I think one of the ways you can sum up the idea of social media optimization and marketing is: “traffic alternatives to Google”.

Check out Jonathan Nelson’s blog today becuase I will be guest blogging for him over at Search N Sniff.

You need to consider yourself as a small business. This is how the government and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) view you.

Nielsen//NetRatings released a report on Tuesday revealing the top ten fastest growing online shopping destinations during the back-to-school rush. The results indicate that timing is important for targeting the right market; too early or too late gets an “F.” But the niche is rules them all.

I was checking out the latest release of the GT/Field mobile application from GTI. It was interesting to see that the company’s products are supported via a blogger weblog.

Google.org has been getting a fair amount of attention lately. “The philanthropic arm of Google” was formed in late 2004, and, unlike most charitable ventures, is a for-profit entity. Although that sounds somewhat troubling, a recent interview with Dr. Brilliant, the Google Foundation’s executive director, should put any fears to rest.

ClickZ reports the rise of online advertising is causing marketers to demand better data from cable networks.

Adam Curry’s Podshow Network has opened for business in the UK in a partnership with BT.

We have all experienced being singled out because of a mistake or a misdeed many times throughout our lives. But rarely do we get noticed for doing something good.

The tutorial from IBM’s developerWorks on using the C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT) for Eclipse received a refresh over the summer, and it merits a look from those who may have missed it since then.

A simple misclick, a nasty bit of malware, or, as a recent Apple commercial suggests, a clumsy coworker – these things all pose serious threats to your computer and the data it contains.

Heheh, a little cross-company smack talk going on over on the Virtual Earth blog.

The audio from my interview Monday with Shai Agassi, one of seven people on SAP’s executive board, is now up on Podtech.

Despite America’s reputation as a free society, the practice of banning books in schools and even some libraries has happened through the years. Google and the American Library Association will celebrate 25 years of Banned Books Week, September 23rd – 30th.

Java, Ruby, ASP.NET, PHP, Python, these languages all get the buzz when it comes to online application development. I am curious about why ColdFusion even matters today.

Microsoft’s Atlas, a set of tools and technologies designed to make coding in AJAX easier, has finally gotten a product name, or rather, a set of product names (AJAX is short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a popular mix of existing technologies).

Money. Startups need it, investors have it, and venture capital firms can bring them together. Though the prospect of composing a business plan and getting it in front of a VC might seem daunting, it could be well worth the effort.

Social media optimization is barely a buzzword, but that hasn’t stopped Omniture from adding a SMO tracking tools to its latest release of its SiteCatalyst web analytics package.

While Google appears to be convincing cable networks to display their content via Google Video, NBC has decided it wants to control the entire process itself.

Although a wireless transmitter is limited in its range, wireless extension points can be installed to boost its signal and make the range of the network much larger.

Bad is the new good. That seems to be the consensus of a handful of media executives trying to wrap their minds around this Web video thing. Where’s the control? How do we monetize it? When did low quality become high quality? How do you connect cheese to a carburetor?

Flash Player 9 for Linux made its public debut (finally) at a controlled demonstration during a conference. Meanwhile, a number of people have suggested ways that Ubuntu Christian Edition will work for its users.

If you’re establishing and promoting a video blog (vlog), then there are a few key people to talk to about it. One of those is Rocketboom’s Andrew Baron. WebProNews publisher Rich Ord caught up with Baron, and others, at VON 2006 during the “You’ve Got Video” session to find out how to set up a successful vlog.

Long Zheng has posted instructions for changing the options in the screensavers that come with Windows Vista RC1.