Thanks to the prodding of Danny Sullivan, I am now on Twitter. God help me. It might mean the beginning of another Searchblog like obsession. I remember when folks said "you blog nearly every day? How do you possibly find the time?!" More when I learn more. Update: It's…
Thanks to the prodding of Danny Sullivan, I am now on Twitter. God help me. It might mean the beginning of another Searchblog like obsession. I remember when folks said “you blog nearly every day? How do you possibly find the time?!”
More when I learn more.
Read MoreI'm traveling all week, posting will be a bit light……
I’m traveling all week, posting will be a bit light…
Worth the early morning read……
What do you know about that. Brand Advertising on Google: It's Google, the master of direct response, neck in neck with Facebook. Innaresting. Thanks, Shank-mon!…
It’s Google, the master of direct response, neck in neck with Facebook. Innaresting. Thanks, Shank-mon!
From Ars: Yahoo-Google ad test triggers DoJ antitrust scrutiny…
I am at the Web 2 Expo and will have a lot more to say about this once the weekend comes, when I have time to think out loud. But for now, the news: Yahoo Inc. is swinging the doors of its Web platforms wide open to let outside…
Yahoo Inc. is swinging the doors of its Web platforms wide open to let outside developers create applications across its network of sites, as well as radically stitching together its online services under the social profile concept.
The idea is to let the hundreds of millions of people who use its Web mail, instant messaging, calendar, photo management and other online services replicate the social experience that social networks like MySpace and Facebook have made so popular.
Read MoreIt's revealed – the Times covers it here. CNet has an overview here. TC has tons of images and commentary here….
FM's Conversational Marketing Summit is just six weeks away, and I am getting more and more excited about the lineup of speakers, and the issues and topics we are going to cover. Check out the lineup of speakers: # Jeff Berman, President, Sales and Marketing, MySpace # Henry Blodget…
# Jeff Berman, President, Sales and Marketing, MySpace
# Henry Blodget Co-Founder, CEO, Editor in Chief, Silicon Alley Insider
# Jonah Bloom, Editor, Advertising Age
# Beth Comstock, Chief Marketing Officer, General Electric
# Matt Freeman, CEO, Tribal DDB Worldwide
# Louis Giagrande, Online Marketing Manager, Samsung Electronics
# Darren Herman, Group Director of Digital Media, Media Kitchen
# Michael Hoefflinger, GM – Partner Marketing, Intel
# Mark Kantor, Co-founder, Graffiti
# Jason Kilar, CEO, Hulu
# Clark Kokich, CEO, Avenue A | Razorfish
# Andy Lark, VP–Global Marketing & Communications, Dell
# Andrew Markowitz, Director, Digital Marketing & Media, Kraft Foods Inc.
# Daina Middleton, SVP, Director Sunao Customer Insight, Marketing Analytics, Emerging Trends, Moxie Interactive
# Wenda Harris Millard, President, Media, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia & IAB
# Eileen Naughton, Director of Media Platforms, Google
# Martin A. Nisenholtz, SVP – Digital Operations, The New York Times Company
# Michael Osborne, Vice President of Sales, Bazaarvoice
# Jon Raj, Chief Digital Officer, OMD
# Randall Rothenberg, President & CEO, IAB
# Ian Schafer, CEO, Deep Focus
# Rich Silverstein, Co-Chairman, Goodby Silverstein & Partners
# Rudy Wilson, Director of Marketing, Doritos, Frito-Lay
A great lineup, and we’ve still got plenty more to add. I’ll be the host and emcee of this event, and I’m really looking forward to digging into the theme.
Read MoreYahoo had a great quarter, but it's mainly because of its investment in China based Alibaba: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday posted quarterly profit, excluding one-time items, at the top end of Wall Street's range of lowered forecasts, as it sought to…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday posted quarterly profit, excluding one-time items, at the top end of Wall Street’s range of lowered forecasts, as it sought to bolster its case that Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) takeover bid undervalues it.
Buoyed by a large gain on a stake in China’s Alibaba.com Ltd (1688.HK: Quote, Profile, Research), Yahoo’s first-quarter net income rose to $142.4 million, or 10 cents per diluted share, compared with the year-ago quarter’s $542 million, or 37 cents per diluted share.
Read MoreToo good to not quote in full from SmartMoney: Murdoch said Monday that he wouldn't challenge a Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) bid for Yahoo Inc. (YHOO), the second-largest Internet search engine. "I can't afford that," Murdoch said. "I certainly can't afford to bid against Microsoft, least of all for Yahoo."…
Murdoch said Monday that he wouldn’t challenge a Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) bid for Yahoo Inc. (YHOO), the second-largest Internet search engine.
“I can’t afford that,” Murdoch said. “I certainly can’t afford to bid against Microsoft, least of all for Yahoo.”
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