Image – CasualChatters.com Retail therapy helps us to feel so much better when things don’t go our way, and it would seem that the same is true for large corporations with lots and lots and lots of big bucks! Image Courtesy – lemetrosexuel.com Since Microsoft’s offer to purchase Yahoo! didn’t seem to turn out, they [...]

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It was an interesting week in the business of online video with news coming from both major search engines. Google announced that you can now embed YouTube videos in business profile pages in Google Maps. Videos are displayed in the “Photos & Videos” tab in the extended listing tab that appears when you click on [...]

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Image courtesy of rapidsharecinema.blogspot.com According to the ComScore figures, growth in paid-search clicks happens to be slowing down.  Is it because of the economy?  Is it because of the "R" word that is being used in the United States?  Don't know, but there was still growth in Google.  Certainly it may not have been huge [...]

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With the flurry of news stories running rampant over the past 24-48 hours, poor Scarlett Yahoo must be exhausted. Who indeed to take to the cotillion? There's that awful Rhett MSN or that nice Ashley Wilkes Google. Frankly, I'm reminded of the opening scene with Scarlett on the veranda cloying with prospective suitors and the [...]

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Image Courstesy Businessweek.com HOLY SMOKES!  I am completely blown away by the moves of Yahoo this week, in an effort to stave off the Microsoft takeover.  As of yesterday for a two week trial, Google will handle advertising for a tiny piece of the searches carried out on Yahoo.  In fact, Google will place ads [...]

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So it would seem that Yahoo is starting to flail around a little bit while under the waiting and patient gaze of Microsoft, who may actually be able to make their purchase for a  better price than what they originally offered! Smart! There's a bunch of shareholder groups all filing suits against Yahoo for not [...]

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Wow! What a beating Google took on the heels of the comScore data showing Google's paid search ads were down 12% in January from October, and flat from a year prior. "Has Google Peaked?" Google's shares drop as surfers cease clicking, another wails. Dear Goth, has there been more fraught chest-thumping, more moaning, since last [...]

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It was just my birthday, so I get to make a wish. And I'm going to… I'm going to make a wish for Google, a wish for Yahoo and a wish for MSN/Live/Sympatico. My wish for Google for 2008. My biggest wish for Google for 2008 is a "negative" geotargeting capability. As odd as that [...]

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Greed is good but a little common sense is even better. While cyber Monday and online holiday shopping have every marketing manager wringing hands in anticipation, too often, I find one of the biggest mistakes a marketing department or company can make happens at this time of year. Changing campaigns or web sites. December is [...]

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Office Depot's announcement of new mobile marketing services caught my attention today. These new services include the launch of a mobile store locator, RSS feeds, text message coupons and offers, and mobile sweepstakes capabilities. I doubt anyone's getting exited about Office Depot RSS feeds on their mobile device and I'm not alone. According to Steve [...]

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