Marketing Pilgrim

Did you miss me yesterday? What do you mean you didn’t even notice I was gone? Well, I’ll make it up to you with these hot news items.

• The Gmail version of Google Talk just added new features including “smiley” and group chat. Smileys? I ask you, who still uses smileys?
• Reuters wants you to know that Dell will soon sell Google Search Appliances. I guess they need to read Marketing Pilgrim more often.
• It’s time to take the SEMPO annual “state of the market” survey and tell the world how much you plan on spending on search next year. If you need further motivation, one lucky participant will win $1000.
• It only took 13 months of closed testing, but Amazon is now ready to open Askville to the general public. Don’t all rush at once, you’ll crash their server.