WebProNews

Food for Thought on Google's Web History

Yesterday's announcement from Google about including Web history in search personalization marks a fairly significant development in disambiguating intent on Google.  Consider the implications.  One of the issues I had with the initial implementation of search personalization was that it really only worked when there was existing search history. 

Recalls Rise In Search Significance

Almost one month ago, fellow WebProNews writer Jason Lee Miller covered the Menu Foods pet food scare.  To date, his article has garnered 47 responses - a WebProNews record, as far as I know, and that proves a point: various recalls have become a very big deal in recent days.

TV Web Sites Heat Up During Prime Time

Television viewers are increasingly turning to TV Web sites during prime time, weekdays 8pm-11pm and are spending more time there, according to the latest research from Nielsen//NetRatings.

Pet Food Scare Sends Searchers Chasing Answers

When news of a major pet food recall got out, pet owners hit the search engines over the weekend worried about their furry best friends. One dog, nine cats. That's the death toll so far in a mysterious outbreak of kidney failure linked to Menu Foods, Inc.'s various pet foods distributed by well-known grocers like Kroger, Safeway, Wal-Mart, and PetSmart.

What's Cooking With Yahoo?

Yahoo has launched a new site dedicated solely to food. They have partnered with several online well-established sites to offer recipes, tips and everything else related to food.

Yahoo Launches Food Site

Give Yahoo credit for listening to the needs and requests of their advertisers. The company has launched in response to growing demands from advertisers.

Why AJAX Websites Taste Like Fast Food

If you have ever bought a hamburger and fries from an efficient fast-food outlet, you will easily understand the web development concept called 'AJAX' (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML)...

Health Sites Reap October Search Crops

If companies as a whole have been slow to adopt search marketing, certain sectors may want to reconsider and reallocate their budgets. Health and Medical websites, for example, received 43.5% of their traffic last week from search engines, according to Hitwise.

Food and Astroturf: Blog Jam 2006

Day one of Fast Company's Blog Jam has started interesting conversations at FC Now. Instead of cross posting, I will point you to my two contributions.

Lunch with the Food Advertisers

MSN and Windows Live are hosting a big strategic account conference. Remember the Google Zeitgeist event I spoke at last fall? This is the same thing, but bigger.