I thought you’d like to be aware of these, it’s interesting that they announed these almost simultaneously. Yahoo! to present at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference and Thomas Weisel Partners Internet Digital Media Conference Terry Semel, Chairman and CEO, and Susan Decker, Executive Vice President, Head of Advertiser and Publisher Group and acting Chief Financial [...]
Upcoming Search Engine Investor Conference Presentations
by David Dalka on February 27, 2007 in Google (GOOG), Metrics, Mobile Search Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Yahoo! (YHOO)
Questions Regarding Recent SEMPO Survey
by David Dalka on February 27, 2007 in Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing
At SES Chicago 2006, Tim Daly from SENTEC stated that it would be nice if “SEMPO became more than just a cocktail party” during a session on Search Arbitrage issues. It’s an interesting statement, but based on the recent election results for the board of directors it appears that Mr. Daly will not be influencing that opinion directly during 2007. [...]
Mobile Search Marketing Web Property Traffic
by David Dalka on February 26, 2007 in Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing
Of course this data source is only a proxy at best, but it’s interesting to look at trends, correlate news events and ponder possible meanings. Enjoy.
Land of Link’in Association (LOLA) – Chicago Internet Leaders to Gather
by David Dalka on February 21, 2007 in General
Last week, I met with Jon Morris and some of his crew at the Internet Marketing Initiative about the return of an event called LOLA, with the goal of making it a premier event that will create a collaboration of resources that will enable Chicago Internet future success stories! We shared some potentially exciting ideas [...]
A Suggestion for Google Webmaster Central
by David Dalka on February 21, 2007 in Google (GOOG)
During the past week, I had a server move internally and a moved to a server in new data center that required new nameservers. Both of these events caused several hours of downtime. I found myself thinking, wouldn’t it be great if I could log into my Google WebMaster Tools and inform the Googlebot of [...]
Future Dining at Esca
by David Dalka on February 21, 2007 in Search Engine Optimization
Greg Boser put up a thoughtful post on this subject after entering his Dave Pasternack post. Apparently he had a nice conversation with Todd Friesen on this issue. Of course you can find the real chef Dave Pasternack right here. See you in New York!
Comcasted – Issues Almost Closed Out Now
by David Dalka on February 21, 2007 in Customer Experience
The serious problems that my Mom and I had recently experienced with Comcast, explained in a post that was promoted to the Digg front page in this guest blog post from my Mom, are on the way to being resolved. We have received refund checks and are awaiting letters confirming that we do not owe Comcast any modems [...]
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David Dalka is a digital business strategy professional experienced in realigning organizations to capture customer demand while improving margins. David is a business keynote speaker providing customized business strategy services and corporate executive retreats. David has been cited in the following business publications