Monday, June 30, 2008

Local and the Future of Ad Serving

Last week I had two separate conversations that were very interesting thematically; both involved Yahoo! The first was with ShopLocal and the second was with Yahoo! itself regarding its deal with Publicis (specifically about mobile). The ShopLocal meeting was in part a discussion of the companyĆ¢€™s recent Yahoo! deal and the mechanics of the dynamic ad serving and distribution of retailer content. Similarly, in the Publicis mobile case, Yahoo!Ć¢€™s platform is now going to determine the right ad t