In my grandparent’s basement, on the wall, there are pictures of ugly, frowning people, relatives of mine, in that ghostly, milky sepia coloring all those 19th Century photos have. They’re dead, those people, and some part of them is part of me – but if they had ever spoken to me through those dusty frames (and I imagined they did), Great Great Grandfather would be dead twice, his second life smashed on the mantle.

Apparently, bickering about semantics, titles and descriptions is a popular past time once again… either that or some bloggers have too much time on their hands. In case you missed it, a number of bloggers launched a crusade against the …

CompUSA has announced three promotions for the Windows Vista launch next week.

Everyone has brands that they are passionate about.

Google Image Search has undergone a mild facelift, and the search results page is no longer cluttered with text about pictures’ dimensions, file sizes, and url sources. That information is less than a mouse click away, however – positioning your cursor over an image will cause all of the info to appear in a familiar blue box.

Google has announced a second limited test run of its music video/AdSense program, distributing videos from Sony BMG and Warner Music that contain ads.

SpiralFrog – a startup that said it would launch a music-download service supported totally by advertising – seems to be on the verge of joining the Web 2.0 dead pool, according to this report from Cnet.

This Thursday I’ll be doing an audio conference as part of Bulldog Reporter’s PR University on search engine optimization and public relations.

Whenever you use a Button or LinkButton it is because you want to be able to do a postback when it is clicked.

SEO Question: What is a reasonable price to pay for professional SEO services?

This is a post I made in an old blog over a year ago, but that blog no longer exists and I had to go hunting for this information again today.

I honestly don’t know *exactly* how they might have done things differently, but Google’s ubiquity is causing a major workflow nightmare for me, and I’m sure many other users.

China is on pace to surpass the number of Internet users in the U.S. Last year the country had a 23 percent increase in Internet users brining the total to 137 million.

Sara Holoubek at DM News has written an ode to the Yahoo! inventory tool. For a long time it was an considered to be a vital tool.

When I teach my copywriters and other coaching students how to package themselves, I use a specific formula to get them from “ground zero” to a “complete package.”

Medialink, a producer and distributor of short form video and audio has announced it will use Brightcove Internet TV to distribute video content to its clients on the Web. The content produced by Medialink will contain source disclosure and contact details for users to learn more about products and services featured in the video clips.

These tips are ideas that I have used successfully and often recommend to other creative entrepreneurs.

Anheuser-Busch has announced it will launch a new online entertainment network on February 4, Super Bowl Sunday called Bud.TV The site will feature content similar to late night TV. They have also teamed with Aristotle Inc., based in Washington, D.C. to implement an age verificication system for the online network.

Fortune magazine senior editor David Kirkpatrick is just out with an article on the future of Second Life, noting:

The blog advertising network operated by Performancing will shut down by the end of January, with lack of funds for investment cited as the cause.

Consumer groups from France and Germany have joined a European coalition aimed at forcing Apple to make files downloaded from its iTunes music store compatible with digital music players manufactured by competing companies.

Out of the top 10 most-searched search engines ranked by Nielsen//NetRatings, only one had negative growth in December. Can you guess which one? Here’s a hint: it starts with M, ends in N, has an S in the middle, and is down in search market share almost another 10 percent.

When I talk to veteran marketers, some of them are concerned about the changes they must make to adapt to the Internet.

MySQL Server is the most widely used database management system in the world, primarily because it is open source and free.