Google recently announced that it will be going ahead with personalized search results. There is no need to underestimate the potential of this change. It is really the beginning of a new era in search.
Will Google’s dMarc Debacle Hurt Future Deals?
Word came out last weekend that brothers Chad and Ryan Steelberg, who founded radio advertising company dMarc and then sold it to Google, have left Google just a year after the deal. Google bought dMarc for $102 million, with as much as $1.13 billion extra coming if certain revenue targets were met.
Back to the Future (Beyond Web 2.0)
Last week, Nandor Fejer and Alison McNeill attended the Back to the Future – Beyond Web 2.0 event in Silicon Valley while I attended DEMO 07.
Moderator:
Jeremiah Owyang, Director of Corporate Media Strategy at Podtech.net
The Future of Ask.com
ZDNet’s Donna Bogatin has an interesting interview up with Ask.com CEO, Jim Lanzone. She asks some probing questions, and Jim shares some interesting morsels.
Internet Ad Future Is A Load Of Bull
Expect a bull market for Internet advertising in 2007. Expect that bull to keep charging for the foreseeable future. In fact, says Susquehanna Financial Group (SFG), 2007 will mark a crucial turning point in the industry. Think Google. Think targeting, video, social networks, and online gaming. And don’t stop thinking about them. But forget about the page view altogether.
Integrating w/ (Future) Competition
Alex Fletcher has a nice list of hypothetical new year’s resolutions for the open source community.
Latent Semantic Indexing – The Future of SEO
The major search engine Google has now incorporated a new element into its search algorithms called Latent Semantic Indexing.
CES: Changing the Future of Event Marketing
CES is celebrating its 40th anniversary and the enthusiasm and energy are at its greatest levels ever. Why?
Social Media’s Future
As the various predictions come out about people’s projections for 2007, I am beginning to see more and more impressive predictions about what will happen in the social media space.
Is There a Future for Skype’s Free US Deal?
Skype has been running a great deal the last few months, letting people living in the US call landlines in the country for free.