The following was reported today on the website Data Center Knowledge: “It’s clear that latency really does matter to users,” said Mayer, the VP of Search and User Experience at Google and today’s keynote speaker at the O’Reilly Velocity Conference. Do ya really think so Marissa? Having unnecessary captchas, massive memory leaks in gmail, outbound [...]
Latency, Spam, Memory Leaks – Google What Are Ya Doing To Me Pal?
by David Dalka on June 24, 2009 in Customer Experience, Google (GOOG)
Microsoft’s Shocking Click Fraud Lawsuit (Microsoft v. Lam, et. al.)
by David Dalka on June 16, 2009 in General
With the recent launch of Bing, Microsoft has been making alot of promotional fanfare. That was expected. Seemingly almost out of nowhere, after several years of being virtually invisible to the public, click fraud appeared on the pages of the New York Times and Microsoft took on the role of being the white hat with [...]
BMA B2B Marketing Conference, Google’s Sam Sebastian, Director, Local & B2B Markets
by David Dalka on June 11, 2009 in Change Management, Google (GOOG), Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media
Sam announced in a public forum for the first time that I’ve seen search as a leading economic indicator. I have long dreamed of this prospect from the moment I first saw Google and combined it with my previous background in instituational financial services. I’m excited about this development and would like to openly ask [...]
Recap: Speaking at WordCamp Chicago 2009
by David Dalka on June 10, 2009 in Blogging, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media, Wordpress
Truly an outstanding weekend! Thanks again to Brain Gardner and Lisa Sabin-Wilson for organizing an outstanding event event! Other than venue issues with Wifi access, it went as smooth as glass. It was also nice to meet Matt Mullenweg and Jim Turner in person for the first time. Having all of my great friend from [...]
David Meerman Scott – BMA B2B UNLEARN Conference 2009
by David Dalka on June 10, 2009 in Branding/Buzz/Viral, Social Media
Before David’s talk today, I had the opportunity to chat with him for a while. We had been talking in backchannels for quite some time and it was great to finally connect in person. I learned throughout our conversation that we have similar backgrounds in financial services, data products and negative events in both of [...]
Who is David Dalka - Twitter: @dalka
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