SMX East: Tools, Glorious Tools

SMX East: Assessing The Googleopoly

Google's big and getting bigger, as firms like comScore and Hitwise can confirm.  Then there's its pending deal with Yahoo to consider.  So a session at SMX East addressed the question of whether Google is a monopoly, and what can and should be done about the issue.

MySpace and HP Work on Printing Your Profile Photos

MySpace and HP have teamed up on a deal that will see HP printing technology used across multiple areas on MySpace, including all photo sections. You will be able to easily print pictures from not only people's profile photos, but ones that are inserted into blog posts, comments, messages, etc.  The first stage of the partnership is anticipated to include an HP branded print button…

Facebook Launches Microsoft Live Search Integration…

Facebook temporarily launched Microsoft Live Search integration with its site before removing it a short time later. It's unclear why the feature has been removed, but the post announcing it on the Facebook Blog was removed as well, so I'm guessing it wasn't quite ready for primetime, and they goofed.

SMX East: Handling CSS, Ajax, And SEO

Since most relevant recommendations are presented as and relate to standard English words, it's not too hard to understand most of the SEO basics.  But stuff relating to CSS and Ajax can get a little confusing, so a session at SMX East tried to focus on a few tips and tricks.