1000 Pizzas for Google

A company by the name of CambrianHouse got some free press by getting 1000 pizzas to Google employees on the Google campus – bypassing security. So it looks like CambrianHouse has set the bar on outrageous press stunts in the social media industry. Now… I...

Google Cracks Down on Link Buying

This week the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog announced an addition to Google’s spam reporting form for people to report sites that appear to be buying paid links in order to influence search engine rankings. This addition ties in with Matt Cutt’s...

What is FeedBurner? Wallstrip Interviews CEO Dick Costolo

As a follow up to my article “So Google Has Feedburner, What Now?” I thought this Wallstrip video interview with Feedburner CEO Dick Costolo was a perfect addition. If you are at all curious about Feedburner this is a clip for you: Here is a direct link to...

More About Baidu – The 4th Most Visited Site in the World

Many of you may have never heard of Baidu and that is expected since over 95% of its users are from China. I knew a little about the company but frankly since I could not read Chinese there was little for me to glean from their interface at www.baidu.com. Today,...

SES NY Keynote Video: Windows Live Chief Steve Berkowitz

The following video is an excerpt from the 2007 Search Engine Strategies Keynote discussion between Danny Sullivan and Windows Live Chief, Steve Berkowitz. In this excerpt Steve Berkowitz explains that “it is not ever satisfactory not to be number one” in...