Avatar Seeks Semantic Search

Researchers at IBM Almaden have been developing a semantic search process that can delve into unstructured text to retrieve structured information.

Yahoo’s Conversion Tips

Yahoo's Search marketing blog has 9 tips compiled by the team on how to improve conversion rates while also optimizing landing pages. Best ways to optimize your landing pages:

IBM Sets Virtual World Rules for Employees

IBM’s guidelines for employee bloggers are fairly well known among people who pay attention to such things. Now, IBM has become (as far as I know) the first company to establish a policy for employees who venture into Second Life and other virtual words.

Yahoo’s Board Of Directors Gets Fresh Face

Following the Semel-Yang switcheroo, many of us wondered if there would be a lot more changeups among Yahoo’s leaders.  There weren’t.  But Maggie Wilderotter, formerly a senior vice president of Microsoft, has now joined the Yahoo Board of Directors.