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.