Yahoo! Inc (NasdaqGS:YHOO), provides internet services to users, advertisers, publishers and developers. The Company has been struggling to hold its market share among its top competitors (Google, Microsoft), especially in the search business and losing share to Microsoft’s BING while competing with young innovative companies in their core business areas (See more details in FOCUS’ Internet and Digital Information Quarterly Insights Report). (more…)
One theme dominated last night’s panel discussion at the DC Social Media Club event ‘Engaging the Health World Through Social Media.’ Trust . . . with a capital T. Trust that your health data won’t be shared without your permission. Trust that online health information is true and accurate. Trust that any online counsel you receive comes from a real doctor or at least someone qualified to give the advice. Trust that the online health community you join is really populated by people who are who they claim to be. On it went.
It’s all completely valid. How can you trust online health information when Google pushes data to you based on a search engine optimization algorithm rather than medical information?
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You know times are tough when there is more than just the occasional article discussing intellectual property issues. We think IP is cool, exciting stuff but it’s not a big seller of newspapers and magazines. (Ironically, these are the folks that should consider selling IP to supplement their obsolete business model.) Bloomberg and Bank Systems Technology each published interesting articles on the subject today.
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We find it odd but opportunistic that some of the best investment bankers in the internet and media industries don’t take full advantage of the internet to promote their services and views. We’re sure that they know how to blog and podcast and use social media to get their brand out there, but to our best knowledge no one is doing . . . yet.
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