In October, CEO Dick Costolo spoke with John Battelle at Web 2.0 Summit and hinted that the issue keeping the two from reaching an agreement was not a monetary one. Twitter has updated their robots.txt file to allow search engines to crawl more of...
Back in October, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hinted at a Siri rival coming out of their camp when he discussed Windows phones with John Battelle at Web 2.0 Summit. As Google strives to bring actual knowledge into search and create a more intuitive...
As for the group behind Focus on the User, they declined to answer any questions about whether they have other actions or initiatives planned, will file a formal FTC complaint, or had C-level approval from their respective companies before...
When asked for specifics on user engagement and sharing activity by Bloomberg's Emily Chang, Horowitz dodged and weaved like a champ, giving us the same type of tap dance we saw from Vic Gundotra in his recent Web 2.0 Summit interview with John...
Vic Gundotra and Sergey Brin took the stage at Web 2.0 Summit to speak with John Battelle in a candid half-hour interview on all things Google. But I was wrong,” Brin answered quickly; as he tried to speak on, both Battelle and Gundotra jumped in...
Google search, social media, mobile and more with John Battelle. Recalling that conversation from his last appearance at the event, Battelle asked Ballmer how Bing, which he’d referred to then as “his child,” is doing.
Speaking with John Battelle at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo touched on a number of recent developments for the social media giant, dispelling a few rumors as he went. Twitter is now hosting 250 million tweets per...
Or, as John Battelle put it: Google+ is the overriding connection between all Google services. That's how Google's Bradley Horowitz described it in an interview, conducted by Wired, that delved into some of the most common and important questions...
John Battelle also commented, “I must say, this whole debate will seem quaint in a few years. How does Google justify its real name policy? Well, Google+ was built primarily as an identity service and will be used to help Google build future...
Signal Austin Conversation: Marissa Mayer - John Battelle's Searchblog Search Engine Optimization Top 13 Social Media Ranking Factors for SEO by Gareth Owen Looking to carry out an investigation into whether social media is a big influence on...
Google, China, Wikileaks: The Actual Cable - John Battelle Here's a roundup of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Dec.to Dec.as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as search news and tips from around the web.
To keep any eye on the wider industry I follow a few key sites -- Mashable, The Next Web, Robert Scoble, John Battelle's Search Blog, and Econsultancy, to name a few. From AltaVista to Google, and GoToast to Search Ignite, the fortunes of companies...
You'll be sure to see that crowd at John Battelle's forthcoming Web 2.0 conference this Fall. And I'm starting to think that I may owe SEM industry observer, Meredith A.C. Roth, an apology. Back on July 28, 2004, Roth issued a press release...
Identity and The Independent Web - John Battelle Search Engine Optimization Website Changes That Will Hurt Your SEO By Eric Enge Significant modifications to your website can impact your short-term SEO efforts.
John Battelle An avalanche of jargon, data, algorithms, constant change, and a continuous stream of articles and blog posts. Here are my top tips for anybody starting out in this discipline. Learn the Jargon.
Would I go to a general-purpose reference search engine, and search for "John Battelle," or any of the other terms I saw in Steve's recommendation? This set of pages includes the one shared by my friend Steve about the John Battelle article.
In an e-mail message announcing the Web 2.0 Summit 2010, John Battelle and Tim O'Reilly ask a rhetorical question: "Who owns the social graph? They're using the question as a vehicle to generate interest in the Web 2.0 Summit, but it's an excellent...
John Battelle, CEO and Founder of Federated Media Publishing Inc. Online Marketing Summit 2010 gets underway in San Diego this week. And Day 3 of the event features a Search Engine Strategies Forum also known as SES San Diego 2010.
The buzz started yesterday when John Battelle, the author of The Search, posted this to his blog: "I've got a pretty reliable source who is telling me Google plans to hit the branded advertising big leagues this Sunday.
John Battelle - Google will make a corporate decision to become seen as a software brand rather than as "just a search engine. Every January, journalists, bloggers and other industry folk take to their respective blogs and publications to predict...
