Give Google A Kiss

A full 50 percent of top-gaining searches this afternoon seem to be related to St. Patrick's Day. At least that's the way it was this afternoon. And before the end of this post, you'll have what you need to participate!Other notables from Google's Hot Trends list included searches for the Bear Sterns situation, but more interest was shown in finding a March Madness NCAA basketball…

Search Market Was A Big Spender In 2007

SEMPO, today released the results of its annual State of the Market Survey and the results indicate that the search marketing industry has exceeded the project spending allocations that were expected in 2007 and that the overall consensus from marketers it that the industry will continue to positive growth.Here are key findings from SEMPO's State of the Market Survey:

An eBusiness Tribute To St. Patty

It's that time of year again, the time of year it's perfectly acceptable to do a bit of drinking in honor of the saint that drove the snakes out of Ireland, in honor of luck or lack thereof, in honor of the Emerald Isle most of us have only seen in pictures but have vowed to travel to one day whether we have relatives there…

News And Media Crowd Fond Of Yahoo Buzz

New Hitwise statistics create an interesting comparison between Digg and Yahoo Buzz.  Depending on which side of the "blogs and personal websites" and "news and media" divide a site stands, it seems the second entity is either almost worthless or nearly as valuable as the first.

Google’s R&D Budget On The Rise

Various arms of Google are, at the very least, attempting to take pictures of the entire world, solve the oil crisis, and inspire moon landings.  It's no wonder, then, that the central company increased its 2007 research and development budget by a considerable amount.