Amanda Natividad
Jun 22, 2010 9:50 PM
Looks like all the hoopla Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) made when signing Drake as a performer at its Bing event may have been all for naught—there’s nary a hipster in West Hollywood’s SoHo House. Kidding aside, SVP Yusuf Mehdi unveiled, as expected, improved results for entertainment search queries. The main goal…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jun 9, 2010 12:30 PM
Bing is still very much a work in progress, SVP Yusuf Mehdi told Search Engine Land‘s Danny Sullivan at the SMX Advanced Conference in Seattle—the same venue Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) used to officially relaunch its search engine a year ago. While Mehdi said the first year “was a good start”…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jul 29, 2009 5:00 PM
Yahoo’s Hilary Schneider and Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi spent months making today’s search and advertising deal happen—and they’ll spend countless hours making it work. In between, they spent some time explaining to paidContent’s Staci D. Kramer, David Kaplan and Joseph Tartakoff some gaps like display advertising; some details, including whether the…
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Amanda Natividad
Sep 29, 2008 10:31 PM
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) vet Yusuf Mehdi will now lead much of the company’s online services, including marketing, business development, product management for MSN, and search, according to Kara at AllThingsD. However, CEO Steve Ballmer has yet to appoint an overall replacement for Kevin Johnson, who left his post as president…
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