To maintain its access to the world’s fastest growing Internet-using population, the search advertising company agreed to adhere to Chinese regulations on free speech.

I had already been pondering the surge in popularity of online video when Steve Rubel wrote today about the “Big Bang” that occurred when Apple began selling TV series episodes and other video content through its iTunes store.

It’s not a typo, it’s a book derived from a blog or website; some pretty cool judges will help dish out $4,000 in prize money to the winners of the Lulu Blooker Award.

Dwight Silverman is pointing to another collaborative news site.

Even if you were content to be #2 in the search space, would you actually admit it? Well, that’s exactly what Yahoo just did.

If you don’t, it could be that those who do are actually preoccupied with moving messages from one point to another using simple tactics like broadcast plugs, brochures and press releases.

As a newcomer to the world of search engine optimization and marketing, I’ve thought about what aspects of my life have best prepared me for Oneupweb.

With the release of the newest version of Windows, Vista, coming very soon, Microsoft has been talking a lot about the new operating system. In the midst of all this discussion though, a key part of it, Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), currently in an internal beta format, surfaced on the net. Yet again, Microsoft seems to be exposed.

IBM plans to make the latest Lotus Notes client compatible with Mac OS X, in a move that could capitalize on the inherent anti-Microsoft sentiment typical in the Apple user base.

Ken Ross, general manager for MSN search, posted about MSN’s cooperation with the Department of Justice subpoenas, but quite a few commenters disagree with the company’s stance.

Brandchannel.com has come out with its survey results of the top brands worldwide, and Google has retaken the top spot, winning for the third time in four years, interrupted only by a brief unseating by Apple last year.

I’ve waited several days and thought quite a bit before saying anything about the Department of Justice asking search engines for search data.

I had a chance to chat with PRWeek for their recent issue.

Teenage Internet users are as likely as other users to send and receive email even if they often disparage the medium as something for “old people,” according to a report released by Pew/Internet & American Life Project.

Asking people directly what they think can confuse them and lead them to make poor choices. Giving them too much choice makes them choose less, and regret the choices they make.

ClickZ has details of a new study that suggest more marketers are shifting marketing dollars from mass branding to targeted online channels.

Source code for IBM’s Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) now has a home on SourceForge, as IBM invites developers everywhere to take a shot at the concept of knowledge discovery.

The mainstream media smelled the blood in the water and rushed to cover the now-public battle between the Department of Justice and Google over giving the government access to reams of search data.

Spain and Chile receive the first Yahoo research offices in Europe and South America, as the company attempts to chase down Google in the search market.

It’s probably not too late to register for Frost & Sullivan’s 2nd Annual Internet Marketing Strategies 2006, this Thursday and Friday in Phoenix.

Weird noises from your hard drive and you’re not sure what they mean?

The popular Australian-based travel site makes a sea change on February 1st: the debut of graphical advertising on the website.

A thoughtful article on Friday by Richard Sambrook, director of global news at the BBC, on how the internet is disintermediating news:

Businesses small and large have a growing concern over cybercrime, and for good reason.