The world surely has changed since the heydays of the late 90′s. It’s been a little over 10 years since Yahoo acquired Geocities for nearly $5bn. Yahoo announced today that it would be shutting down it’s Geocities service – it seems that free websites are on their way out? Clearly, I have a lot vested [...]
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The Road Ahead for Yahoo…
I had the privilege of spending 2 days at Yahoo’s campus in Sunnyvale with about a dozen different product managers, including those from Yahoo Panama (YSM). The entire event was fantastic and gave those of us attending the advisory board, great insights into where Yahoo is heading. I’m obviously under an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement), so [...]
Yahoo Announces Enterprise Web Services Version 2.0.0
I just received the following email from Yahoo: Enterprise Web Services Version 2.0.0 Coming Soon During mid- to late-May, Yahoo! Search Marketing is planning to launch a new version of the Enterprise Web Services (EWS) Marketing API. EWS Version 2.0.0 offers a new service, enhancements to the existing services and data objects, and 13 new [...]
Yahoo! announces Affiliate Advisory Board
I’m very pleased to be able to be the first to announce that Yahoo! has established an Affiliate Advisory Board and has invited me to sit on this newly formed Board that will deal with issues related to affiliate marketing for Yahoo!, across the company. The Affiliate Advisory will be meeting in May, as per [...]
Return on Effort with PPC Campaigns
I has barely finished the eComXpo session and no sooner had James from the InsureMe Blog expanded (stole ) the themes of one of my upcoming blog posts that I was planning! Thanks a lot James! I’m going to write about it anyways! Basically, James already details what I said during the show, but just [...]
Vinny Lingham is an International Award winning Entrepreneur & Search Engine Marketer. He is currently CEO of Free Website maker, Yola.