Henry Hall

Henry Hall, a senior product manager in the Online Services Group at Microsoft Corp., is responsible for product management and planning for Image and Video Search. He joined Microsoft in 2001 and has held a variety of product management and planning roles in innovative consumer electronics and Web-based products, including UltimateTV, MSN Autos, MSN House & Home, Windows Live Expo, Windows Live Local and Virtual Earth.

Before coming to Microsoft, Hall was a program manager with Netscape Communications, where he was responsible for helping develop its consumer Internet strategy and partner management. Before that, he was a business development and marketing manager with the Chicago Tribune, where he led numerous marketing and strategy projects for publishing and online initiatives. He was also on the founding team of Cars.com, a Tribune joint venture.

Hall earned a bachelor of arts degree from Howard University and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Title: Senior Product Manager, Live Search
Affiliation: Microsoft Corp
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  • Tuesday 03/24/2009 16:30 - 17:30
  • SES Mobile 2009 / Video SEO

  • According to comScore, nearly 139 million U.S. Internet users watched an average of 83 videos per viewer in March 2008, viewing a total of 11.5 billion online videos during the month. However, the average YouTube video receives only 100 views a year. This makes optimizing video for YouTube one of the biggest opportunities in the fast-changing and complex world of search. This session will look at how video search engine optimization (VSEO) has become the most important new use of search engine optimization today.