Google’s Nishar Heads to LinkedIn
Monday, December 15th, 2008Dipchand “Deep” Nishar is leaving Google to join social network LinkedIn. He will become Vice President of Products for the career and professional oriented social network.
Archive for December, 2008
Yahoo Shareholder Wants Search Sold to Microsoft
Monday, December 15th, 2008Ivory Investment Management LP is calling for Yahoo to sell its search to Microsoft. Ivory owns 1.5% of Yahoo shares.
Google Webmaster Tools Launches Message Center API
Sunday, December 14th, 2008Google Webmaster Tools has launched a new Message Center API that is part of the Webmaster Tools GData API. Google uses the Message Center to relay important messages about a site to its webmaster.
Paid Links: A Black Hat/White Hat Discussion
Sunday, December 14th, 2008Those expecting a knock-down, drag-out brawl at the “Black Hat/White Hat” session at SES Chicago may have left a bit disappointed. It looked like the sparks could fly, with Dave Naylor, director of search marketing at Bronco, and Todd Friesen, VP of search at Position Technologies there representing the black hat side, and Eric Enge, president of Stone Temple Consulting and Doug Heil, owner of ihelpyou there defending the white hat side.
Underreported Stories from Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008
Sunday, December 14th, 2008All week long, I’ve been reporting on the top 10 stories from each day of Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008. Generally, they were generated by news coverage of the three keynotes and two Orion Panels, or interviews with speakers at the 63 conference sessions. Hey, that’s just fishing where the fish are.
10 Top Stories and Videos from SES Chicago 2008 on Day 4
Sunday, December 14th, 2008You don’t need to read most of the 10 top stories from Day 4 of SES Chicago 2008. You can watch them. In fact, one of the photos that I hope someone took the week was the battery of online video crews interviewing speakers between sessions.
Google Releases Chrome Out of Beta
Sunday, December 14th, 2008In early September, Google launched a new product: a web browser named Chrome. Like most of Google’s products, it was released into beta, which basically means the product could be (and was) imperfect but they kinda sorta don’t have to take credit for it.
Citysearch Launches Application for iPhone and iPod Touch
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Local search site Citysearch has launched an application for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Online PR Industry in UK Can Learn Lessons from SEO Industry
Sunday, December 14th, 2008E-consultancy has just issued an Online PR Industry Benchmarking Report, based on a survey of 300 UK marketers and PR professionals who work for both in-house company teams and for agencies.
Bebo Launches Social Inbox to Aggregate Feeds from Your Networks
Sunday, December 14th, 2008Social network Bebo is getting in the aggregation game. Their new Social Inbox is an attempt at a FriendFeed-like feature that culls feeds from your Twitter, Flickr, Del.icio.us, YouTube, and AIM accounts, among others, so you can manage your online social life all in one place. You can also check email accounts from Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail and others.
