by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Swine flu vaccine (Searches increased by 693%). A French healthcare company is donating 100 million doses of the swine flu shot to the WHO. Sushi recipe (+493%). Impress your friends by hand crafting your own rolls. Hillary Clinton (+423%). The Secretary of State had surgery for her broken elbow caused from a fall. The accident led her to miss a planned appearance with Angelina Jolie. PETA Obama (+405%).

Several introductory statements given by Republican members two House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees yesterday stressed the need to ensure that any potential federal privacy legislation is not "overreaching," or doesn't create online ad industry winners and losers. Not surprising for typically pro-business Republicans leery of government infringement that can detriment market fairness. For instance, as I noted in today's story about the hearing on behavioral advertising,

Hi all, I'm Heinz Waelchli, director of product marketing. I'm really excited to let you know that, starting today, you can send money via PayPal to friends and family in the US for free. Yup-it's true, it won't cost you a thing to send your friends or family the money .

Hey everyone - Last fall, we took your questions to the Presidential Candidates, and we're excited to announce that we're doing it again, this time in an exclusive interview with President Obama. We're partnering with ABC News for a special edition of Primetime entitled "Prescription for America", where Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson will be sitting down with the President to discuss his views on health care reform.

Bounce Rate is one of the SEO key success factors that are always under the close radar for web analytics professionals and there are enough reasons for webmasters and Internet marketing professionals to be concerned about high bounce rates.

At lunchtime today we took part in the Oxford Science Park summer event. We played beach volleyball, winning our only game, and bungee darts where we were useless and didn't score a single point between us! Unfortunately we have photographic evidence too! Bungee Darts - Richard and Stuart Kevin and Richard - Bungee Darts Giant Beach Volleyball You can also view this on our new Facebook fan page or Flickr . © SEOptimise - Search Engine Marketing & Search Engine Optimisation .

If you've been following the events surrounding the election in Iran, you know that sites such as Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in demonstrating what is going on in the country. The government has been trying to stifle protests, but the citizens - and media - are determined to tell the story. But, if you're not fluent in Persian, also known as Farsi, you might have problems reading those Tweets or Facebook updates. Now, you'll have a little help.

Call me a Google apologist, but the company just keeps making itself better. The latest Google improvement? Google Analytics Goals and Google AdWords integration . Seriously, what can you do with this? Well, let's see. You set a goal in Google Analytics and import that goal into Google AdWords then track how well you meet your goal. Want something more specific? Sure. Here's an example. You sell widgets (original, huh?).

You can write a headline in an infinite number of ways. However, certain types of headlines have proven themselves repeatedly for many years. By following the "formula" of these headlines, you can give yourself an edge when you are serious about persuading someone to read and respond to your copy. The following 9 headline formulas are some of the easiest to write and the most powerful. When it comes time to write a headline, try one of these first. At the very least,

It's true that Bing has low market share and likely won't put a dent in Google at this time. But we need to get back to some fundamentals and think about what it could mean for the future of online marketing. ...