This Month’s Top Marketing Posts from Around the Net

Can any start-up search engine "be the next Google?" Many have wondered this, and today's launch of Cuil (pronounced "cool') may provide the best test case since Google itself overtook more established search eng… [continue reading]

In June, we updated Google Trends with numbers and the ability to download results to a spreadsheet. We received a lot of great feedback from agencies and advertisers on how they're using the new version; from identifying new growth markets t… [continue reading]

E-consultancy’s latest addition to its research, the Online Reputation and Buzz Monitoring Buyer’s Guide, reveals that this sector will grow by 30% in 2008, to an estimated value of £60 million. The addition of this guide not only demonstra… [continue reading]

[LAST UPDATE: As of 9 am NY time on August 10th, invites are closed. Please don't respond, because unfortunately, we'll have to say no.]. I'd like to invite you to join a members-only tribe. A tribe for marketers, for leaders,... [continue reading]

Today we're announcing some key enhancements on the Google content network (partner sites for which we provide advertising) that will offer a better experience for users and better value for advertisers and publishers. These enhancements are … [continue reading]

Hey folks, I wanted to let you know that new toolbar PageRank values should become visible over the next few days. I’m expecting that also in the next few days that we’ll be expiring some older penalties on websites. [continue reading]

We've known it for a long time: the web is big. The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we've seen a lot of big numbers about how much … [continue reading]

Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way o… [continue reading]

Miraculously, I was right - detergent is detergent and consumers aren't interested in forming a community around the stains their detergent removes. [continue reading]

Patience. Google was a very good search engine for two years before you started using it. The iPod was a dud. I wrote Unleashing the Ideavirus 8 years ago. A few authors tried similar ideas but it didn't work right... [continue reading]