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]

I think I’ve researched every WordPress SEO plugin in existence. The list I amassed was daunting. I had plugin anxiety. All In One SEO Pack or Platinum SEO? Many of them had features that overlapped. The thought of having to install all those plugins and to get them to work ...[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]

Recently, Britta Meyer of Eurekster, which makes an embeddable custom social search portal called a "Swicki", posed a question on LinkedIn about how one would go about defining a social media marketing roadmap, and how you would prioritize each social media channel. There is no cookie cutter approach to social ...[Read more]

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]

by Lorna Li Search engine marketers, bloggers, and social media fanatics wore their favorite hats at Search Marketing Salon's "Wear Your Favorite Hat" Launch party at the chic and intimate Otis Lounge in San Francisco. Tips were swapped, secrets were traded, and product ideas were bounced around that would take ...[Read more]

Starbucks Ideas has been live for about 2 weeks and already customers have had plenty to say about what they expect from the world's largest chain of coffee shops. The move to launch a website that allows anyone to post ideas about how Starbucks can improve its service offering is part ...[Read more]

It's time to wear your favorite hat, because Search Marketing Salon launches this Thursday. White hats, grey hats, and black hats are welcome - we do not discriminate. If you are obsessed about search engine rankings, gaga about the SEO benefits of social media, and have a tale or two to ...[Read more]