by Vera H-C Chan Real estate is a precious commodity in overcrowded Hong Kong. So it's not entirely startling to learn that Bruce Lee 's old crib can be rented to couples by the hour. But the love nest's hours are numbered. Officials took advantage of the 36th anniversary of Lee's death this week (which pushed up searches on Yahoo! 645% for the late martial arts actor) to announce that they're converting the 5,600-square-foot townhouse again, this time into a museum.

SEO is like gardening. You plant the seeds and hope that you achieve a good harvest within a few months. If the conditions are just right, planting the seeds will bring you results without much trouble, just a little watering. If conditions are not right, you need to take extra steps such as adding extra fertilizer. If all your ducks, or seeds, are in a row you will get a great harvest. Sometimes you expect a feast, but end up with just a few snacks. If you plant your seeds,

My colleague Noah Mallin once heard a panelist describe Second Life as "the Vietnam of online marketing." A lot of marketing dollars, virtual blood and real-life treasure went in to snapping up virtual real estate and even billboards on Second Life. There was a buzz that in-person meetings were so 1990s and that instead, our avatars would meet virtually. The result, of course, is history.

The Murphy-Goode Winery social media manager's job - officially known as a wine country lifestyle correspondent - goes to Hardy Wallace of Atlanta, GA. So what does a Southern guy know about wine? He's a Sommelier Guild level I and II and founder of the Dirty South Wine blog , according to the winery. And, more than 2,000 people applied for the six-month position that pays $10,000 a month and is based in Sonoma County, CA.

by Mike Krumboltz Bono is famous for his generosity and charity work. But even U2's frontman isn't above acting like a "mean girl" every once in a while. In a recent BBC interview , Bono admitted to dissing President George W. Bush back in 2006 when Dubya tried to give his favorite rock star a hug. Bono, eager to avoid the embrace, moved behind a podium. A foiled Mr. Bush had to settle for a handshake. The moment went unnoticed for years. However,

More than 20 percent of commercial, permission-based email does not reach the inboxes of intended subscribers in the United States and Canada, according to email management firm Return Path. The study found emails reached only 79.3 percent of inboxes in the United States and in Canada during the first half of 2009. With the undelivered email, 3.3 percent is routed to a junk or bulk email folder and 17.4 percent is not delivered at all.

Yahoo's released its second quarter earnings report, and the news isn't all that great. While the company pretty much managed to match and/or beat analysts' official expectations, some discouraging numbers came out, as did some less than pleasant predictions about the future. Let's start with the positive points, at least. Analysts thought Yahoo might post $1.55 billion in gross revenue and earnings per share of $0.08. Instead, it managed to post $1.57 billion and $0.10,

Yahoo!'s new homepage has innovations for consumers and advertisers Yahoo! unveiled today a new beta version of the homepage that makes it easier for consumers to get everything they want in on the Internet in one place, and that means new opportunities for advertisers, too.   The page will look familiar to you if you're a regular user, but we've introduced significant innovations for both consumers and advertisers.

There has been a lot of talk about the DiggBar and its handling of URLs this week, after the company implemented some changes in its service. To clear the air, Digg has addressed the situation. Digg CEO Jay Adelson issued the following statement on Digg the Blog: I wanted to clear up some confusion created over the past couple of days surrounding the DiggBar, specifically how Digg short URLs work. As weve stated in the past,

It looks like Microsoft may be narrowing its focus in the field of video-sharing. MSN Video will live on, but Soapbox is bound for the trashcan. Soapbox was often referred to as a YouTube clone with stricter views on copyright. It was responsible for only a small percentage of Microsoft's overall video streams, and of course even that total doesn't compare favorably to the numbers posted by sites like YouTube, MySpace, and Hulu. So it makes sense that Erik Jorgensen,