Bill Gates: Chairman of the couch
Microsofts chairman is setting the company on a course to provide software and tools that will allow different forms of entertainment to blend Messaging will become a crucial part of Xenon the code name for the next Xbox Microsoft will also work with television outlets like the Discovery Channel and Networks to create tools for delivering content as well as advertising into the home
Its eyes ever set on the competition Microsoft will continue to raise the stakes against Apple Computer in the music industry and against Google and Yahoo in search...
Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Developments With Consumer Search
I normally dont do look back and look ahead pieces at the start of the New Year Theres usually too much new stuff going on to make time for the look back and
looking aheads always difficult in a space that can shift directions so quickly
Nevertheless I did some of this for my keynote in our recent Chicago show With the major search partnerships staying stable for once and no major algorithm changes
reeking havoc among marketers I found some time to review some of the things I thought were significant to search over the past year...
Bloggers, Citizen Media and Rather's Fall -- Little People Rise Up in 2004
Theres something inherently fun about playing God How else to explain the popularity of the thirdperson God games that have ruled the videogame charts And when I got my twoyearold son the Little People farm scene and garage he would play for hours choosing the fates of those cute little plastic figures
For way too long it has been the mainstream media thats played God with the American public telling everyone whats news and whats not what to play up and what to downplay...
Will MSN Use PPC to Challenge Google?
Will Use to Challenge Google
By Jennifer Laycock January 05
Andy Beal had a blog post yesterday on s preparations for launching their own product Ive long speculated that it will be an program and not an powered search engine that would end up having the power to dislodge Google and Yahoos grip on the search engine market
While Microsoft may have the finances and knowledge base to build an excellent organic search engine the reality is that searchers will require far more than simply a good search experience to entice them to switch their engine of choice Internet users are creatures of habit...
Search Rushes to the Desktop
Late Wednesday night Yahoo Quote Chart unveiled plans to debut a beta version of Yahoo Desktop Search in the coming weeks
At the same time Ask Jeeves Quote Chart confirmed to internetnewscom that its own desktop search product will go live late in the evening of Wednesday December 15 with an official launch the next day
Maybe its the excitement of the upcoming Search Engine Strategies show to be held in Chicago next week It may be the yearend countdown that has both engineers and the machines buzzing...