TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
In case you missed any posts this week, here are a few highlights. Click below to read each post in full. Competing for Attention in the Social Networking World Peter…
Competing for Attention in the Social Networking World
Peter Krasilovsky's post this morning got me thinking about MySpace's future. It makes a lot of sense that the company would come out with an ad product to rival Facebook's…
MySpace Ramping Up Small-Business Features
MySpace is moving beyond personal and band profiles, and in fact, already has 3 million businesses, according to coverage by PaidContent of comments by Fox President and COO Peter Chernin…
The ‘Radical Change’ in Classifieds (per Oodle)
Local small-business advertising has been largely synonymous with Yellow Pages. But a compelling case for the rise of classified-and-vertical marketplaces is made by Oodle CEO Craig Donato. (It is a…
JibJab Parodies 2007, Online Video Style
From the Stupid Fun on a Pre-holiday Friday department, here is a year-end-recap spoof from the folks at online video production studio JibJab. It takes some questionable jabs (SoCal fires),…
ILM:07 Coverage Roundup
Aside from our own play-by-play of last week's eventful ILM:07 show, here is a roundup of others' coverage: Marchex LocalPoint GigaOm Andrew Shotland's LocalSEOGuide (more posts here and here) Forbes…
Injecting Social Into Local Media
Two pioneers in the local social space discussed their leading-edge approaches in a panel at ILM:07 today. First up was Mike Orren, president of Pegasus News. Like so many companies…
Calacanis on Local Search
ILM:07 was fortunate to have Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo, as a speaker. Always a straight shooter and a prolific blogger, Calacanis is very outspoken about his feelings about search,…
Is Convergence IYP’s Savior?
Speakers on a spirited panel on the “Convergence of Local Media and Directories” here today at ILM:07/SES Local agreed that online directories need to embrace elements of search and social…
Is Convergence IYP's Savior?
Speakers on a spirited panel on the “Convergence of Local Media and Directories” here today at ILM:07/SES Local agreed that online directories need to embrace elements of search and social…