Yesterday Yahoo announced they are opening up the API to their new search platform (aka “Panama”). I caught up with Dan Boberg, Yahoo’s Managing Director of Sales Technology by phone yesterday to talk about this API announcement.

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Celebros provides site search, navigation and merchandising solutions for e-commerce websites. Recently, we had a chance to interview Celebros CEO Michael Crandell about site search in the world of online retail.

Vintage Tub and Bath sells unique bathrooms fixtures online. We had the chance to interview Allan Dick, Vintage Tub’s Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Plumbing Evangelist, about his experience growing a web business from startup to a specialty category leader.

We recently had the enjoyable opportunity to interview web analytics guru Avinash Kaushik.

Chris Ray of Money Management International shares advice and learnings from MMI’s successful December ’06 microsite, Regiftable.com.

Janie Downey, NEMOA’s new Executive Director, discusses NEMOA’s strategic direction, the printing and pager outlook — and munchkin costumes.

Diane Rinaldo, Yahoo Search Marketing’s Senior Director for Retail, describes the Panama launch and describes upcoming improvements including targeting, new ad formats, and new distribution options. Diane also offers advice for multichannel marketers.

Stephan Spencer of NetConcepts graciously shared his thoughts on SEO in an online interview with us.

I had an interview this evening with Benjamin Ling, Product Lead for Google Checkout. A few noteworthy points merited a quick blog entry.