These are tough, fast-changing times for newspapers, and many of them are taking severe measures to get back on track. Sometimes, it means putting the innovative online guy in charge of print too, as Bay Area News Group has done with online advertising head David Prizer. But sometimes, it means consolidating power under […]
Monthly Archives: May 2008
MojoPages Claims Traction; Announces Deals with Key Players
May 8, 2008 – 9:27 pm
Despite some traction by sites like Yelp – ok, specifically Yelp — the hybrid IYP/ratings-and-review segment remain something of a question mark in the industry. It remains to be seen whether such sites can attract a large number of frequent reviewers and users – and not just recent college grads and/or mother-aged women. It also […]
AOL Reinvesting in Local Products
May 6, 2008 – 11:48 pm
AOL may have trouble on several fronts, but it still gets millions of users and it intends to fully leverage them at the local level, per Chris Spanos, Director of Search Verticals, who was speaking at Kelsey Seattle. “Given its scale, local just hasn’t been getting fair share.”
Spanos says the local products will […]
Cars.com, Google at Kelsey Seattle: ‘Google’s Place in Verticals’
May 6, 2008 – 10:57 pm
Google is a collaborative partner with all verticals, and generally speaking, has no interest in competing with them, per Adrian Madland, Google’s head of automotive strategic partnerships, who was speaking at Kelsey Seattle.“We love all the vertical people in the room,” said Madland. “We don’t do verticals. We try to make them better. We […]
(Most of) Admission Corp. Sold to Cobalt
May 6, 2008 – 9:47 pm
Admission Corp. has sold its Spotlight Ads division to Cobalt Group, which provides services to over 40 percent of U.S. auto dealers. The company retains control over its intellectual property and Marketplaces businesses, which account for a small piece of its annual revenue, according to company president Sarah Pate. Those businesses will be sold separately.
Twenty-two […]
Yahoo!’s Michael Yang at Kelsey Seattle: Verticals Front-and-Center
May 6, 2008 – 9:06 pm
If you believe at all in the “marketplace” vision of next generation commerce, it is hard to dispute that Yahoo! remains front –and- center as a verticals factory. This core strength of Yahoo!’s is especially important to note in the wake of Microsoft’s pullback from acquiring the company.
What accounts for Yahoo’s focus on verticals is […]
Kelsey Seattle: The Wrap (and Links)
May 6, 2008 – 3:08 am
So – our Drilling Down on Local: Marketplaces event in Seattle has finally come and gone. There were some challenges here and there. But in the end, we successfully specced out the Marketplaces vision, and the age-old idea (from Clue Train Manifesto, Circa 2000) that “Markets are Conversations.”
Indeed, two weeks ago […]