SES – Personalization, User Search & Data Session

This year, Google made its personalized search service much more the default for many users. Other search engines have user data that could be used to reshape search results. This session looks at existing and possible moves in the space.

SES – Takeaways

I am going to try and take a different approach on how to report on what's happening here at Search Engine Strategies San Jose. If you want detailed coverage on all the sessions I would recommend checking out Tamar Weingberg at SERoundTable or the Bruce Clay Blog.

SES Video – Tim Mayer of Yahoo

Going through proper channels, I was able to coordinate a short video interview with Tim Mayer of Yahoo. I’m a bit of a Yahoo fan and it was great being able to chat with Tim for a few minutes before we recorded on the various questions other speakers suggested.

Facebook Messages Make Move On Email

I thought Google had won a major victory as its Apps Education Edition was embraced by more and more colleges.  But, at least as far as Gmail is concerned, Facebook appears to have trumped that move - the social network’s messages can now act as emails.