Iran Bans Western Web Sites

Google Eyes Portugal, Africa

In America, Google is pretty much omnipresent. Elsewhere in the world . . . well, it's getting there. The search engine company has announced plans to enter Portugal in order to access the African market indirectly.

Mainstream Pubs Encourage User Content

Lately I've noticed a few mainstream web publications making concerted efforts to solicit user generated content. Enabling consumers to submit news gives media access to millions of potential stories they might otherwise not know about, or not have a scoop on.

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.