SES: Picturing Better Image Search
Search engines can’t read text in images, which can be a problem for image-heavy sites. A panel at SES San Jose explored the issues of indexing such sites, and working with image-specific search engines.
AT&T: $10 DSL Slightly Less Impossible To Get
AT&T caught so much flak over burying their $10 DSL offer, that they made it easier to find. You just go past the giant displays for more expensive DSL, down and right to the corner of the screen and then click through to another page.
Google’s IPO, Inside AdSense Have Anniversaries
You know that feeling when you forget a birthday? Well, I don’t have it, but it’s nonetheless true that I failed to note two Google anniversaries. Google’s IPO occurred three years ago as of August 19, and on August 15, the Inside AdSense blog turned two.
SES: Ways SEMs Can Protect Intellectual Property
Trademark and copyright issues are complicated. That’s why we have lawyers. Luckily, we also have lawyers willing to drop by the Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Jose to shine a little light on the issue.
MTV, RealNetworks Partner On Music Service
RealNetworks, MTV Networks and Verizon Wireless have partnered to create a digital music service that users can access using their PC, portable music device or mobile phone.
Google, YouTube Grow In San Bruno
I buy clothes once a year or so (if that). I run searches dozens, if not hundreds, of times per day. So on the whole, I’m rather pleased with this development: Google is taking over a San Bruno, California property formerly inhabited by Gap Inc.
Wal-Mart Launches DRM- Free Downloads
Wal-Mart said today that it is launching "DRM-free" MP3 music downloads. Single tracks will be 94 cents a piece and a whole album will sell for $9.22.
SES: Searcher? Oh, Behave!
The way searchers behave on search engines provides a lot of insight into what companies can do to improve their search services. A SES San Jose panel covered some recent enlightenment on searcher behavior research.
Making Sense out of a Mess
It’s funny, after several years, countless projects, big successes and humbling failures, I still to this day stumble and stutter when casually asked: "so what do you do?"
If It Looks Like An Ad, They’re Not Looking At It
Usability expert Jakob Nielsen dropped a few bombshells in his latest Alert Box usability report. Banner blindness isn’t exactly a new topic – everybody knows by now it exists – but the results of this study suggest that ad network placements aren’t worth a warm pitcher of spit.