SMX: Penalty Box Summit
The opening lines of the session is “Had a site hit the search engine penalty box? In this session, search engines share the latest on how they give you official signs of this, along with reinclusion procedures. The session includes lots of time for audience-driven discussion on penalties and how procedures might be improved.”
SMX: Is Bid Management Dead?
The second day of SMX 2007 begins on a more serious not, a debate on "Is Bid Management Dead?". Jeffrey K. Rohrs, VP, Agency & Search Marketing, ExactTarget on Moderator’s duties starts off the subject with panelists Robert Ashby, Microsoft (formerly Director of Search @ Expedia); Peter Hershberg, Managing Partner, Reprise Media; Misty Locke, President & Co-Founder, Range Online Media and Chris Zaharias, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives Efficient Frontier.
Akamai Visualizes The Internet
The company unveiled a new website that shows how data travels across the Internet, and how certain events impact that flow.
Ask3D Cuts Back On ‘Search Skim’
The product managers for Ask.com’s revamped interface and presentation contend their design helps cut back on the wasted effort searchers expend when looking for good search results.
IBM Skates On SEC Charges
Providing misleading financial guidance to analysts in 2005, as the SEC contended IBM did, never turned into anything as the two sides settled the dispute.
Macmillan CEO Lifts Google Laptops
Richard Charkin is the CEO of Macmillan Publishers, and he recently got into a bit of a tiff with Google. This didn’t involve angry letters or frivolous lawsuits (entertaining as those are); instead, Charkin stole a pair of Google laptops. And blogged about it.
Google Launches Calendar Gallery
Google has improved on their Google Calendar service and has launched Google Calendar gallery.
“Google Launches Calendar Gallery”
20 Most Misspelled Words on Yahoo
Yahoo recently published the twenty most commonly misspelled words on their search engine. They are:
Wallmart (Wal-Mart)
Rachel Ray (Rachael Ray)
Amtrack (Amtrak)
Hillary Duff (Hilary Duff)
Katherine McPhee (Katharine McPhee)
Google Exec Helps Nab Gunman
While fiction has its necessary function in society, you approach it the appropriate cerebral distance – it is all made up, you remind yourself. But when the story is true, it tugs at you in a much different way, and this story is true, as told by Google’s Head of Special Initiatives.
Google Doesn’t Wanna Grow Up
Big retailers aren’t the place to go to for really interesting stuff. Instead, try visiting some antique stores or small shops, where you might find that sort of thing a piece at a time. But – stay with me here – if “interesting” stuff is usually found in small places, what chance does a gigantic corporation have of keeping that trait as part of its culture?