In the history of monolithic number two companies there have been a variety of innovations that have shifted the market place’s attention from the leader. Pepsi made clear cola, Reebok put a .002-psi pump in a shoe, Burger King concocted some sort of Chicken French Fry, and now Yahoo is creating a social networking site.
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Again, all statements are paraphrased as fast as I could type them.
Moderator – Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land
Speakers:
Rand Fishkin – CEO & Co-Founder, SEOmoz
Cindy Krum, Senior SEO Analyst, Blue Moon Works
Todd Malicoat, Internet Marketing Consultant, Stuntdubl
Neil Patel, Author, Pronet Advertising
Danny – This session will have more fundamental information in it, as many of the […]

Brietbart:
Google and News Corp. announced yesterday that Google will be the exclusive search provider for MySpace, in a deal expected to be worth at least $900MM in shared revenue.

John Battelle’s Searchblog:
John argues that Google was wise not to purchase MySpace as this might “queer its AdSense business”. Google has certainly done plenty to spook its partners of late, but this is a step in the correct direction.