Microsoft’s Pro Photo Summit

My pal Robert Scoble has a blog post up entitled "Is Microsoft Trying to Capture the Photography Market?" Robert's post is in part a reaction to Microsoft's invite only Pro Photo Summit which is taking place this week up on Wednesday and Thursday at Microsoft's campus in Redmond. Scoble is going to be attending as am I.

No Kids, No Votes, No Souls, on eBay

One thing we know about a culture based on money and trade: People will sell anything if allowed, and even when not allowed. eBay proved that point long ago and not half a year goes by without crazy stories of what people will buy and what they will sell. The latest: one German baby; one American Presidential vote.

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…