Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo’

Well, it is that time of the year where you either look back at what has happened during tha past 12 months or look forward to what is likely to take place in the upcoming year.

Let’s start with a landscaping of social networking in 2010. I dug this visualization map on the ever-infographic-prolific Flowtown.

Click on image to enlarge.

The 2010 Social Networking Map

Some would argue that is it too exclusively U.S.-centered and does not give its rightful place to less-known networks in Japan for example.

Feel free to comment, copy, embed, share and always name the original source. Thanks!

Here’s a summary of what you need to know in search marketing from last week, in order of recency… Click on headlines to read stories.

Friday July 9th
Consumer Watchdog Believes Google ‘WiSpy’ Potentially Logged Homeland Security Data
Search Agency Update – What Are Companies Up To?

Thursday July 8th
While Twitter Search Booms, Facebook Grows On India And Indonesia As U.S. Slumps
Google “Confident” On Potential In-Depth EU Antitrust Inquiry

Wednesday July 7th
Foursquare, IFC, Huffington Post In Geo-Located Content Deals
Local Search On Smartphones Prime Lead Generator For Businesses [study]

Tuesday July 6th
Yahoo Upshot Blog To Create Search-Driven News Content
Twitter’s @EarlyBird Account To Feed Users With Shopping Deals

Monday July 5th
Skype Moves Near Facebook HQ To Consolidate Mobile, Consumer Electronics Segments
Facebook’s Face Recognition Tagging Feature Signalling Photo Search?

Happy reading and have a good week !

Here’s a summary of what you need to know in search marketing from last week, in order of recency… Click on headlines to read stories.
I’ve added comments to those entries with noteworthy performances. :)

Friday July 2nd
>> No article. Sorry folks, I had to be somewhere else…

Thursday July 1st
Google AdWords’ Discriminatory Behavior Needs Tweaking, French Regulator Says
China’s Baidu To Hire 30 Software Engineers On ‘Google Territory’

Wednesday June 31st
Former Facebook CTO Says ‘Google Me’ Social Platform Is For Real

Tuesday June 30th
Apple Won’t Deliver on July 1st iAd Release Despite $1-10 Million Entry Ticket [Report]
Google Stops Redirecting China Queries to Hong Kong Site In Hope For Licence Renewal
EU Request To Retain User Data From Search Engines Sparks Widespread Anger

Monday June 28th
Rumored “Google Me” Service Unlikely To Kill Facebook
Yahoo Management Shuffle Confirming Shift Away From Search And Into Content?
Never Mind Google, 16-year old Muqeet Is Launching Pakistan’s Dedicated Search Engine

Happy reading !

On Search Engine Watch

Yahoo is seeing quite some movement in its top management. Brad Smith, Intuit President and CEO, as well as Patti Hart, CEO of International Game Technology (IGT), joined the company’s board. At the same time, although the moves are not necessarily related, Larry Cornett, Yahoo’s VP of search consumer products quit. So what goes on? Is this a clear sign that the company’s losing interest in its search business?
Read more…

Here’s a summary of what you need to know in search marketing from last week, in order of recency… Click on headlines to read stories.

Friday, June 18th
Search Agency Update – What Are Companies Up To?
Search Seen As Biggest Single Winner Of U.S. Online Ad Spend In 2010 [Study]

Thursday, June 17th
Boston Globe Adopts Open-Source Neighborhood News Mapping Platform OpenBlock
Google Commerce Search 2.0 Means On-The-Fly Customization For Shoppers And Retailers Delight
AOL Dumps Bebo For Reported $10 Million

Wednesday June 16th
AdWords Now Tells Advertisers About Competitors’ Performance
Facebook Is A Major Video Ad Player And Zynga Its Secret Weapon

Tuesday June 15th
Twitter ‘Places’ Bold Move Towards Paid Search With Foursquare, Gowalla, Localeze, TomTom Ties
Zynga To Boost Asian Presence With $147 mln Investment From Softbank

Monday June 14th
Yahoo, Microsoft U.S. Search Market Shares Grew Fastest in May – comScore
Google vs Bing On Maps And User-Content Overlays

Happy reading !