The Great Australian Internet Blackout is currently under way – a protest against looming censorship of what comes down the tubes of the Interwebs in the Land Down Under. (more…)

Twitter and Facebook can be great for boosting your online sales; but many merchants use it for sales messages only and often defeating themselves in the process. (more…)

According to an estimate from AdGooroo, more than 30,000 advertisers were permanently suspended from the Google AdWords system last December. (more…)

Getting machines to understand the nuances of the English language is a big challenge, particularly when it comes to search engines – but it’s one that Google is rapidly overcoming with features such as it’s synonym system. (more…)

Have you ever had an ongoing debate with a customer or peer via email that’s sucked up a lot of your time? Often that time is wasted. Here’s how to turn it into something more constructive and possibly profitable. (more…)

I was approached to join an affiliate program today and everything looked good until I logged in. The statistics area was “under development”. (more…)

This isn’t just a rumor. Google has had enough of the constraints placed upon it by the Chinese government and will cease filtering results, knowing full well this may be the end of Google.cn. (more…)

If you’re requesting customers to participate in a survey; be sure the request at least appears to comes from you. (more…)

Some interesting results on a survey carried out with ten big box retailers regarding their spend on PPC keywords and resulting traffic vs. traffic from free listings; i.e. natural or organic search. (more…)

A recent survey indicates that the American online population seems to have remained static in terms of percentages. Time to tackle the final frontier of local holdouts – the 65+ age group. (more…)