The mobile device is the single device that follows a person around at all times. It lies on the dresser next to them while they sleep; it’s in their pocket on the commute to work and is utilized for communication, education and entertainment...
Marchex today announced the expansion of its local advertising services into the mobile market. The new offering will include call-based advertising, which is a result of its acquisition of VoiceStar.
Search engine marketing firm Efficient Frontier today appointed Ellen Siminoff chairman of the board and named president James Beriker as the new CEO and director. In her four years as CEO, Siminoff grew Efficient Frontier from a team of eight to a...
Mobile search has been quite, well, mobile lately. Becoming a regular topic in search marketing conferences, and often discussed in various forums and blogs, mobile search certainly seems to be one of the bigger trends emerging in late 2006 into 2007.
Below is a selection of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we've spotted but not blogged separately: From The SEW Blog. Search YouTube Content with Podzinger Podzinger, the speech-to-text video and audio...
Local media research firm The Kelsey Group just forecast "portal-backed wireless voice search [will] reach 1.45 billion queries in 2010" and cause "a significant disruption of the directory assistance market.
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Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we've spotted but not blogged separately: From The SEW Blog. Yahoo Search Integrates Flickr Images In Search Shortcuts
TV Guide and mobile local search content provider 4Info have teamed up to permit cellphone users to access TV Guide's listings content via SMS or WAP. Here's the announcement. This is obviously for people who MUST know when their favorite TV shows...
Hardly a week goes by when we don't mention some new mobile search service, enhancements to what's already out there, or something I think we will be seeing more of, partnerships between large media and mobile search and info companies.
Matt Marshall's article: Silicon Valley start-ups rush to bring you information on the go, does a great job of not only reviewing but adding several insights to some of the mobile search news we've been blogging about.
Two more mobile search items to report today. A joint press release from mobile search provider 4INFO (a service I blog about and also use very regularly) and media giant Gannett (USA Today is one of their properties) informs us that Gannett is...
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Today, your Google personalized home page has gone mobile. The new service reformats your personalized page for your phone or mobile device. The service is available for any phone or device that has an XHTML capable browser and SSL (for login...
In case you need one more Top Searches of 2005 list, 4INFO recently posted a list of the Top 25 terms queried using 4INFO's SMS (text messaging) service in 2005 along with some analysis of the results.
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Earlier this month, the Red Herring story: Medio to Debut Mobile Search, looked at Seattle based Medio, joining other companies in the U.S.mobile search space. The company already offers its service in Europe in a deal with Nokia.
4info.net is a mobile search service (SMS, Web, Mobile Web) that we've blogged about a lot in 2005 and I continue to be impressed with. I also use it on a very regular basis. The San Francisco company is ending the year with even more search tools...