Super Tuesday -- how super were the search engines in dealing with it? Jerry Yang tells Yahoos to stay on target. Can Google win China with music? SEO's reputation has a bad month and more!
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Elections: Super Tuesday Map And Twitter Updates
Google's LatLong blog has two posts relevant to today's "Super Tuesday" US presidential primaries. The first is about a Super Tuesday primary map that presents a range of content, including video, on election results -- as Google has in the last couple of primaries. The map also features real-time Twitter... - Super Tuesday,
Internet Style: How We're Using the Web In the 2008 Elections
Today is Super Tuesday, which means that voters in 24 states are carefully reviewing their candidate research and doing last minute thoughtful analysis in preparation for voting in the primaries. Well, maybe that's hopeful optimism, but in any case, the place these voters are turning to for information is... - Ask Offers
Smart (Election) Answers
Thanks to Gary Price for pointing out that Ask.com is offering its own round up of content and information related to the primaries via its core "Smart Answers" functionality in search results. Search for "Super Tuesday" and you get a host of links and a pull-down menu that sends users... - The Latest
From Jerry: Stay Focused, Yahoos!
Yet another employee letter to Yahoos from CEO Jerry Yang has now become public, thanks to Yahoo being required to file these things with the US Securities & Exchange Commission. It makes you wonder why Yahoo (and Microsoft) don't just publicly blog these letters to their workers, since they... - Berkowitz Had
Hoped To Turn Around Microsoft, But May Find Himself In "Turnaound"
According to CNET, Microsoft isn't waiting for the Yahoo acquistion to happen before it reorganizes. Several internal groups are slated for leadership change, and Steve Berkowitz, former Ask.com CEO and current SVP of Online Services for Microsoft, is apparently part of the changes.... - Google To
Fight Baidu In China With Legal Music Downloads?
One of the key weaknesses Google has seemed to face in growing market share in China has been the fact that many people turn to Baidu to download music. Now the company may be fixing this, reports the Wall Street Journal:... - Google Hiring
In Africa
Google is reportedly starting to bulk up a bit in Africa. The company is doing some new hiring in its Nairobi, Kenya African headquarters and opening new offices in several countries. International revenues represented 48 percent of Google's earnings in Q4 2007.... - A Bad Month
For SEO's Reputation
We seem to be going through another wave "SEOs are scumbags" incidents, and I find myself with little energy to push back against them with yet another defense of the industry. It's not that SEO doesn't deserve better treatment. It's just that I feel anything I could say, I've said... - SphinnCon
Israel 2008 Recap
Photo from Yos SphinnCon Israel 2008 is now complete, and I wanted to share the coverage I found for the conference. SphinnCon is a networking event series from Search Engine Land's parent company, Third Door Media. I hosted the first ever event in the series in Jerusalem, Israel.... - Google's Chinese New Year Specials, Google Blogoscoped
