Bartz: Yahoo Is In The 'Frickin' Search Business by Laurie Sullivan

The topic didn't turn toward search until about 20 minutes into the presentation, but when it did Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz wanted to make it perfectly clear "we are in the search business," though the company has licensed Microsoft's indexes and algorithms to run the backend of search. The two claim ownership to a combined 30% of the marketplace. ...Read the whole story

  • Google-Backed SCVNGR Takes On Foursquare by Laurie Sullivan

    SCVNGR wants to build a game layer on top of the world. The company's Chief Executive Officer Seth Priebatsch -- who founded the concept 18 months ago while a freshman at Princeton -- recently got one step closer after securing deals with Tesla, the Patriots, the Celtics, Warner Bros., and The New York Times. ...Read the whole story

  • Microsoft Ready To Reorg Marketing Big Time, Analyst Says by Laurie Sullivan

    Evidently, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive officer, has had enough. Maybe that's why Microsoft in February appointed David Webster chief strategy officer, and Gayle Troberman chief creative officer -- both new roles -- after somewhat of a reorganization earlier this year. ...Read the whole story

Ambient Conversations Signaling The Future of Search by Rob Garner

One thing I've noticed in the years I've been in this business is that the biggest trends are not kicked off by any one single person, discussion, or presentation. They tend to be a product of the conversation at large. The dialogue about search that I'm having now is very different from what it was a year ago. What is fascinating to me is how people whom I have never met, or haven't spoken with in some time, have emerged with similar findings, and similar observations about where things are going. Here is what the collective "everybody" has been say ...More

  • How Google Is Handling Our Insecurities by Kaila Colbin

    Some years ago, I had a boyfriend who was prone to fits of jealousy. A close friend of mine, also male, gave me this advice at the time: "If you're dealing with someone who has trust issues, you have to give him an overload of information. Tell him everything, so there's no room for his imagination to fill in the blanks." Going by Google's behavior this past week, I suspect that same friend is now advising its strategists. ...More