Archive for the “Yahoo” category

Branding Matters A Lot For Search Engines … Unless You’re Happy With 1%

by Tony Hung on June 28, 2007

I love studies and I love experiments.  I don’t love reading through piles of boring data — but I like the idea of having an idea, testing it out, and then having something to show for it.  Sure, it might (…)

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Can Social Networks Improve Search Engine Results?

by Tony Hung on June 26, 2007

Because in the face of Yahoo integrating Flickr results, it makes one wonder if they’re going to start taking advantage of how Flickr ranks photos. And if it does — what does this mean for SERPs at large?

Yahoo! Acquires Rivals: Seemingly Smart Content Move, But Where’s The Peanut Butter?

by Tony Hung on June 21, 2007

That is, where does Rivals fit within their overall strategy — or is this yet another case of being spread a bit too thin … like peanut butter.

Jerry Yang, New CEO Of Yahoo: Exactly What Yahoo *Doesn’t* Need?

by Tony Hung on June 19, 2007

Big changes at Yahoo! — but will moving in Jerry Yang be the kind of change Yahoo! needs? Erm … perhaps, perhaps not.

Yahoo! — “Search Is History”. Translation? “We Should Have Bought Facebook When We Had The Chance”

by Tony Hung on June 5, 2007

Yahoo says personalization. I say they mean social networks. I guess they should have made Mark Zuckerberg a better offer.