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Kelsey conference, Drilling Down on Local ’08 - Recaps

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

The three day Kelsey conference, Drilling Down on Local ’08 was by most accounts a success.
Among the blogs commenting on the conference are Kate Kaye’s “Random Notes.”
Peter Krasilovsky’s comments, “Yahoo!’s Michael Yang at Kelsey Seattle: Verticals Front-and-Center,” excerpted from the advisory written for Kelsey Marketplace clients.
And Andrew Shotland’s blogs containing live updates from the event.
Kelsey […]

ACM Conference on Web Search & Data Mining

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

This week I’m attending the first ACM conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2008). It’s amazing to note that this is the first such conference of its kind. I’m also astounded at the turnout: circa 250 attendees, including some of the most influential figures in Web search going back to the beginning of […]

Where is Local?

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Specifically - is local where I am, or where I want to go?  More importantly - to what extent should the answer to that question influence site design and strategy?  First, let’s define the question.  As I’ve indicated before, where I am at a given time and where I’m from may or may not be […]

Human Search vs. Algorithmic Search - The Debate

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

OK, for this weeks post I’m actually mostly going to point you all at some interesting discussions already underway regarding Human Search vs. Algorithmic Search. During a panel discussion yesterday at the Digital Life Design conference in Munich, Jason Calacanis from Mahalo faced off with Jimmy Wales from Wikia, in a a discussion around […]

Anatomy of a Fuzzy Space

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Ian White of Urban Mapping today announced that portions of his fantastic data set are open to developers for free. In the local field, Ian is a great thinker when it comes to the intersection of hard data and human perception, and his company has focused on trying to define fuzzy boundaries for perceived local […]

People are Smarter Than Computers (Part 3)

Monday, December 17th, 2007

And now, the conclusion (well, at least for 2007 - I’m pretty sure that at some point over the next three weeks, something will happen that will cause me to utter the words “Stupid machine” at least once, and maybe I’ll have more fodder for this column.) But for now….
It’s actually too bad […]

People are Smarter Than Computers (Part 2)

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

And, frankly, smarter than many of us in the industry think. For years in search, it has seemed like the Holy Grail is the ability to take whatever the user types in the search box and return results based on what the user really wanted. For some reason we think that computers should be capable […]

People are Smarter Than Computers (Part 1)

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Now, how did I come to this conclusion? Well, I was thinking today about “Hours of Operation”. It’s a simple concept, right? If you and I are having a conversation , I can simply tell you “hey, that store is open 7×24, or not open on Sundays, or only open M-W until 9 […]

Kelsey ILM Coverage: Convergence of Local Media and Directories

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Giving users and consumers the opportunity to search the way they want while delivering the experience they want with the most relevant results is a continuing focus for IYPs. Combining local print media, portals, local listings & social networks, among others, has proven difficult when trying to gauge which of the many sources is more […]

Kelsey ILM Coverage: Tidbits from the Analyst Overview

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

During this session Kelsey analysts Neal Polacheck, Matt Booth, and Peter Krasilovsky spoke about their recent 3 week excursion around the world with a “simple” mission of answering a couple key questions regarding online local advertising. Some of these lingering questions included:

What is Google doing with local?Is Yahoo! back on track?
Portals, friend or foe?
Can […]

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