yahoo stockholders around the world myself included could be heard uttering wtf at the end of the day today.
the stock closed at 13.76.a that is not a type.a yahoo stock is now trading at 13.76.a the stock has hit a fiveyear low.a their 1 rival google closed the day at about 338.
its now blatantly obvious that yahoo cant find their way out of a paper bag.a they dont know whether to focus on their ... [Show More]
monetization options for virtual worlds
vwfe 2008 virtual worlds forum europe got cancelled because the venue was taken away by the police so the organizers arranged an emergency unconference for today instead. i decided with only five minutes of prep this is an unconference to do a session on ways to monetize virtual worlds.
i ran this session so i took very few notes sorry.
so if you werent a... [Show More]
note this story originally appeared on my personal site capitol valley. i am republishing it here because i feel it merits as wide a discussion as possible and this site attracts a different demographic than the other. please read and comment.
was that headline provocative enough for you are you reading good im going to let you in on a secret
there is no such thing as citizen journalism.
do i have... [Show More]
was that headline provocative enough for you are you reading good im going to let you in on a secret......there is no such thing as citizen journalism.do i have to repeat myself ill say it one more time.there is no such thing as citizen journalism.
good. now ive really got your attention. please keep reading.the web allows anyone to publish anything pretty much at any time on any subject. with som... [Show More]
when push comes to shove yahoo and google opt to play by u.s. doj schedule
steadfastness and fortuity can only hold up to so much scrutiny before it submits to external influences. or so it goes with the yahooplusgoogle search advertisement revenue sharing deal that the two web giants have been pushing for the last several months.
i cant say i didnt expect this to happen. of course anything cou... [Show More]
yahoo nsdq yhoo and google nsdq goog will suspend working together in order to give the department of justice more time to determine whether or not their ad search pact runs afoul of antitrust laws allthingsd reports citing sources close to the situation. yahoo spokesman adam grossberg confirmed that report for paidcontent saying the companies have agreed to a brief delay in implementing this agre... [Show More]
earlier this fall googles eric schmidt insisted he was going ahead with the yahoo search deal with or without approval from the feds. that pose seemed less convincing when both google and yahoo launched pr campaigns aimed at convincing the feds that they really shouldnt worry about the search deal. and it seems even less convincing now. kara swisher...... [Show More]
kara swisher boomtown
yahoogle delayed online ad partnership being scrutinized further yahoo and google have agreed to delay their online search advertising partnership to give the justice department more time to evaluate the deal. a yahoo yhoo spokesman confirmed the move in a statement...... [Show More]
earlier this week microsoft unveiled a new promotion that tries to encourage more people to use microsoft live search instead of google. heres the way it works each time you search on live search you receive tickets think of them as airline miles. after a certain number of tickets you get various goodies. with 525 you get five music downloads 1100 tickets gets you a tshirt and 1800 tickets gets y... [Show More]
the stock market took a plunge again today. while it wasnt quite as bad as mondays freefall the dow fell 348.22 points 3.22 percent the nasdaq fell 92.68 points 4.48 percent and the sp 500 fell 46.78 points 4.03 percent. not good.
some of the major tech stocks which took massive hits on monday only to partially recover on tuesday fell one again. two in particular apple and yahoo hit new lows today... [Show More]
my brother pleaded with me for months to try out stumbleupon. please he would say i do not ask that much of you just try it.
now i am hooked and have been having the same conversation with my colleagues and friends. the webbased browsers personal recommendation engine truly makes web surfing fun again. unlike del.icio.us. digg or technorati the site is a more instant and integrative experience. ... [Show More]
go help kara swisher win. she runs the d conference and deserves to win just because she used one of my naked pictures.
or go help fred wilson win. hes a famous vc and he should win hands down like he did last year.
why dont i care if i lose
because this donorschoose program is a contest to raise money for classroom supplies and other things that help kids out. fortune blogs has the details.
i ... [Show More]
here is a blog post from someone i respect very much. it is the right amount of skepticism yet healthy respect for what we are doing.acheck it out....... [Show More]
widget creation platform clearspring today announced that it acquired addthis the popular bookmarking and sharing button. according to clearspring this acquisition will allow it to reach a total of 200 million users and 300000 publishers. addthis is currently the most popular bookmarking and sharing service on the internet while clearspring provides widgets and analytics for every conceivable soci... [Show More]
widget analytics and distribution firm clearspring has made a small tools acquisition it has bought addthis the bookmarking and content sharing tool used on many blogs and publishing sites. addthis was launched in sept 2006 and based in princeton nj...it aggregates many social media services including all majors such as facebook myspace digg twitter and others. earlier this year clearspring raised... [Show More]
creating an effective homepage is a megachallenging taskand it doesnt surprise me how often even wellintentioned and smart attempts fail or at least get bad marks.
how do you make a home page all things to most people how does it explain who you are what your business or product has to offer while drawing people in and encouraging a longer term conversation if its a site that features ads how do y... [Show More]
microsoft nsdq msft vet yusuf mehdi will now lead much of the companys online services including marketing business development product management for msn and search according to kara at allthingsd. however ceo steve ballmer has yet to appoint an overall replacement for kevin johnson who left his post as president of the platform and service division in july. we suggested earlier this month that m... [Show More]
kara swisher boomtown
yusuf mehdi gets a big new job at msnbut still no digital head in sight longtime microsoft exec yusuf mehdi pictured here is taking over a big part of microsofts online services portfolioincluding marketing online audience business development and product management for msn and the search properties....... [Show More]
below is what happened in search today as reported on
search engine land and from other
places across the web.
from search engine land
why position bidding wastes money its remarkable that in 2008 there are still many bidding systems in use by sems and inhouse ppc managers dedicated to finding the right position for each keyword. these position crawling systems guarantee inefficien... [Show More]
its easy to take for granted the level of strategy brand development and marketing that went into producing the success of macintosh but it is another to neglect the brasstacks brickandmortar engineering and production that made the brand development and marketing take hold in the first place.
someone should explain this to microsoft ceo steve ballmer.
yes microsoft is now engaged in a manic twof... [Show More]
were posting all the interviews from the sixth d all things digital conference that took place in late may.
unfortunately due to issues too complicated to go into we have to post all the d6 interviews in several 15minute parts i know i know.
butas many readers have requestedthey will all be available in their entirety in this column.
heres an interview that walt mossberg did with michael dell the... [Show More]
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