Yahoo, Microsoft, Google oh my! (part 2 – the acquisition)
Wednesday, 06 February 2008
As questions whirl about the bid from Microsoft to acquire Yahoo!, I’m still astounded at how the focus of the media is on Search and what such a merger of traditional technology and internet behemoths will mean for Yahoo’s share of search relative to Google. The fact is, Google’s core technology and search science means
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See you at Web 2.0 – The New Rules for Business
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Next week is Webguild’s Second Annual Web 2.0 Conference & Expo at the Marriott in Santa Clara, CA. January 29th will bring together a thousand industry leaders, marketers, and professionals to cover popular Web 2.0 technologies and the future direction of the web. Learn from industry experts (yes, I’ll be there so you can include
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Easily Add Video to your Site – Google Adsense Links to YouTube
Saturday, 05 January 2008
This is old news but I’ve finally had a chance to take a look and I’m enthusiastic about the potential. Google Adsense has integrated YouTube video to bring web sites and publishers a sponsored video service which automatically features relevant videos based on the content of your site. “A new way to enrich your site
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Anyone going to CES?
Friday, 04 January 2008
Will be in Las Vegas at CES Tuesday – Wednesday. Would love to *ahem* “network” Let me know if you’ll be there!
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Large Scale Bid Management – Pubcon 2007 session digest
Friday, 14 December 2007
After a nightmare traveling (I haven’t had much luck lately) with 6 hours to go from SFO to Las Vegas, I arrived only in time for the Tuesday afternoon session, “Large scale bid management”. I was anxious to listen in having done that very thing at HP and now find myself starting such campaigns again.
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Conferences
Friday, 30 November 2007
Yes, it is that time of year again. While most are stuffing turkey and braving the malls for holiday gifts, we in the online marketing community prepare for back-to-back-to-back… to back conferences. Admittedly, with the whirlwind of activity, I’ve even neglected to mention one most important, underway as we speak. This week at SES, Zvents
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Improving Search through Google’s Distributed File System
Thursday, 08 November 2007
For those of you interested my post last month about how search engines really work, Doug Judd has written a slightly technical brief about the Google File System and specifically, how it can be improved. Doug is leading an open-source project which builds on top of distributed file systems like GFS, HDFS, and Kosmos, bringing