How Bad Times Are Good Times For Small Business

Bankruptcies are the highest they’ve been since 2001, a million people have lost their jobs, and small businesses got the stimulus package shaft. And that’s the good news. It’s all good news, says Mark Deo, executive director of The Small Business Advisory Network and author of The Rules of Attraction: Fourteen Practical Rules to Help Get the Right Clients, Talent and Resources to Come to…

Twitter Search Far From Perfect

Twitter may be rocking Google's world, but what about Twitter's world? There has been a lot of hype surrounding Twitter search (and real-time search in general) as the way search is going.

Facebook Top Display Ad Publisher In UK

comScore has announced the launch of its ad tracking service, Ad Metrix within the U.K. The service offers details about where display ads are viewed online and the demographic information of the audience reached. Ad Metrix also captures multiple varieties of display advertising, including banner ads, rich media and video ads.

Google Offers Glimpse of Google Apps Script

Google announced this week that it has launched a limited test of a new feature, which lets people add customization and automation to Google Apps, starting with spreadsheets in Google Docs. They call this Google Apps Script. Google Apps Script lets users automate spreadsheet actions, like reading and changing values in cells and ranges, changing formats and formulas, and creating custom functions. It also allows…

A Less Familiar Corner of Social Networking

We all know that social networking is where it's at these days, but it's not all about the ones everybody knows - the Facebooks, the MySpaces, the Twitters, etc. At the recent Social Media Club gathering in Louisville, Chris Brogan discussed what he calls "velvet rope" social networks. Have you ever participated in an exclusive social network? Discuss your experience.