How Yahoo Search Assistant Changes SEO
On Tuesday Yahoo became the last of the four major search engines to offer blended search. Last, but definitely not least as Yahoo’s Search Assist may just be the killer app to get some switching back from Google. Search Assist also has the potential for changing a few things when it comes to optimizing for Yahoo as people begin to unknowingly build more advanced queries.
Expanding The Concept Of “News”
Thanks to my mesh pal Mike Masnick from Techdirt for pointing me towards a recent column by Jeremy Wagstaff of Loose Wire (and the Wall Street Journal) that I had been meaning to post about. In the column, entitled "The Future of News," Jeremy writes about how it’s difficult to talk about the future of news without admitting that the idea of what we call "news" has changed, and is continuing to change. As he puts its:
Web 3.0 Definition
We are all doomed, Jason calacanis has come out with his definition of web 3.0, and for everyone who is not gifted, then well, and maybe we are not web 3.0 worthy. There is a lot of user developed content out there, some good, some bad, most down the middle of the road.
Interview with Web Analyst Manoj Jasra
Continuing my series of interviews with Web Analysts, here is an interview with Manoj Jasra.
NBC/News Corp: U Can’t Touch This
With its own site for its copyrighted video content due out this month, NBC is already getting a little touchy. Peter Chernin, president and COO of News Corp, chides that Google “could do a better job” of policing for copyrighted content on YouTube, saying:
Yahoo Exec Leaves For Facebook
Blake Chandlee was a fairly important guy at Yahoo, and he wasn’t just some quick-on-his-feet opportunist; Chandlee spent about four years with the company. But he’s now moved on, and Facebook is reportedly the cause of Chandlee’s departure.
Web 2.0 Talks About Car Pricing
A car commercial might last 30 or 45 seconds, and in most cases, only a tiny portion of it will discuss pricing. I’m not complaining – high-def laps are more interesting than transferable leases – but this is all the more reason to turn to blogs, social networks, and other online resources for financial information.
Bernstein Bearish, Says YHOO Should Break Up
Sometimes the whole of something isn’t worth the sum of its parts. An analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein thinks someone needs to do to Yahoo what Bruce Lee used to do to his on-screen foes and bust it into pieces.
Bear Stearns Bullish, Says GOOG To $700
So shares of Google are tickling the underbelly of $600. Big deal. Wait ’til next year, when trading puts a seven in front of those double-zeroes.
Google Earth Turns Unwelcome Eye Towards Israel
We’ve seen this sort of thing before: people complaining that Google Earth has exposed military secrets or put certain structures at risk. Yet of all the nations in the world, Israel may have the most right to worry, and it’s this country that the latest update affected.