In case you missed them, here is a sampling of blog posts from the past week. Click below to read each post in full. MSN Video Boosts Features; Sets Sight on Local At Microsoft's recent Searchification event in Silicon Valley,…
Summary At Microsoft's recent Searchification event in Silicon Valley, the company demo'd a new set of features for Live Search and MSN. Today I had the chance to follow up with MSN's Rob Bennett, GM of entertainment video and sports,…
GOOG-411 billboard sightings are getting to be as common as iPhone sightings (see recent TKG Client Inquiry Brief, Google Starts Advertising 800-GOOG-411). The most recent was found by Danny Sullivan on Lombard Street in San Francisco. But beyond being just…
I'm a bit late to this, but wanted to offer a quick hit to point out industry insider Andrew Shotland's new blog, localSEOguide.com. Andrew was formerly a key cog at Insider Pages -- a company known for a certain degree…
To follow up on Peter Krasilovsky's post on former Industry Standard editor Jonathan Weber, The New York Times reports that the defunct bubble era mag will be resurrected. This comes weeks after fellow "new economy" magazine Business 2.0 announced that…
An interesting panel today at the SMX Local & Mobile conference attempted to find this elusive animal, although Ingenio CMO Marc Barach warned the audience at the onset not to expect the question to be answered because an answer doesn't…
An interesting panel today at the SMX Local & Mobile conference attempted to find this elusive animal, although Ingenio CMO Marc Barach warned the audience at the onset not to expect the question to be answered because an answer doesn't…
AgendiZe last week announced a new widgetized version of its save & share functionality for small-business Web sites. Peter Krasilovsky mentioned it briefly last week, and it's been since covered in a few places. But I finally had the chance…
AgendiZe last week announced a new widgetized version of its save & share functionality for small-business Web sites. Peter Krasilovsky mentioned it briefly last week, and it's been since covered in a few places. But I finally had the chance…
Shopping search site Krillion announced today that it will launch a new feature that includes inventory data for its top retailers. The feature, known as StockCheck, will launch initially in its flat screen television category. Based on the same logic…
For those who weren't able to attend DDC last week, you can see the recap of coverage here on the blog. There is also my quick take on one of the show's main themes on the YPA's Local Search Guide…
With all the hype around local social search sites, particularly Yelp, Chowhound has largely flown under the radar, starting as a bubble-era jaunt for food enthusiasts to share tips on little-known gems throughout San Francisco. Sound familiar? Yelp started in…
R.H. Donnelley today announced the integration of user ratings and reviews to its flagship IYP, DexKnows. Although this is the official launch, reviews have been live on the site for a few weeks now. The integration, metrics and lessons learned…
It's sometimes useful to track search terms as an indication of demand and popularity of products, both online and off, as Chris Smith has done in his column referenced yesterday by John Kelsey. In the case of Yellow Pages, however,…
It's sometimes useful to track search terms as an indication of demand and popularity of products, both online and off, as Chris Smith has done in his column referenced yesterday by John Kelsey. In the case of Yellow Pages, however,…
Google and AOL teamed up to commission a survey (n=2394) from TNS Media Intelligence, released today, that shows favorable user and advertiser metrics for online video. A few high-level data points are: -- 75 percent of users watch more online…
Last week's DDC conference was a success on many fronts. In case you missed it, below is a recap of blog coverage from the show. Thanks to all who attended or contributed. Now it's time to start gearing up for…
A session on online video this morning at the DDC conference explored some of the opportunities for directories to integrate video on their sites and video ad units in the toolbox of their sales reps. The thought is that this…
Sprint announced this evening that it will launch a mobile search service that rides on Microsoft's Live Search for Mobile. This will include location-based and voice-enabled search, which will pull in the Tellme platform Microsoft acquired earlier this year. Some of…
For this pre-conference week, here is a recap of news and views from the TKG blog in case you missed any posts. We hope to see you at DDC. Sign of Times? Online Newspaper Vet Goes to TV If you…
