On the heels of yesterday’s poll about why agencies would discontinue working with clients, I think it’s important to consider what makes a successful client engagement.

Google will be teaming with a consortium of 19 universities, national labs and private foundations to build the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). The LSST is scheduled to commence operation by 2013.

Mark my words, the popularity of Microsoft’s “points” system (aka “Xbox 360 achievements”) is going to be how Microsoft comes back against Google and Yahoo.

The family of James Kim, the CNet editor who passed away in November in an effort to save his stranded family, has set up an online auction to raise money for the James Kim Memorial Fund, established to support his bereft family.

It makes me smile when I see those that make up the search industry – the engines – acknowledge what it is making it go – the people. Most of this brotherly support comes in the form of blogs and …

The seemingly successful Google Tips prompts that have been appearing at the top of organic search results will be retiring for the time being. While Google has not officially acknowledged these actions, the fact they are no longer appearing speaks …

A new GPS manufacturer is the first to add an in-car local search engine to its features, and the umpteenth millionth company to issue a rotten press release. But let’s stick to the good news. Dash Navigation’s soon-to-be-released GPS device will feature Yahoo! Local search.

Google’s added a nifty little tool to Google Reader that allows you to view stats on your RSS reading trends.

World Digital Media Group, L.L.C., (WDMG) today announced a partnership with LYCOS, Inc. to become the first music content provider for its newly launched proprietary entertainment platform Lycos Cinema.

If you’re too lazy to compile your own list of the best search marketing blogs out there, never fear.

In general 10 Gigabit Ethernet links are deployed in parts of an enterprise or service provider network where large numbers of Gigabit Ethernet links are being aggregated.

I have been watching the latest spat against Google for offering “tips” on services and products that they offer, when some web searches are input into Google.

China Mobile and Google have announced a partnership aimed at providing mobile and Internet search services in China. They will provide Chinese Mobile users with mobile search products and services in order to find relevant content on their cellular phones.

In 2006, we saw a lot of energy and interest in user generated content.

A few days ago, 901am.com got the scoop that Blogsmith was going to be released to the public early in 2007.

It’s a new year, and perhaps one of your resolutions is to get more organized. Using a calendar would certainly help with that, right? If you’re in the mood to play “Follow the Leader,” new data indicates that you’ll likely select Google Calendar – it just surpassed MSN Calendar in terms of traffic, and looks poised to catch up with Yahoo Calendar.

Soon, I’m facing a new project where the need for up-to-date currency exchanges is crucial.

A court in Brazil has just ordered the shut down of Google’s YouTube for failing to remove a celebrity sex video from the site.

Disney will launch a new site next week focused on social networking for kids. The site will be similar to MySpace.com but will have parental controls and feature chat and video clips. Analysts are skeptical about the success of the site despite the strong brand behind it.

Too often a business assumes that IP based solutions are the best choice to satisfy their communication requirements.

There was a great post by Andy Beal about Five Secret Strategies to Add $1M in Revenue to your Interactive Marketing Agency in 2007.

With customer attention span becoming shorter and shorter, e-commerce businesses and small online entrepreneurs alike are looking for creative and innovative ways to capture their audience more than ever.

Despite the contention that more Internet usage equals less time in front of the television, CBS has found more online connectivity equals more engagement with lucrative primetime broadcasts.

As an e-commerce journalist, my inbox is flooded with press releases. I choose, maybe, two percent of them to cover. That’s a generous estimate. Why so few? Sometimes it’s because of a plate already full, or an irrelevant or uninteresting topic (so-and-so promoted to VP of something or other). But most of the time, it’s because of poor writing.