What do you get when you bring together the intellectual resources of Rudy De Waele/ mTrends and dotopen, an open innovation consulting firm known for its insights into the emerging mobile Web 2.0 ecosystem, and MSearchGroove, a knowledge resource dedicated to the analysis of mobile search (and all things mobile at the intersection of context and content)? In a word, impact!
Since teaming up with Rudy De Waele, b...
May 11, 2009
Tags: 4 INFO, abphone, amdocs, Answers.com, AnyQuestionAnswered, AOL, aphone, AQA, Ask, AskMeNow, behavioral targeting, Boopsie, ChaCha, dotopen, Google, Hiogi, IBM, IQ Engines, JumpTap, Kannuu, Kooaba, MCN, Medio Systems, Microsoft, mINFO, Mobile Acuity, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Search, Mobile Social Networks, Motricity, mTrends, NearbyNow, Nokia, Nuance, Qualcomm, Searchme, Slifter, SnapNow, SnapTell, Taptu, textperts, Tin Eye Mobile, Truveo, Twitter, Vlingo, Vtap
Posted in Content Discovery, Local Search, Location-based services, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Research, Mobile Search, Multimodal Search, Usability, Web 2.0 | 6 Comments »
Judging from the high level of interest in social search-related companies and concepts - such as Taptu, abphone, and people-powered answers search from ChaCha - expressed by participants at conferences where I have spoken, I am confident social search is more than just another hot topic.
In fact, this new breed of services, which combines mobile social networking fun and community with the utility of mobile searc...
May 4, 2009
Tags: abphone, behavioral targeting, ChaCha, changingworlds, Google, HeyStaks, iPhone, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Search, Mobile Social Networks, Social Media Marketing, social search, Taptu, Yahoo
Posted in Content Discovery, Enterprise Search, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Research, Mobile Search, Mobile Social Networking, Personalization, Recommendation, Web 2.0 | No Comments »
MSG is proud to have deep ties with AltSearchEngines (ASE), a destination synonymous with news and quality analysis on all things related to alternative search engines (defined as all search engines other than Google), and a deep friendship with Charles Knight, ASE publisher and the "Voice of Alternative Search" (as he is regarded by a growing community of professionals and practitioners passionate about search). So,...
April 6, 2009
Tags: 23half Inc, abphone, Alternative Search Engines, Bernstein Research, Faroo, iPhone, Kosmix, Mahalo, mobile commerce, Mobile Search, Slifter, T-Mobile, Taptu, Thrrum MMS Search, TinEye Mobile, Truveo, Verizon, Yahoo
Posted in Content Discovery, Local Search, Mobile Content, Mobile Music, Mobile Research, Mobile Search, Personalization, Usability | 1 Comment »
Judging from the emails, Tweets, and requests for more coverage on how and why human judgment can and must play a role in our search results, I can say my last post on social search created quite a buzz in the blogosphere. I'm happy that an invigorating exchange has followed this post, and even more pleased that it has us all thinking about what I view as the perfect fit between our mobile devices (personal) and our...
March 16, 2009
Tags: abphone, behavioral targeting, ChaCha, Mobile Advertising, mobile analytics, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Search, social search, Taptu, white paper
Posted in Content Discovery, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Research, Mobile Search | 6 Comments »
Regular readers will recall that MSG has partnered with bnetTV to cover industry events such as CTIA and, more recently, Mobile World Congress (MWC). The team did an awesome job, producing 200+ interviews. I focused on analysis, and conducted some 20 interviews with senior executives at companies including abphone, BuzzCity, Movius, Gracenote, Mob4Hire, GyPSii, AdMob, BuddyMob, Gigafone, BubbleMotion, Visto, JumpTap,...
March 12, 2009
Tags: abphone, AdMob, behavioral targeting, bnetTV, BubbleMotion, Buddymob, BuzzCity, Gigafone, Gracenote, GyPSii, JumpTap, location, Location-based services, Mob4Hire, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Search, Mobile Social Networks, Movius, SurfKitchen, targeting, VISTO
Posted in Local Search, Location-based services, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Content, Mobile Search, Mobile Social Networking, Personalization, Usability, Web 2.0 | No Comments »
Wrapping up an exciting mobile search white paper project this week with Peggy Albright, founder of Albright Research and MSG research associate. We can't give away too much before the formal launch next week, but the research - which evaluates Google, Vlingo (Yahoo) and ChaCha - has also drawn our attention to social search, the Achilles heel of universal search engines Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. (In fact, a comp...
March 5, 2009
Tags: abphone, ChaCha, Google. Microsoft, Long Tail, Mahalo, mobile commerce, Mobile Internet, Mobile Search, Recommendation, social search, Taptu, Wikia, Yahoo
Posted in Content Discovery, Mobile Research, Mobile Search, Mobile Social Networking, Personalization | 3 Comments »
