SEO as search engine optimization is commonly called, is my main business. My blog provides information, and helps others to succeed. That is the purpose of the blog.

Another Hollywood player, Lions Gate Home Entertainment, will release its next generation DVDs under the Blu-ray format.

Apparently, the ability to make lemons into lemonade is one of Google’s strong points, or it could be they are living by the whole “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” thing.

A Torrance, CA e-commerce software firm will include the SEO Catalog Generator in an upcoming release.

Google’s name gets in the news a lot. They are the dominant search engine in the industry. They’ve undertaken a lot of goals and sometimes, regardless of intent, the perception appears that a company like Google has done something wrong. It comes down to being able to control one’s image.

A recent security update to the Mac OS X platform has inexplicably rendered 64-bit apps unusable.

American Online (AOL) rolled a package deal on Thursday with the update to AIM 5.9, AIM.com and a new companion screen AIM Today. This launch was worldwide and it launched flawlessly or did it?

If you run a site that features a great deal of content, having an effective site search function can be a deal breaker for visitors and for potential customers.

Last week the big news was that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp was in talks to acquire an established but unnamed entity.

Google has filed a request with SEC regulators that would allow the search engine to sell 14.16 million shares of class A common stock. The filing was completed today (8-18-05).

A very much ex-AOL employee will spend 15 months enjoying the hospitality of the federal penal system.

When it comes to writing optimized content, there are a number of resources and experts worth consulting. One of the more known being Jill Whalen of HighRankings.com (and Search Creative). Last Thursday, Mike and I had the opportunity to speak with Jill to get her opinions on a number of topics like content optimization and her impression of this year’s conference.

Just when you hear rumors that Google is branching out into other things, a tidbit comes your way that transforms a rumor into near prophecy. Google announced this morning that it would be selling up to 14.16 million shares of Class A common stock to free up $4 billion in capital for “general corporate purposes.”

The Yahoo search blog says the new Yahoo Messenger and an updated Toolbar contain support for the Y!Q Contextual Search function.

One of the biggest challenges in selling professional services is that what you are offering is intangible.

A new option that will let users immediately report “objectionable content” to Blogger works by clicking the Flag button.

Qualcomm announced that it has acquired mobile content delivery software provider Elata for $57 million in cash. Elata is based in the United Kingdom.

After doing some surfing, Brad Hill over at theunofficialgooglweblog picked up on a Wired article about click fraud. The article by Adam Penenberg may have opened up a can of worms by suggesting search companies like Google and Yahoo Overture have no interest in stopping click fraud.

Infomosaic announced the release of the Mac OS X version of its SecureXML Digital Signature Java applet, which is compliant with W3C standards.

Yahoo officially launched their Music Unlimited music service today with a multimedia ad campaign called “This Is Huge” and it features a lot of music and the “Mini-Pop” stars that sing them.

Computer industry giants Dell and Microsoft are tag teaming with National Lampoon Network (NLN) to wade through college campuses looking for talent. Online entertainment community TalentMatch joined them as they search for the next big star during the “Dis-Orientation Casting Tour.”

Quite a few little applications can help search engine marketing efforts; this is a quick look at a few.