SIS – Widget Talk
Ever hear of widgets? It’s the buzzword of the year for the Web, but few still appreciate how to best use them. How can you use widgets to increase the inbound links to your site? Are there widget directories you can optimize for? What social media strategies are most effective? Moderator: Bill Flitter, VP, Marketing, Founder, Pheedo
Google Gives Love To Europe, Open Standards
A couple of days after showing how deep their affection is for users finding the right privacy features in Google products, the company acknowledged the European Union for its acceptance of open standards.
Travel Search Sites Kayak, SideStep Connect
In the official press release, forms of the word "merge" are used four times, "purchasing" comes up once, and "acquire" and "buy" are nowhere to be seen. Nonetheless, the bottom line is that Kayak.com secured a spectacular round of funding, and proceeded to take over SideStep.com.
Swisher: Yahoo Should Sell Search Marketing
With Yahoo being on the sidelines while Microsoft scooped up Viacom’s graphical ad serving needs (and booted out DoubleClick in the process), Kara Swisher think Jerry Yang should make a sale.
Peas On Earth, Goodwill Toward Twitter
A couple of days ago something strange began happening on Twitter. Avatars of the people I follow began sporting peas. Peas in the background, in the foreground, pea pods, pea hats. And I’m all, "what’s with the freakin’ peas?"
Google’s End of the Year Zeitgeist
If you’re wondering what was popular in 2007, check out Google’s Zeitgeist for the year, where they list the fastest rising searches of the past 12 months.
SIS – SEMs Pursuing Display
Is there such thing as a pure search engine marketing agency anymore? Increasingly, search marketers are following the engines’ lead by planning banners, rich media, video, gadget and widget ads, blog and RSS ads, behavioral targeting, and sometimes even traditional media buys such as radio, print, and television. What expertise do search marketers bring to the table when expanding their offerings? Are there pitfalls of stretching themselves too thin? How can the various channels be measured together?
Gartner: Over $3 Billion Lost To Phishing
Criminal phishing in 2007 escalated in both the number of attacks and the financial losses resulting from them, according to a study from Gartner.
SIS – Managing a Global SEM Campaign
Managing a global search marketing campaign offers fresh opportunities and challenges for marketers pursuing customers in a worldwide market. How can marketers maintain effective and cohesive brand strategies while efficiently reaching targeted customers at different international local levels? Moderator: Matt Kain, SVP, Business Development, 24/7 Real Media
SIS – Search Insiders Speak
Every day, MediaPost’s Search Insider columnists illuminate the search landscape. Now it’s time for them to get off their pedestals and face your toughest questions first-hand. They’ll mouth off on all the most pressing search issues and the hot topics discussed at the Search Insider Summit so far.