History is not repeating itself. Mobile data is not yet a cash cow like voice and SMS. The big Internet search brands' investment in developing technology, running search services and the costs of incentives that must be offered to get onto operators’ decks are not providing a good enough return on investment. They are obliged to push models based on pay per click or use to generate revenue, ...
I saw on Tech Crunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/31/chacha-ditches-guided-search-model-i-love-to-hate-this-startup/ that ChaCha was ditching its guided search. This is something we predicted would happen and here is part of an article written by BKI Media published in December 2007.
ChaCha was co-founded by Scott A. Jones and Brad A. Bostic in 2006. Mr Jones is the inventor of the ...
I will be giving a Mobile Advertising Masterclass at this conference in Singapore in May. Here is the agenda and GoMo/ Mobile Seo/ msearchblog Readers can benefit from a considerable disount by mentioning GOMO during the purchase process.
http://www.iqpc.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=76380
A 08:30 – 13:30 [includes Working Lunch Break]
Ge ...
I just wanted to point out that Medio is a much bigger competitor in the white label mobile search space than MCN and this was not the fairest comparison.
This was pointed out to me and Federated is just a minor part of the value chain. Medio commands a lead in white label search in North America and MCN is building its federated search business well in Thailand, Finland and Japan.
Mobile Barcodes 101: Understanding Mobile Barcodes (sponsored by NeoMedia Technologies)
Mobile barcodes are on the verge of becoming a global phenomenon, but what exactly are they, what do they do, and for whom? We became familiar with the original, linear barcodes (or 1D), from our supermarket shopping in the 1980’s (although the technology was patented in the 1950’s ...