Fantastic video that communicates the explosive grown of the social web. 1.73 Billion Internet users wordwide (2009) 90 Trillion Emails sent in 2009 247 Billion emails sent daily 200 Billion of which are spam emails 234 Million websites 27.3 Million tweets a day 260 Billion Facebook page views a month 1 Billion YouTube videos served a day 126 Million ...[Read more]

Face it, we've all been there. You're a paying customer, you have a legitimate problem that the big, faceless corporation refuses to address. The hours being put on hold, the paperwork, red tape, and maddening bureaucracy, the endless navigation of phone systems, and repeating your story over and over again, ...[Read more]

So I'm in the process of teaching someone how to create her first blog on WordPress.com. This is an eye-opening exercise in working with someone who is not computer literate or Web-savvy. Granted she is a Native American elder, healer, and ceremonial leader. Hey, we all have our gifts, and ...[Read more]

This is a great video y Ian Lurie of Conversation Marketing on how to use Google Analytics to interpret data from your search engine marketing campaigns. The three most important pieces of information you will want to understand from your traffic statistics are: Keyword data: Which keywords are driving the most ...[Read more]

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Lately I've taken to using Flock, the Social Web Browser, because it consolidates and simplifies my social web lifestyle. Today, Flock just got better. For Earth Day 2008, Flock launched the Eco-Edition of the Flock browser that delivers the latest environmental and sustainable living content to eco-minded social media ...[Read more]

Last week's Net Tuesday in San Francisco featured Maryrose Dunton, the Head of User Experience at YouTube,, who spoke about YouTube's Nonprofit Program.The YouTube Nonprofit Program, is an in-kind donation by YouTube to the nonprofit sector that's worth about $20 million. Currently available to established 501(c)(3)s, YouTube offers participating ...[Read more]

Back in April, in my post Top 5 Reasons You Know You're In a Tech Bubble I pondered the bub.blicio.us state of the Web 2.0 economy, and we were perhaps, ignoring the omens of technology bubble about to burst. Reason #6 You see a Silicon Valley music video on YouTube about the ...[Read more]

As environmental and student groups rally for Congress to adopt strong fuel efficiency and renewable electricity standards in 2007's New Energy Bill, the Big Three Auto Makers in America - General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler - are spending millions to convince Congress and the public that 35 mpg ...[Read more]

At the urging of the nuclear power industry, a one-sentence provision buried deep in the Senate’s recently passed energy bill can essentially make builders of new nuclear plants eligible for tens of billions of dollars in government loan guarantees. Under current law, the government is only allowed to guarantee a volume ...[Read more]