Local Video Advertising Expected To Take Off

The online video ad market is expected to grow a lot within the next few years, and according to The Kelsey Group, small and medium-sized businesses will play a big part in this expansion.  Look for their contribution to increase from around $10.9 million in 2007 to $1.5 billion in 2012.

>1 Is The Lonliest Number

A lot of my recent speaking engagements at both Search Engine Strategies and SMX have been geared towards running an SEO company, dealing with a changing economic landscape and similar issues.  It is with this in mind that I got thinking about what separates one company from another.  There are many great SEO and SEM firms out there, I like to think that Beanstalk is…

Will Netflix Survive a Future Without DVDs?

There have been questions as to whether or not Netflix will be able to survive the future where DVDs are obsolete. Many don't think they will be able to compete with companies that offer downloadable and streaming movies via set top boxes.

Google Not Shy About Privacy

Last month I had reported that Ask.com had added a direct link to its privacy policy via a "Privacy" link conveniently placed on its homepage. It was observed that even Google didn't have the 'Privacy Link' and that this move might compel the search giant to do the same to their homepage too.