GLG News by Search Engine Experts (North America)

Agencies are trying to maintain relevancy as primary touchpoints like Google cater to self-service and threaten to remove the middleman.  In a world of customization, globalization and de-centralization, marketers cannot continue to live in silos and not think about finding and targeting their...

In this article Obopay is credited for impacting Western Union's share price. Obopay is one of many newer less expensive means of transferring funds domestically or internationally. Other emerging competitors spanning email/computer money transfer, mobile and ACH based services include: Xoom; Ikobo;...

The key here is that, as long as EA allows & enables dynamic in-game placements, they'll have to work with Massive and Microsoft.  EA will also have to do a deal with Playstation 3 at some point, so what's the big deal?

With the latest quarter's news, Google is bound to hear many calling for a growth slowdown, but you won't hear that here.  This blog will delineate arguments and utilize sources to make the point that Google's position in the ad market, personnel moves, acquisitions, and telecom move -- even in...

* The top traffic destination available at bargain prices. * Partnered with Facebook, Yahoo soars sky high, passing Google share price. * Yahoo needs to remember it is a portal, not a lowly search engine.

Motorola is falling into the abyss, with each new iteration - the RIZR, the ROKR, and the Q - painfully echoing the lost glory of the RAZR.  To avoid the bottom, Motorola needs a drastic overhaul and a renewed focus.  This article describes the steps I believe Motorola must take to recapture...

Though the point made is that now is the time for someone to buy Yahoo!, I'm offering a second opinion that maybe it's not worth pursuing at $35 billion.

Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo will always be the go-to guys for the media.  Funny thing is that for the most part, they talk about the games, not the consoles.  And the games are made mostly by others, making Ubisoft this year's big winner with Assassin's Creed.

Consumers are looking for convergent products, have been for awhile, contrary to the belief of many, yet Motorola is trying to give them piecemeal products with outdated UIs (user interfaces).  Motorola has long been resting on its laurels with the RAZR, and, as they roll out these "new" phones,...

Microsoft has recently picked up search steam, largely at the expense of Yahoo!, further underscoring the worthiness of this partnership.  Both organizations have big holes - Microsoft's largely in web 2.0 platforms such as social networking and mobile, and Yahoo's largely in its search decline...