The countdown is on …. and this blog post is just a reminder for those of us n the Northeast. Search Marketing Expo East (or SMX East), the search engine trade show from Danny Sullivan (and company’s) Search Engine Land (and Sphinn ) comes to New York City in less than two weeks. The ’show’ will be held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center from October 5th through the 7th. The complete agenda has been posted here and you can still register here . Face to face wins the race. I seriously doubt there are too many people that would argue the fact that networking in person can be a lot more productive (and enjoyable) than sitting behind a computer screen on various social networks. This is one of those opportunities for those of us in the Northeast that practice within and/or ‘keep an eye on’ the search engine landscape …. and more. There have been a lot of changes in search this year. Most notably Yahoo! dropping their search efforts entirely (soon to be partnered with Microsoft’s Bing for results). Google is always making changes. The industry is very simply more dynamic than ever. Bottom line? In my humble opinion … If you’re a web advertiser, SEO, ad agency, or Internet marketer of any kind, you should be there.
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A few days ago, Yahoo! announced the launch of Flickr Galleries . According to a press post this evening, over 25,000 galleries have already been produced by Flickr users. Even more interesting in the multifaceted weekend corporate post was the fact that Flickr now hosts over 3.4 billion photos. (That’s billion … with a ‘b’). Indeed, I have often told friends and colleagues that I use Flickr more for viewing than posting. Example: Looking at a particular travel destination? Why not look at a few photos from a few people that have actually been there? There’s a (very) good chance you’ll find them on Flickr. With the increase in mobile uploads from a variety of smart (and semi-smart) phones, it’s getting to a point where there’s a picture of almost everything on Flickr. (This may be getting a little creepy 
Some of the photos are interesting, some fun, others amazing, and while there are numerous competitors, it’s safe to say most professional photographers maintain some presence on Yahoo’s photo sharing website. Noted photographer Thomas Hawk recently blogged about his 30,000th upload to Flickr (despite the fact that he started his own competing site some time ago). Yahoo’s press piece this evening also makes mention of the retiring of all older versions of Yahoo! Messenger on September 30th with users needing to upgrade to version 8 or higher to be able to continue using the service. Details on the Yahoo! Messenger migration and ‘Yahoo! Messenger on the Web’ are now posted on the Messenger blog here . The late Friday post from Sunnyvale also includes Yahoo’s salute to pirates (Hmm…) ….. and a cooperative Yahoo / Kodak tribute to Hispanic Heritage Month. The complete post can be found here .