SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 2, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Topic: Susan Decker
Can Susan Decker Turn Yahoo Around?
Can She Turn Yahoo Into, Well, Google? from the New York Times takes a deep look at Yahoo’s new president, Susan Decker, and her capabilities of turning things around for the company. I’ll bulletpoint some of the reasons why people feel she may or may not accomplish big changes for Yahoo:
Yahoo Merges Search & Display Ad Teams, Karnstedt Heads Up Team
Yahoo announced that they are combining its search ad and display ad teams. As part of this move, David Karnstedt will be heading up North American sales. Karnstedt was Yahoo’s senior vice president of Yahoo’s search sales business and is now head of US sales overall. Wenda Harris Millard, Yahoo’s Chief Sales Officer in the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 18, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Yahoo’s CEO, Terry Semel, To Be Replaced By Jerry Yang
The Wall Street Journal reported that Terry Semel has stepped down as Yahoo’s CEO. The new CEO is Yahoo’s co-founder, Jerry Yang. With this change, Susan Decker, former executive vice president and head of Advertiser and Publisher Group, is now president. Semel told the Wall Street Journal, "As we discussed my future goals and plans, […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 15, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Yahoo Fills CFO Position With Blake Jorgensen
Yahoo has appointed Blake Jorgensen as its new chief financial officer. Jorgensen was the co-founder of Thomas Weisel Partners, a company he helped start in 1998. He takes over from Susan Decker, who has been jointly serving as CFO and as head of the new Advertiser & Publisher Group, formed as part of Yahoo’s December […]
Yahoo Announces Evolution Of Newspaper Consortium With Search Distribution
Yahoo has expanded its newspaper partnerships to 12 newspaper publishing companies, with 264 newspapers across 44 states. Out of mutual necessity, the relationship originally coalesced last November around a partnership with Yahoo HotJobs, but there was clear expansion potential. Yahoo now becomes the exclusive paid-search provider to the participating papers, and both sides will apparently […]
Cash Bonus Incentives For Yahoo & Google Executives
A Yahoo SEC filing shows some of Yahoo’s executives are eligible for a cash bonus incentive of up to $1 million each year throughout 2009. News.com points to a Google SEC filing that shows that some of Google’s executives are eligible for a cash bonus incentive of up to $4.5 million in 2007. Yahoo executive […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 15, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Details On Yahoo’s Advertiser & Publisher Group Leaked
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch has posted an email sent by Yahoo’s CFO, Susan Decker, that she emailed all Yahoo employees yesterday on the topic of the new Advertiser & Publisher Group. In the email she explains how the group will be organized into “demand channels, supply channels and marketing products.” In short, the demand channels […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Dec. 21, 2006
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web: