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Two More Executive Types To Leave Yahoo

We haven’t seen a single story this quarter about former employees trying to upstage the big search engines.  Nonetheless, we’ll bet Yahoo is thankful for whatever non-compete clauses are in place, as Bharath Kadaba, a VP of media engineering, and Rachel Glaser, a senior VP of operations finance, should soon depart.

WebTrends CMO Departs

Nov 1st I reported about the management shakeup at Webtrends. The I did a follow-up after talking to several employees of Webtrends regarding these changes.

UK Very Attuned to Social Networks

The UK has the most social networkers in Europe, with almost a fifth of all internet users regularly visiting sites like Bebo, Hi5, Facebook and MySpace.

Microsoft CIO Fired

Stuart Scott received very abrupt walking papers from Microsoft, losing his position as corporate vice-president and chief information officer.

Engagement without Measuring Makes Little Sense

BrandRepublic reports on a new survey from Jupiter Research that looks at social marketing in Europe. The survey found that more than 50% of online advertisers in Europe have run advertising campaigns that encourage user interaction and two thirds will do so in the next 12 months.

Demise Of Xohm? Perhaps Not

The $5 billion price tag to create Sprint's WiMAX service, Xohm, looked like a deal-killer when the former CEO was forced out. A spark of life exists.

Yahoo Sheds Another Executive

This time a change in the corner office ranks at Yahoo comes from Europe, where their managing director of search will bolt in favor of becoming a consultant.

Google CFO George Reyes Announces Retirement

SES - Lee's Day 3 Wrap Up

Another great day is how I’d characterize day three of the San Jose Search Engine Strategies conference.

Yahoo Executive Wins Innovation Award

Yahoo’s got some pretty bright people in its employ, and one of them - Dr. Usama Fayyad - has just been awarded the 2007 Innovation Award by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).  And yes, that’s the same ACM that gives the Turing Award.