I’ll be attending the first ever SMX Local & Mobile conference next week in Denver!!! Chris Sherman, who talks about why he is excited about the event in this post, and Greg Sterling have both put in a tremendous amount of work into researching and programming this highly unique and special event. You may view [...]
Will You Attend SMX Local & Mobile Denver Next Week
by David Dalka on September 25, 2007 in Ask, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing, Yahoo! (YHOO)
SES San Jose 2007 Day 3 – Mobile Search Optimization
by David Dalka on August 22, 2007 in Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing
Moderator: Detlev Johnson, VP, Director of Consulting, Position Technologies Search Engine Marketing Speakers: Cindy Krum, Senior SEO Analyst, Blue Moon Works Rachel Pasqua, Director of Mobile Marketing, iCrossing Gregory Markel, Founder/President, Infuse Creative, LLC Cindy Crum, Blue Moon Works – Many aspects of Mobile Optimization follow Traditional SEO Wisdom – Optimal Mobile Experience = Return [...]
SES San Jose 2007 Day 2 – AOL Mobile Search Lunch
by David Dalka on August 21, 2007 in Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing
Marketing Keynote Speaker Senior Product Manager Farhan Memon discussed the recent launch of AOL mobile search over a special lunch session. I was impressed by his presentation. One thing that is quite clear is that they clearly get that mobile search is about leveraging data from other traditional web properties (which AOL has plenty of) [...]
FAST Lays Off 148 People About 20% of Workforce
by David Dalka on August 17, 2007 in Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing
As reported by Search Engine Journal and elsewhere – FAST is laying off 148 employees. Based on the last public number I have of 735 this would be about 20% of the workforce, which is rather significant. A 23 minute audio presentation by FAST is available here in English at the bottom. There is no [...]
Search Engine Strategies San Jose – Silicon Valley August 19-23
by David Dalka on August 14, 2007 in Ask, Blogging, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Mobile Search Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media, Yahoo! (YHOO)
I look forward to seeing all of my wonderful search engine, mobile search and mobile advertising friends next week at Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose! While I’ll definitely be in Mountain View for the Google Dance (hopefully they won’t run out of XL t-shirts in 2 minutes like last year), I’m unsure whether I’ll [...]
adtech Chicago: Tactical Search Strategies: Local and Mobile Search
by David Dalka on August 12, 2007 in Chicago, Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing, Search Engine Marketing
August 1, 2007 session… MODERATOR: Chris Bowler, VP, Media Director, Agency.com PANELISTS: Warren Kay, Director of Emerging Products, Yahoo! Search Marketing (not present) Dominic Preuss, Product Manager, Local Advertising, Google Janice Rohn, VP of Consumer Experience, Yellowpages.com John du Pre Gauntt, Senior Analyst, eMarketer The most important thing about this session is that half of [...]
Google Apparently Offering Mobile Adwords Vouchers
by David Dalka on August 2, 2007 in Google (GOOG), Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing
I just got an email from an SEM shop saying that Google offering “is now offering vouchers worth up to $150 to be used in targeted Google Mobile AdWords campaigns” Is anyone using this so far? I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.
Potential Chicago Cab Strike July 31 – How to Get to adtech(ad:tech) via CTA
by David Dalka on July 31, 2007 in Branding/Buzz/Viral, Chicago, Interactive Ads, Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media
With today’s possible cab strike in Chicago, I thought it would be a good idea to post CTA bus options to arrive at the west end of Navy Pier. Please note that even with these bus options, it is a10 minute walk to the east end of Navy Pier where the Festival Hall is located. [...]
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