Google promotes Prabhakar Raghavan to lead Search, replacing Ben Gomes
Jerry Dischler becomes the new head of Google Ads, Gomes takes over Google Education, while Google veteran Jen Fitzpatrick takes on engineering.
Topic: Corporate governance
Google co-founders step down, Sundar Pichai to lead both Google and Alphabet
Page and Brin will remain as board members.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to leave Alphabet board of directors
He will remain with the compain the very limited role of 'technical advisor.'
Cortana loses its chief after only 8 months
Microsoft is an AI leader but Cortana lags its rivals in distribution.
Google: AMP to use ‘consensus-seeking’ governance model
Nearly 80 percent of AMP contributors are now third parties.
Facebook & Cambridge Analytica: What we know, what they knew & where that leaves us
A brief history of the many privacy disasters at the world's dominant social media platform, and what the most recent data exposure means for marketers, and other data Borg as Facebook's CEO faces Congress.
In big win, Apple hires Google AI chief John Giannandrea away from Google
Apple must succeed in AI if it is to remain competitive with rivals.
Updated: Google’s Ben Gomes expands role to head all of search as John Giannandrea moves to Apple to head AI
Role previously held by John Giannandrea to be split between Jeff Dean and Ben Gomes
Eric Schmidt stepping down as Executive Chairman of Google parent company, Alphabet
Longtime Google executive will transition to role of technical advisor.
An update on executive changes on the editorial team
Flagship sites Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and upstart MarTech Today look ahead as personnel shifts present new growth opportunities.
Rand Fishkin to step away from day-to-day operations at Moz
Moz's founder is moving into an advisory role at the company early next year.
Can company structure spawn cannibalization? Most definitely.
With so many business structure possibilities, it can be particularly complicated to consolidate content across departments, especially if it’s created in isolation. Internal structure can therefore dictate content efficiency, and decentralized structures can, in turn, spawn duplicate, overlapping or conflicting content. What is cannibalization? Cannibalization is a term coined by the digital community to refer […]
SEMPO announces its newly elected Board of Directors & Officers
Executives from Google, Microsoft, iProspect and other digital marketing agencies will make up the association's board.
Patrick Pichette, Google’s CFO, To Retire
Google's long term CFO has told the company he wants to retire over the next six months but will help the company find a replacement.
Nadella Would Bring Search Cred To Microsoft CEO Role
Based on several reports is appears very likely that Microsoft will announce that Satya Nadella will be the next CEO. He brings an engineering background to the C suite. He’s also a B-school grad. For the past three years Nadella has run Microsoft’s Server & Tools business. Before that he was in charge of Bing and online advertising. […]
Yahoo-Microsoft Search Tensions On Public Display In Court Ruling
Microsoft has essentially had to sue Yahoo to get the company to fully comply with the terms of their 2010 “Search Alliance” agreement. Yahoo under Marissa Mayer had sought to delay rollouts of Bing search results in Taiwan and Hong Kong, awaiting a new Microsoft CEO. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer resigned ahead of schedule under […]
It’s Official: Google Settles “WiSpy” Case For $7 Million
As reported last week, Google has formally settled the so-called “WiSpy” case with 30 US state Attorneys General for $7 million. The agreement also contains some other non-monetary provisions that are, frankly, more meaningful. The investigation began in 2010 concerning unauthorized collection of private emails and other “payload” data by Google Street View vehicles. The […]
Search Engine Land Turns Six, Celebrates With New Editor-In-Chief & Expansion Plans
It’s our sixth birthday here at Search Engine Land, and we’ve got some news — a new editor-in-chief and expansion plans for the future. Congratulations to Matt McGee, on his new position as Editor-In-Chief of Search Engine Land & Marketing Land! He starts on January 1, 2013. Matt joined our publications in September 2008 as assignment editor for Search Engine […]
Infographic: How Google Fights Bad Ads
Google carries billions of ads each year, but it’s not anything goes. The company seeks to stop “bad ads” that might push illegal products or harmful goods. A new infographic from Google, out as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, covers the process. The infographic explains that 134 million ads from 824,000 advertisers were stopped last year, […]
Practical Tips For Central Management Of Multiple Sites
Many large enterprises face the challenge of dealing with a diverse portfolio of sites. This by itself is very complex, but that complexity is multiplied when those sites are operated by different teams of people. Some common scenarios where this happens are: Different product lines which are owned and operated by different business units. International […]
Ironically, Search Might Be Less A Priority At Yahoo As Google’s Marissa Mayer Takes The Helm
Wow. Wow. Wow. That’s all that keeps running through my head as I digest the news that long-time Google executive Marissa Mayer is to take over as president and CEO of Yahoo. Smart move for Mayer. Smart move for Yahoo. And as I’ll explain more, perhaps a move that finally takes Yahoo out of the […]
No CEO News Emerges From Yahoo Shareholder Meeting
You can’t blame Yahoo’s board for being a little bit gun shy. After all, eight out of 11 directors are new this year — three of them were appointed in the wake of the highly-public resume scandal that ousted CEO Scott Thompson. With the Thompson debacle, the departure of co-founder Jerry Yang, and the ill-fit […]
Google Engineers On Wifi Data Collection: “Don’t Look At Me”
Denials Over Google Street View via the New York Times reports on some of the Google Street View engineers declarations when it came to the Wifi data collection done by Google’s Street View project. Reading those declarations you see engineers stating “it was not part of my duties” to review that aspect of the project. […]
Report: Scott Thompson To Step Down As Yahoo CEO, Ross Levinsohn To Step In
Kara Swisher at AllThingsD is reporting that embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is going to step down for “personal reasons.” Swisher has one or more “moles” inside the company and consistently gets inside information — which generally turns out to be correct. Thompson’s “personal reasons,” as we all know, are: misrepresenting that he had a […]
Looking Back At Larry Page’s First Year At Google’s Helm
Two articles appeared today that reflect on the first year of Larry Page’s return to the CEO role at Google. Bloomberg’s Brad Stone does a Q&A with Page in which he discusses the larger competitive challenges Google faces and some of his management philosophy. The other piece is from Wired writer Steven Levy and is […]
Bing Fires Two Marketing Execs Over Vendor Issues
Microsoft has seemingly spared no expense on pushing its Bing search engine at star-studded entertainment events, such as the recent Sundance film festival. But those expenses may be key to news today that two Bing executives have been fired for “mismanagement of company assets and vendor procurement,” according to Microsoft. Ad Age appears to have […]
Google Opens Kimono (Slightly) On AdWords Screening Measures
Followers of news about Google AdWords know that problematic errors — instances in which ads that violate the company’s own advertising standards slip by — come up quite regularly. Most recently, Google, along with advertiser ProFlowers, was roundly and publicly criticized for AdWords that seemed to indicate that local florists were sold out in advance […]
SEMPO Announces 2012 Board Of Directors Nominees
SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Profession Organization, has posted their 2012 nominees for the Board of Directors. There are currently 38 nominees for the 2012- 2014 Board, with a total of 13 seats to fill. SEMPO members can vote electronically between February 14 through February 22, 2012. Votes must be submitted by Wednesday, February 22 […]
Yahoo’s Co-founder Jerry Yang Resigns
Yahoo announced its co-founder Jerry Yang has formally resigned after 17 years on the job. Yang co-founded the company in March 1995, and has been on the Board of Directors since. 17 years later, he has officially stepped down from its Board of Directors and all other positions with the company. And he has done so […]
It’s Official: PayPal President Scott Thompson The New Yahoo CEO
AllThingsD reported late yesterday that PayPal president Scott Thompson would likely be named CEO of Yahoo. It’s now official; Yahoo just put out its formal press release announcing Thompson’s appointment. In appointing Thompson, Yahoo is choosing a leader with a deeper technology and product background than prior CEO Carol Bartz who was abruptly terminated last […]
Larry Page “CEO Of The Year” — Investors Business Daily
When Larry Page took over the CEO role at Google last year the company was doing well. Now it’s doing better and so Investor’s Business Daily has named him “CEO of the Year.” The publication summed up its rationale as follows: [Page] reorganized the company’s management structure, redesigned the face of the company’s products and […]
Google Gets Groupon COO Back, Offers Kicking Butt
As you may have seen last week, Groupon COO Margo Georgiadis, who replaced former COO Rob Solomon only a few short months ago, is leaving to rejoin her former employer Google in a new, more senior role. She will become Google’s president for the Americas. In leaving Groupon Georgiadis gave up a $500,000 annual salary and stock […]
Live Blog: Google’s Eric Schmidt At The US Senate Hearing
Today’s the day. Google chairman Eric Schmidt is being called on the carpet in front of a US Senate subcommittee, to talk about whether his company is a monopolistic orge. I’m here, live blogging. Fun starts at 2pm ET. NOTE: Our follow-up article, which covers the entire hearing with highlights and without live blogging typos […]
Google Angers AdWords API Developers By Revoking Access, Then Begins To “Provisionally” Allow Access Again
In a move that Google says was designed to “ensure quality, improve Google products and services and compliance with AdWords API Terms and Conditions,” the company earlier this week revoked access to the AdWords API to a large number of developers, raising the ire of many who complained about a lack of warning and communication, […]
Live Blog: “Which Way Google?” At SMX East
Welcome! It’s the “Which Way Google?” panel here at SMX East. We’ve got a great panel — Jeff Jarvis, Steven Levy and Marc Rotenberg — set to cover a range of issues. Let’s live blog. This is new for me — I never live blog at my own conferences. But I saw the queen of […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 7, 2011
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Confirmed: Bartz Out As Yahoo CEO Details are very sparse, but All Things Digital is reporting that Carol Bartz’s rocky tenure as Yahoo CEO has ended. All Things Digital reports that […]
With Carol Bartz Out As CEO, Yahoo Needs To Find Its Own “Steve Jobs”
The not-so-shocking news came yesterday afternoon that embattled Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was fired. When Bartz came to power in January 2009 I compared her to then newly elected Barak Obama. Both confronted crises and high expectations. Both have seen goodwill erode and give way to disappointment. Low Employee Approval The task of both chief […]
Confirmed: Bartz Out As Yahoo CEO
Details are very sparse, but All Things Digital is reporting that Carol Bartz’s rocky tenure as Yahoo CEO has ended. All Things Digital reports that current CFO Tim Morse will take over the CEO spot on an interim basis. Speculation raged earlier this summer that Bartz’ days were numbered when Yahoo announced weak Q2 financials. […]
Steve Jobs Hands Off To Tim Cook, Resigns As Apple CEO
Hopefully Steve Jobs is not gravely ill. But his health must be the reason for today’s announcement that he’s resigning as CEO. He’s asked to remain as Chairman and that the board elect COO Tim Cook the new CEO. Effectively Cook has been running the company for some time, while Jobs has been out for […]
After Weak Q2 Time May Be Running Out For Yahoo’s Bartz
She was supposed to help turn around the company, but Yahoo’s CEO Carol Bartz may soon be the one in turnaround because of another mixed or mediocre quarter. The search alliance and revenue share with Microsoft was partly blamed for Q2 revenues being down compared the same period last year: Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs […]