LG Drops iPhone Competitor, Web Yawns

Seoul, Korea-based LG Electronics was noticeably quiet last week when Apple revealed iPhone to the world. Bloggers had noted a mystery touch-screen phone produced by LG that was strikingly similar a month ago. LG announced the KE850 Prada today, but don't expect to see it in the US.

SEMPO Brings SEM Survey to Europe

The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) is a group focused on better understanding the role of search in the marketing landscape, as well as developing best practices for search engine marketing professionals employed throughout the industry.

UK Hangs Search Engines Out To Dry

Search engine companies are out of luck, at least for the time being; the British government has announced that it will not support "a change to the UK E-commerce Regulations which would give greater legal protection to search engines and other intermediaries." A European Commission review will decide the matter instead.

Favorite WordPress Tricks and Plugins

After having Problogger.net's - Darren Rowse on my show and Matt Mullenweg (wordpress creator) on the show last week I thought I would keep with the blog theme and share my favorite tricks and plugins that I do with my blog.

Malls Should Make Ready For Google Billboards

Google is a very powerful Internet company, but it's still, for the most part, just an Internet company; consumers aren't very likely to encounter the search engine and advertising giant unless they're near a computer. That may change, though, given some recent patents that relate to digital billboard technology.