The Google Blog has a post on the Freakonomics guys giving a presentation that was apparently very popular at the Googleplex.

Jimmy has been warming up for his Wikimania Keynote on Larry Lessig’s blog, talking about 10 things that should be free.

Stephan Spencer has posted a good piece on buying text links to help promote your blog and to build it’s ranking in Search Engines …

Reuters: IBM is the latest major company to embrace podcasting. [...] The world’s largest computer company said on Friday …

I’m getting tired of this story. It was amusing for a minute or two, but seems to have stuck around far, far longer than it should have.

Thinking about blogging. Talk about an obvious choice of topic; but then again, it’s not really something many of us think about at all. We just do it.

“A car wreck with boobs.” This concise, yet substantive, review comes from CNN after the Dukes of Hazzard movie premiere.

An online business, as with any business, requires careful planning and consideration. It starts with asking the right questions and researching all the possible answers.

The tech industry journalism giant CNET moved on to Google’s “Do Not Call List” A recent story by CNET discussing the amount of personal information Google retains on its users has angered the search engine giant.

America Online said they purchased the online storage firm Xdrive for an undisclosed sum. The move was made to help meet the expanding needs of consumer who’s need for information storage continues to grow with the addition of photos, music and lots of other files, a number of which take up a fair amount of space.

Wikipedia’s Pope Benedict fiasco, where a user replaced the real papal photo with a pic of the Star Wars evil emperor, was the last straw says founder Jimmy Wales. Wikipedia’s not going to be so easy to edit anymore.

MusicFreedom presents another method for artists to get their music to fans without an intervening music label.

A Missouri man has been indicted under provisions of the recently passed Family Entertainment and Copyright Act.

Use action words in all your marketing materials. A call to action such as “call now,” “order now,” and “click here” can dramatically increase your sales. Motivate readers to do what you want them to do with action verbs. Give precise instructions. Tell them exactly what to do. Give them a direct order. Add an incentive or benefit to your order.

What is the best part of these Search Engine Strategies conferences? Is it the all of the helpful business information? Maybe it is the awesome parties.

IBM announced on Friday the launch of their fourth generation silicon-germanium (SiGe) foundry technology named 8HP. The new chip has more than twice the performance of the previous products.

I just got off the phone with Michael Fortin, one of the top copywriters and conversion experts on the web.

More details of Dr. Lee’s employment contract have come to light, detailing an arrangement that benefits him no matter how the non-compete case ends.

Why go to San Jose in August? A chance to learn about the latest and greatest ways to benefit from the potential offered by search engines, that’s why.

China’s biggest search engine, Beijing’s Baidu.com launched its initial public offering (IPO) selling at $27 per American depository share (ADS).

Remember back in grade school when the teacher asked you to hold hands with a friend on field trips?

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