Please join me in welcoming Aditya Agarwal as the new co-chair for the Search SIG. Aditya is Director of Engineering at Facebook, has deep experience in search, and brings great enthusiasm to the Search SIG.
Robert Tri, Co-Chair
Social Search
Will Community Wisdom Take Search and Discovery to the Next Level?
With your moderator Safa Rashtchy, join a lively discussion with
on what up-and-comers are doing to provide improved search and discovery capabilities through the wisdom of the crowd and how it will impact the overall consumer web search marketplace. We will address questions such as:
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Moderator Safa Rashtchy is well known for his expertise on search and for hosting the teen panel at Web 2.0 Summits and for his prescient investor analysis on the search space as Piper Jaffrey’s Managing Director for Global Internet Media.
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Date: July 8, 2008
Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm
Location: Cubberly Community Center, Room H-1, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Registration: http://www.sdforum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventID=13050
Using the Social Graph / Social Platforms to Enhance Search & Discovery
When: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008
Where: Yahoo! Main Campus, Sunnyvale, CA - Building C. Classroom 5.
Kevin Marks from Google
Aditya Argarwal from Facebook
Kent Brewster of Yahoo!
Eve Phillips CEO of Chirp
With Dave McClure moderating. This should be a good one!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8507947786
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/421044/
Register here: http://sdforum.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventID=12986
Hey, I know it’s been a long time. But we’re getting back up to speed with an awesome event.
Dude, Where’s My Car? Using the Social Graph / Social Platforms to Enhance Search & Discovery
When: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008
Where: Yahoo! Main Campus, Sunnyvale, CA - Building C. Classroom 5.
Who: Dave McClure will moderate! (more to come soon)
topics to cover:
- platform overviews / highlight unique features of each platform (API overview / features)
- explore social graph search / friend list lookup — as API feature (on platform vs embedded external)
- discuss targeted search vs serendipitous discovery (search box vs news feed)
- enabling friend lists / social graph lookup from email / IM / other data sources
- opportunities for 3rd-party developers — distribution / viral acquisition / monetization
- review privacy mgmt / data portability — high priority or not? alpha geek issue, or mainstream?
Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/421044/
Register for the event (these fill up fast!): http://sdforum.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventID=12986
Update!
This should be a good one! People search is fast becoming a leading vertical search category, with many different approaches to solve the problem. We have three of the leading thinkers in the game on our panel, plus Michael Arrington of TechCrunch Moderating. “Find yourself” at this awesome event!
Michael Tanne - CEO Wink
Jaideep Singh - CEO Spock
Bryan Burdick - COO ZoomInfo
Come and join us…
Time: 6:30 (registration) 7:00 (presentation)
Where: Building 43 - Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043
See you there!
Here it is on Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/183783/
Okay kids, we’re all set (or getting there)…
The next Search SIG is May 8th at Google. The topic is People Search. The panel includes Wink and Spock, at the moment, with more to come. Michael Arrington will be the moderator. It should be a great discussion about the hot, new, and burgeoning vertical search category of people search.
The hype:
Come and join us…
Time: 6:30 (registration) 7:00 (presentation)
Where: Building 43 - Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043
See you there!
Here it is on Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/183783/
Just an update. The next Search SIG will be May 8th. The subject is the burgeoning new vertical search space of people search.
Stay tuned for more information!
-beach
We have a great lineup of speakers for the product search panel. February 13, 2007
Chris Saito (Yahoo! Shopping)
David Weinrot (Shopzilla)
Siva Kumar (TheFind)
Neil Mayle (Dotted Pair)
The panel is next tuesday, at 6:30 PM at Yahoo! Main Campus, 701 First Ave. Sunnyvale Classrooms 4 & 5 in Building C
Register Now: http://www.sdforum.org/SDForum/Templates/CalendarEvent.aspx?CID=2085&mo=2&yr=2007
So it’s all set. The next SearchSIG will be on product search. The panel will have representatives from Yahoo! Shopping, Shopzilla, TheFind, and DottedPair. It will be moderated by Brian Smith of ComparisonEngines.com.
Expect a lively discussion on the future of product search, monetization, user experience, and technology. Yes, I said lively. These guys all have a different approach to guiding customers to and through their site to find the right product at the right price.
Product search engines were the first true vertical search applications. Anyone interested in vertical search, e-commerce, feed management, and advanced search user experiences should check this out.
When: February 13, 2007
Time: 6:30 (registration) 7:00 (presentation)
Where: Yahoo! Main Campus, 701 First Ave. Sunnyvale Classrooms 4 & 5 in Building C
Feel free to comment below or send me an email if you have suggested questions or topics that you’d like to cover.
beach [@] wink.com
Here is the upcoming.org event: http://upcoming.org/event/146278
I’ll update the blog with the final information tomorrow.
Thanks,
-beach
