Are you still nonchalent when it comes to tracking negative consumer-generated media?

Is it me, or is everyone podcasting these days?

Adrants has a great round-up of the Web Marketing Association’s (WMA) Internet Standards Assessment Report.

A new study by the Center for Survey Research at the University of Connecticut suiggest 65% of Americans oppose government monitoring of search behavior with 50% saying search engines should not turn over any information to the government.

Two interesting business events that might appear separate but are in fact closely related:

After reading Steve Rubel’s commentary on a new study that suggests less than 5% of bloggers act like real journalists, I asked myself “who’s actually defining bloggers?”

I’ve been saying for a long time that the race for “relevance” among search engines is over.

An annual survey conducted by IT Analytics firm Outsell Inc. concludes that just over 80% of advertisers are using some form of Internet Marketing with a definite emphasis on search marketing.

A few things on Google today that I decided to roundup all in one post:

A lot of numbers seem to get thrown around the searchblogosphere. I closely follow a shorter list of numbers that matter.

New SEMPO study, via MarketingVOX, shows a 44% jump in search engine marketing spend with $5.75 billion spent in 2005.

The release of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 on November 7th 2005 created a buzz around the office for IT professionals.

In a study that is both interesting and destined to get more attention than it should, A Couple of Chicks Marketing has published the findings of a 125-student survey on search engine use and online travel brands.

According to a study performed at UMBC eBiquity Research Group at the University of Maryland, nearly three out of every four pings to blog ping servers are from splogs – or what they’re calling spings!

If your company is not aggressively conducting efforts that will increase your search engine traffic, then it is time to get in the game!

Part of your CCNA / CCNP education is deciding what network topology to use when you’re putting together your home lab.

Have you ever Googled for a shrimp curry recipe? Exclaimed “Yahoo!” when you found the complete discography of your favorite Scandinavian-folk-rap artist …

Having animated characters on your website can be a good way to increase your conversion and sales.

People in the U.S. still read and write email more than they search, but the gap between the two activities has narrowed as nearly 60 million adults use search every day.

A recent study shows that a majority of companies (64%) fail to implement some or all of their SEO company’s recommendations.

Bridge Ratings has found that 4.8 million persons have at some time during 2005 downloaded a podcast, up from 820,000 in 2004.