Readers of this site will recall my ongoing insistence that voice will be the new search interface (and honestly, the next interface for much of the web). Earlier this week, a step toward that reality was taken by Google. It's going over well. From Cnet: The new voice-activated Google…
The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait. As we wrote last week, the search app knows when you bring the phone to your face to speak into it. It beeps, you talk, and it executes a Google search on what you said.
Previous coverage of voice search on Searchblog.
I'm fascinated by this question, spurred by a dialog with James Gross, one of our many stars at FM. As I tweeted: "What can't we do that we wish we could? IE, before YouTube/Flickr, we wished we could upload/share our video/photos easily."…
“What can’t we do that we wish we could? IE, before YouTube/Flickr, we wished we could upload/share our video/photos easily.”
News flash, more to come. In this interview, I ask Yang why he'd want to stay as CEO. The interview as widely cited as evidence he should leave. I for one have a lot of respect for what Jerry has been trying to do, but can only imagine he's…
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In this interview, I ask Yang why he’d want to stay as CEO. The interview as widely cited as evidence he should leave. I for one have a lot of respect for what Jerry has been trying to do, but can only imagine he’s feeling tremendous relief. Now, the hunt for a replacement. Who do you think should lead Yahoo?
Google and Adobe today reached some official detente on measurement of "stuff that happens inside the world of Flash", (my own attempt at summarizing this Google announcement.) Recall that earlier Google announced it was crawling PDFs and then Flash, this is one more step toward what I think may…
Recall that earlier Google announced it was crawling PDFs and then Flash, this is one more step toward what I think may come – Google and Adobe uniting as a company against Microsoft. Yes, you heard that right. But on a meta level, it makes a lot of sense.
From announcement:
Today, at the Adobe MAX Conference in San Francisco, in a joint collaboration with our friends at Adobe and a few ace third party developers, we announced a simplified solution for tracking Flash content for everyone, called Google Analytics Tracking For Adobe Flash.
Today Boing Boing launched Boing Boing Offworld, a very Boing0ish take on the world of games. Congrats to the team, and to Intel, whose sponsorship made the launch possible….
It's been a long, odd transition to Fall from Summer. And I've been a bit quieter than I'd like here. But I hope that will change, for the better, soon. Web 2 is over, it was extraordinary. I am moving house, as they say in England, and will be…
…Time for mental Google!…
Check it out: so far Doerr, Meeker, Lessig and Brilliant are up, Yang coming soon….
For your consideration: The part that people don't yet fully understand is that "vertical ad networks," at the end of the day, are still ad networks. Ad networks are a vital part of the online media ecosystem. They provide publishers with additional revenue on inventory that isn't otherwise fulfilling…
The part that people don’t yet fully understand is that “vertical ad networks,” at the end of the day, are still ad networks. Ad networks are a vital part of the online media ecosystem. They provide publishers with additional revenue on inventory that isn’t otherwise fulfilling higher CPM sponsorship programs, and they provide direct-response marketers with additional reach at cost-efficient rates. Vertical ad networks offer a bit better targeting because they focus on a smaller set of sites.
While vertical ad networks may improve efficiency for direct-response advertisers, who determine success based on some variation of cost-per-click, they are not solving the needs of brand advertisers. Ultimately, vertical ad networks serve advertisers and will compete with everyone else who serves DR advertisers, from Google to the other ad networks. The excitement over “vertical” ad networks will erode as CPMs on those networks chase the DR metrics.
Facebook with loads o ads: The author Andrew Chen notes that with "experimental" ad budgets (ie stuff like Facebook's nascent "engagement ads" and the like) getting slashed, this might be what Facebook looks like soon….
The author Andrew Chen notes that with “experimental” ad budgets (ie stuff like Facebook’s nascent “engagement ads” and the like) getting slashed, this might be what Facebook looks like soon.
