personalized homepage with a small group of users it has selected at random.Don't worry if you are not part of the group testing the new homepage, YouTube says it will give access to everyone in the near future. The experimental homepage will still have "Featured" and "Most Popular" videos but will add personalized recommendations, videos from subscriptions…
CPC Is Flat, But People Are Still Shopping
Speculation as to why Google's paid clicks have flattened in January has led to further speculation that a recession has caused consumers to do less search-initiated shopping. Hitwise's Bill Tancer has information that suggests otherwise.(It occurs to me also that investors have been spoiled by Google's constant growth, as even when Google grows there is disappointment that there wasn't more growth. And flat returns now…
The other side of Google's loss: Yahoo's gain
Reports issued by Citigroup and Bear Stearns based on information from comScore about paid clicks noted the flat January suffered by Google, as well as a pleasant surprise for Yahoo.
Sound Bites From The Comcast Hearing
Yesterday's FCC "hearing" to discuss Comcast's interference with BitTorrent traffic was more "dogpile on the cable shill." Comcast chose executive VP David Cohen as the bullet-catcher/gauntlet-runner/sacrificial lamb, and Verizon sent its own executive VP, Tom Tauke, presumably for moral support.
