Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Tidbits I recently learned that MSN is willing to confirm that a Canadian rollout of AdCenter is slated “for 2006.” One can only assume that the larger UK market will...
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Saturday, April 29, 2006 Yahoo Local, Tweaked John Battelle offers a crystal-clear overview of the evolution and potential of Yahoo Local listings. This isn’t about Y! vs G, so much as it is both...
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Tornado in Reverse: What’s Hot at SES Gauging by attendance, everything. But particularly hot sessions this morning seemed to be the one on tuning & optimizing landing pages, and one...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Did Google Miss? Google’s financial report seems to have disappointed Wall Street. Drilling down on the numbers, though, ad revenues on the Google.com sites continue strong. The content network revenues...
Saturday, December 31, 2005 The Year that Was: “Call It Web 1.5 & Shake On It” Once in awhile you stumble on a smart post and decide to read a bunch of the author’s...
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 Pssst… want a free listing? Canadian business owners: Google Local Business Center is now available for Canada. Increase your chances of potential local customers seeing detailed info about your business:...
Monday, October 31, 2005 Gibberish Doesn’t Sell: The Elevator Pitch in a Ballroom Along with a stellar cast of dozens of online advertising’s best and brightest, I’ll be offering about 62 seconds’ worth of...
Friday, September 30, 2005 Selling Billboard Space… Thru Craigslist? On the Inefficiency of Media Buying As we know, the paid search auction has been the great shining tangible example of how inefficient markets can...
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 Yahoo Mail Search Improvements Now that folks are stuffing all kinds of photos, attachments and e-mails into their bulging Yahoo Mail accounts, it’s getting a bit tough to find particular...
Friday, July 29, 2005 Dreaming of Peace, Diving for Cheese Is it mere coincidence that the morning after finishing Stanley Bing’s Sun Tzu Was a Sissy, a hilarious take on corporate warfare that ends...