Google No Longer A Quiet Giant

Seemingly gone is the company that did one thing and did it well, and tried in earnest not to talk about that one thing done well. Google is dipping into many wells these days, but the biggest change is perhaps how forthcoming Google has been recently.

Some Good Advice: Google Prospective Executives

In this PR photo for BlueFreeway, a digital marketing company, Bill Emden looks like an ordinary Joe, apparently with digital marketing savvy to head up the company's Southeast Asian division. Perhaps since HR doesn't appear to have googled him, they expect Southeast Asia to offer the same discretion.

SMX: Measurements You Missed

Spend a day at a retail store, and you'll see all sorts of people forgetting parts of mental three- or four-item shopping lists.  Since SEO is a little more complicated than picking up milk, an SMX session looked at things that can slip by.

SMX: You And A With Matt Cutts

In the session "You and A with Matt Cutts," Danny Sullivan and Matt started off by talking about the Lyndon Antcliff story involving a 13 year-old boy who stole his dad's credit card to buy hookers. The story was widely reported and later revealed to be a hoax that was used as link bait.(Coverage of the SMX Advanced Conference continues at Webproworld Videos. Keep an eye…

Microsoft Might Need $42 For Yahoo

If Steve Ballmer decides to give in to pressure from his fellow billionaires and return to negotiations with Yahoo, the magic price per share may need to be higher than even Yahoo's $37 demand.