Is Your Email Marketing Software Hurting Your Business?

Ten years ago I started my first online business venture out of the basement office of my home. I put together a Web site selling scrapbook products on my wife's suggestion that scrapbooking was emerging as a hot niche in the crafting industry.

Microsoft Is The Worlds Greatest SEO

If you've been watching http://blogs.msdn.com/ which is where most of the Microsoft employees blog, you've seen at least a dozen mentions today of Microsoft's new "Blend." I only let one of these through to my Link Blog, but I was just realizing how brilliant this is.

Google Lags In Public Research

Earlier this week, John Battelle took a look at "the practice of academic publishing in the field of search," and more specifically, at how many papers were submitted by each of the major search companies at a recent conference. The results: it seems as if Google doesn't play well with others, at least as far as research papers are concerned.

Trust in Search! Dinner

At Search Engine Strategies conferences there are always after-conference events and last night was no exception.

Why Getting Great “A” Talent is Hard

All companies really want to hire the best and brightest; the best ones that they can find that meet the criteria of the job, would seem to fit into the organization, and has the ability to actually do the job.