Networking Online Inspiring Groups to Take it Offline

A growing trend in the online world and social media in general is the proliferation of social groups and networks that are taking their services and members offline. Businesses like Yelp, Biznik and many others are looking for ways to maintain their user base and gain new customers. In some cases the company holds sanctioned events and group networking meetings, but members often take it…

Using Social Media To Market

Yahoo has some suggestions for using social media to market one's website. With a little planning, the Diggs and Flickrs of the world can provide a boost.

AdSense Corners The Ad Format

Members of Google's AdSense network now have options to go "edgy or bubbly" with their ad units, assuming they display corners at all.

Skrenta Cedes CEO Role At Topix

VP of marketing Chris Tolles will take Rich Skrenta's CEO job running news-aggregating site Topix, with Skrenta taking over management of the Topix board of directors.

iPhone: The Pre-Launch Aftermath

Love it or hate it or sick of it, Apple's iPhone is a hit before it hits, with searches for information spiking hundreds of percent, people lining up outside stores, old men complaining about it just as the rate plans are announced, three full days before the thing actually launches.