There's been a lot going on in web news over the last few days, and there have been some things worth looking at that I haven't gotten a chance to cover, but I'd like to point out just in case you missed them.  Wordpress introduced a new subscriptions feature. "Let's say you're reading a blog on WordPress.com that you really enjoy — so much so you want to be notified when new posts are published so you remember to read them," Wordpress explains. "You can subscribe to this blog really ...

As reported earlier, Nokia has announced a new family of smartphones powered by the Symbian platform. The Nokia E7, C7 and C6 join the previously announced N8.  Depending on how well these devices sell, this could mean good things for the future of the Symbian platform, which itself has been greatly updated. This could also mean good things for marketers, as stats from Smaato indicate that the Symbian beats all other mobile operating systems when it comes to ads clicked (via Wired). Smaato ...

I intend to live blog portions of the Directional Media Strategies 2010 conference beginning today shortly after noon at 12:30pm, CST. So, check back here as I provide ongoing updates — I’m going to see how well I may be able to keep up with the stream, so long as my hands hold up! ——————————————-   *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Hello my friend and welcome to another ‘7 Days of Search and Social‘ . WOW… what can I say? The head was just a spinning between Google Instant and the LDA Tool fiasco..truly madness. After that, there was a handful of good posts and a WHACK of geeky reading. The vertical section? Check. The patent [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.Weekly Search & Social News: 09/14/2010

Feross Aboukhadijeh has quickly become something of an Internet celebrity thanks to his creation of YouTube Instant, which took him only several hours to create. Some don't think it's that big a deal, but clearly Google and YouTube do.  Aboukhadijeh, a Facebook intern, was offered a job by YouTube CEO Chad Hurley the other day, and yesterday went to YouTube headquarters, where he apparently accepted the job. On his blog, Aboukhadijeh writes, " I look forward to supporting and improving ...

Intel announced today that its investment arm, Intel Capital, has invested $30 million in four U.S. tech companies. These are Adaptive Computing, Ciranova, Joyent, and Nexant.  Utah-based Adaptive Computing is a provider of intelligent automation software for high- performance computing (HPC), data center and cloud environments. Intel Capital says Adaptive Computing products manage the world's largest computing installations and are the preferred intelligent automation solutions for the ...

So Google rolls out Instant Search and there are screams and cries that SEO is Dead, but hello did anybody think about the impact on commercial side of search? The sponsored results or Google AdWords? Being that paid results are taking up more and more of the space on Google’s results page, you need to [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.Google Instant AdWords Trouble

According to Nielsen data out this morning Microsoft’s Bing has passed Yahoo to become the number two search engine in the US. Nielsen says that Google’s August share is 65% (and growth is flat) but that Bing and Yahoo have now switched places: Although Google saw little change in its month-over-month search volume, it still dominates [...] *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

A review of Hotels.com's international search strategy including areas where it excels and other areas where it can be improved.Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.Competing in the Global Market for Online Travel

Czech privacy officials said Tuesday they have stopped Google from gathering new images to update its Street View mapping service. The Czech Office for Personal Data Protection (UOOU) turned down for a second time Google’s application to collect personal information in the central European country of 10.5 million, saying the process could break the law. UOOU spokeswoman Hana Stepankova told Reuters the decision would not keep Google from being able to use images already taken since the ...

Some of us SEOs work on clients websites. Some of us work on our own. Some of us, maybe many of us do both. There comes a point, in certain projects where things seem to either take a stale position or you seem to have less progress than what you may have hoped for. When [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.When Do You Pull The Plug On A Keyword?

Yelp recently won a case against a dentist who tried who sued the site over a negative review, claiming defamation and "deceptive acts and practices" under New York state law. The defamation part was pretty much old hat. This is not the first time someone has tried to sue the owners of a site (or even Yelp specifically) because they didn't like a review. The second part was new to the story, though the court still moved to dismiss it. Technology and intellectual property attorney Evan Brown writes ...

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Nokia has announced a new family of smartphones powered by the new Symbian platform. The devices are integrated with enhanced Ovi services and apps. They are the Nokia E7, the Nokia C7 and the Nokia C6.  The latest version of Symbian comes with over 250 new features such as HDMI support, multiple personalized home screens, multipoint touch, multitasking and "turbo charged" graphics. "We are thrilled that Nokia, the world's leading smartphone manufacturer, continues to recognize the power of ...

Google is the dominant force in Europe—there is no other search engine which even comes close to Google’s market share. As I wrote in my last article, Europe could use some competition for Google. Bing should be the designated search engine to become that big competitor, but for now that is not the case. Despite its [...] *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Social app developer Fan Appz has just announced that it has integrated its platform with Facebook Places. The company says this gives businesses "a powerful and easy way to create highly relevant offers based on a customer's offline activities." That doesn't sound bad.  This would be he first social marketing platform to integrate with Facebook Places, according to Fan Appz. It will allow consumer brands, retailers and local businesses to reach, engage and reward any customer that ...

ChaCha has launched a new MMS service for movie trailers, coupon images, rich media ads, and other video content to "virtually all phones". The service works on even the 75% of US mobile phones that aren't smartphones, the company says.  Known as an answers service, ChaCha will begin serving MMS ads to its users (ChaCha claims 15 million active monthly uniques). As mobile marketing becomes increasingly important, this might appeal to a range of advertisers.  "This is a big deal for ...

Steve Rubel kicked off a furore among the SEO community during the Google Instant launch event on wednesday last week, which most people were following on Youtube. The furore was specifically caused because he blogged a classic "SEO is dead" post - somewhat of a tradition among the bloggerati. Matt Cutts and Vanessa Fox were quick to respond and steer the discussion away from hysteria. Nonetheless, to give credit to where credit is due, Rubel honed in on the question on everyone's lips, "how does ...

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