Live Search has just added Instant Answers for snow conditions at ski resorts. Type a query for a resort name (such as “whistler”) or for a resort area (such as “CO snow report”) and you’ll see information such as lift status, amount of new snow, base depth, and conditions.
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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Microsoft Live
Search Core Relevance Program Management Director Eytan Seidman Moves On
Eytan Seidman, Program Management Director over core relevance for Microsoft
Live Search, is leaving Microsoft (and Seattle) […]
We expect more than 1,500 people to attend Search Engine Land’s three-day
Search Marketing Expo West
conference later this month in Silicon Valley. A monster show! There will be
sessions stuffed with search marketing knowledge and a bustling expo floor. But
it needn’t scare those looking to network. We’ve carefully coordinated a number
of events and parties during the show, […]
“Think global, act local” has long been a mantra for anyone marketing on an international scale, and it’s good advice for search marketers. While the worldwide reach of search engines offers incredible opportunities for marketers, there are plenty of issues to consider when you’re running a multi-national search campaign. What are the leading search engines […]
Wired says that Google is rumored to be buying Plaxo for roughly $200 million. The company was founded in 2001 as a tool to manage contacts and users’ email address books (”your address book for life”). Its aggressive customer acquisition strategy (read: spam) alienated many would-be users. Plaxo has been more restrained in the recent […]
Has it only been a week since Microsoft thought it was a nice day for a
Yahoo wedding?
Indeed, so. And what’s happened since? Rumors that Yahoo is nearing a decision,
while Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer seems to want to encourage his potential new
employees that a Yahoo brand will survive. Let’s do the news.
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Techmeme is all
abuzz with news of the Yahoo Live
launch. I’m thinking Yahoo’s doing online video? Again? But weren’t they closing
Yahoo Video? No, that was
Yahoo Podcasts —
it’s hard to keep track of the closures. But still, what’s special about Live?
Then I hit the official Yahoo blog post about it and it all became clear (and
potentially […]
We asked search marketers how they would envision a combined Microsoft-Yahoo, in terms of search technology, search advertising, and social media. Read Original Post Here
We asked search marketers how they would envision a combined Microsoft-Yahoo, in terms of search technology, search advertising, and social media. Read Original Post Here
We asked search marketers how they would envision a combined Microsoft-Yahoo, in terms of search technology, search advertising, and social media. Read Original Post Here