MikeBoland: Some successful mobile products are operating on the paradigm of local discovery and moving away from search, which ruled the desktop. Last month we explored Foursquare's evolution into a local discovery engine -- representing a trend...
Facebook: 300 Million Users and Cash Flow Positive Posted by MikeBoland Sep 17, 2009 Facebook just announced from the TechCrunch50 stage that it has reached 300 million active users and is cash flow positive.
Searching Rich Media at TechCrunch50 Posted by MikeBoland Sep 11, 2008 Video search has been a key topic at the TechCrunch50 show in San Francisco. WilliamFlaiz Would You Endorse this Web Site? OUTSOURCED Think of link building as running for...
After all, these formats -- for the same reason they attract the eye in blended search results -- are sexier than maps and stock quotes (especially if you're talking about searches for Shakira, as moderator Mike Grehan pointed out).
Li says that MikeBoland of the Kelsey Group, who moderated the session, said, “Users are coming to expect Video as part of their search results. Mike McDonald of WebProNews interviewed Matt McGowan about Search Engine Strategies New York 2008...
Questions with The Kelsey Group's Michael Boland, Bruce Clay Blog What Google Could Do to Stop Negative SEO, Mike Moran What's going on in the search industry? Find out here, with these links to some of the latest topics being discussed in our own...
MikeBoland of The Kelsey Group explained in SEW Experts why Google, Yahoo, and MSN need to take the IYP threat seriously. Local search guru Peter Krasilovsky of Local Onliner fame reported on Yellow Pages veteran Pat Marshall's move from...
MikeBoland of The Kelsey Group will tell you why CES 2008 changed the Local Search game forever. Sure, Google and Yahoo were in Vegas. The keynote takeaway: Bill Gates. Unlike Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator, he likely won't be back.
Booth and his Interactive Local Media analyst team (including SEW Expert MikeBoland) also predict:
print Yellow Pages advertising products will feature call-tracking numbers
call tracking numbers will enable variable pricing
merchants and call...
This includes Michael Boland, who also writes for the Kelsey Group's Blogs; Eric Enge, who also writes Stone Temple's Ramblings About SEO Blog; Amanda Watlington, owner of Searching for Profit; Frank Watson, who moderates SEW's paid search forums...
Of course, Kelsey Group analyst and SEW Expert MikeBoland is one of the star Local Search moderators. The Kelsey Group Interactive Local Media Conference in LA kicked off with SES Advisory Board member Anne Kennedy and Search Engine Watch News...
In today's SearchDay, "What Local Can Learn from Universal Search," The Kelsey Group's MikeBoland looks at the long overdue opportunity to apply the principles of blended search to local search, with LiveDeal as an example of blended local...
Prior to joining The Kelsey Group, Boland spent several years as a technology journalist. Michael Boland is a senior analyst with The Kelsey Group’s Interactive Local Media program, and a contributor to the Search Engine Watch Blog, focusing on...
Pegasus News founder Mike Orren has his own view on what hyper-local should be, which builds upon the generally accepted definition that, itself, is somewhat amorphous (see past SEW expert column on hyperlocal).
Vertical Strategies in Local Search - MikeBoland takes a closer look at the verticalization of search. Michael Boland: Local Search Greetings & Introductions + Upcoming Search Engine Strategies Events + Top Stories Since Our Last Report + Search...
Vertical Strategies in Local Search - MikeBoland takes a closer look at the verticalization of search. In This Issue =================== Upcoming Search Engine Strategies Events + Membership Survey + Special Coverage from SES Chicago + Farewell...
Like it or not, UGC is here to stay, and it will soon become a standard feature of local search, online shopping and even IYPs," MikeBoland, senior analyst at the Kelsey Group, recently wrote in his blog.
The Kelsey Group's MikeBoland says, "Adoption of mobile local search to some degree has been held back by the inferior user experiences of most mobile devices -- which come back to a lot of these design challenges.
If you are an accredited member of the press interested in attending, please contact Mary Ann Boland at [email protected] That's kind of what we were bringing to the table, the ability to distribute this through the portal channels," said Mike...
If you are an accredited member of the press interested in attending, please contact Mary Ann Boland at mboland@in[email protected] That's kind of what we were bringing to the table, the ability to distribute this through the portal channels," said Mike...