(Note: Disclaimer due to an active relationship around this general space.) Ross Mayfield notes that MSN will be launching MSN Spaces (their blog authoring/hosting offering) sometime this week, with the comment: “Other blogging vendors will thank them for introducing their…

(Robert, don’t rush for the unsubscribe button bud.) Well, there have certainly been some interesting developments over the past week while I was busy gorging on turkey and other tasty treats down in San Diego. One of the more interesting…

Just a quick FYI… I am currently doing engaged in a focused, short-term consulting relationship with a company developing “blog related offerings” (apologies for being obtuse, but that’s about all I can say at this point). This, coupled with the…

Andy Beal over at Search Engine Lowdown notes that Google is rumored to be looking for a relationship with an advertising agency. While Andy, Michael Bazeley and others rightly see this as a (potential) change in Google’s marketing strategy (i.e.,…

I’m down in San Diego, catching up with friends and family, some of whom I haven’t seen in 10 years. I hope you too are having a great holiday wherever you are! (I’ll likely resume posting on Monday.)

I got a call last Friday from a potential client. Could we move our meeting to the offices of a Sand Hill Road VC that they were dropping in on. “Sure,” I said, “what’s the address?” “I’m not sure, just…

Rob McGann, over at ClickZ, has a nice article entitled The Blogosphere By the Numbers, with some interesting metrics on blogging (Deeje, Susan, take note!). My key takeaways (and if you care about search, local search, p2p, social networking, etc,…

ContentNext has posted an internal AOL memo, which details the internal roles and responsibilities of key players in each of AOL’s four divisions… a very useful guide if you (intend to) partner (or work) with AOL.

Rich Media Is Rising Star of Online Ad: “A new report from eMarketer predicts that rich media will overtake search to become the dominant form of Web advertising by the end of the decade. ” Ugh. Appearantly, those in our…

In his article entitled MSN Renews With Overture — for Now Kevin Newcomb, who I like and respect, makes a misguided leap of logic in saying: “The company has a few options for technology that accepts bids and bills advertisers.…