Yahoo Slurps Somewhere Else
The migration of the Slurp is complete, says Yahoo. Over the past few weeks, the search engine has been transitioning its crawler, dubbed (disgustingly) "Slurp," to a new address at crawl.yahoo.net. Adjust your server logs as necessary and join the curmudgeons who are unimpressed.
Vator.tv Puts Innovation On Display
If you’ve got a great idea, but lack a cash flow – or if the opposite happens to be true – Vator.tv may be just the place for you. The site, which launched yesterday, intends to let “[a]nyone, across all industries, at any stage … share ideas, products, services and businesses with the rest of the world, mainly through video.”
What Works On YouTube
An interesting article in Advertising Age focuses on a debate within the advertising industry about how to approach the new world of user-generated content for marketing purposes. And nobody’s seems all that sure about it.
Google Use Doesn’t Please Pennsylvania Court
The case involved back taxes and a piece of property. It went through both a county judge and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Now we’ve learned that Google’s a good resource, but, in some people’s eyes, there’s nothing quite like a paper phonebook.
SMX: Beyond the Majors
The second day’s last session, Beyond The Majors where Jeffrey K. Rohrs joins us again as moderator with speakers Scott Greenberg, SVP, Advertising Services, Marchex; Anton E, Konikoff, Founder and CEO, Acronym Media; Matt Greitzer, Director of Search Marketing, Avenue A|Razorfish; T. J. Kelley, VP, Marketing, LookSmart and Tom Paraboschi, Director of Advertising Sales and Agency Relations, MIVA.
SMX: The Giant Focus Group
"I wish…." or "If only they would….", if many of you have undergone or said these words, this was the opportunity to tell it directly to representatives from the major search ad providers. What should they fix? What new features should they provide? Come lobby for the changes you want, with others to take up your cause, if you’ve got that great idea.
SMX: Better Ways
Search Engine Land’s Danny Sullivan took the chair as moderator for the round, where the discussion was on "Better Ways of Keyword research. Link building. Page titles. Yawn. You know the fundamentals of SEO cold. Still, no one knows everything. Been wondering if there’s a better way to get something done? Put it to our panel of experts!"
Nielsen To Measure Mobile Users
he Nielsen Company said they would begin measuring mobile phone users through their Nielsen Wireless service. The service will measure the amount of people who use mobile Internet and mobile video.
“Nielsen To Measure Mobile Users”
SMX: Pump Up Paid Search
Once again, the diligent Jeffrey K. Rohrs,(VP of Agency & Search Marketing for ExactTarget), takes up Moderator duties for the second times on Pump Up Your Paid Search! Which discusses ‘tips and techniques designed to help pros get even more out of their paid search campaigns’.
Wazap Arrives In America
A new games search engine is here – sort of – and its name is Wazap! Already popular in Europe and Asia, Wazap! promises to provide “extensive and accurate results” for all things game-related. And, on a side note, your humble author promises to stop putting exclamation marks after the word “Wazap.”