Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank Online Marketing and a member of the SES Advisory Board , discussed the intersection of search and social media today with AdWeekMedia Connect . The chat topic: How marketers are leveraging the SEO and search advertising opportunities within social media. Odden has embedded the recorded chat stream on his Online Marketing Blog . At SES San Jose 2008, I challenged Odden to wear his best Tommy Bahama shirt at this year's event.

South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit Craigslist filed against him and 16 South Carolina Circuit Solicitors. And according to the defendants' memorandum, civilization itself may well end if Craigslist wins.

Hulu has made a few changes to how it presents its search results, as well as the site's "most popular" and "recently added" pages. Most noticeably, Hulu has abandoned the two-column approach in favor of a more "prominent placement of the show Hulu thinks you are looking for. "You can subscribe to the show, check on its availability, and get a brief description of the show, but you can easily pinpoint a specific episode using the browse tools to the upper right of the results,

While it should come as no surprise, Apple is doing very well, thank you. Amidst all of the gloom and doom, the hand wringing and the concern over the future, Apple is simply rolling along as if to say What recession? In what will likely be a classic case study in business schools for the future, Apple has taken an approach to the market that is so revolutionary that it has to be examined. You see, they are providing high quality products that fill needs for their customers.

With all of the talk regarding social media it seems that the inordinate amount of the attention goes to the big 2; Facebook and Twitter. While they do tend to generate significant drama and even some real news there is more to the social media space. In fact, there are those who see the social media universe fragmenting into very specific verticals so those of like mind can gather online without having to see that your friend just had a great breath of air.

This afternoon I did a live chat with AdWeekMedia Connect , a social network for the ad agency set on the intersection of search and social media.

You've probably read a ton of articles about different ways businesses are using Twitter. This goes for both large and small brands. I've certainly written a handful of them myself. Twitter recognizes that businesses are finding interesting ways to use its services, and the company is thrilled about it. In fact, today Co-founder Biz Stone wrote a blog post about it, specifically mentioning a recently created initiative from Best Buy called " Twelpforce .

by Mike Krumboltz A few months ago, Susan Boyle was just another face in the crowd. Now she's anything but. The 40-something singer went from obscurity into mega-stardom virtually overnight thanks to her appearances on " Britain's Got Talent ." The sensation sat down with Meredith Vieira of " The Today Show " to talk about her troubles with her sudden fame, as well as her new (and top secret) album. Ms.

I've just been told that 35,000 people attended NACA;s Save the Dream event in Cleveland July 17 - 20. And the Search Engine Watch community played a role in the record turnout. On Friday, July 3, I posted " Search and Community Track at SES San Jose: NACA's Save The Dream Tour " to this blog. In my post, I embedded a documentary video created by DigiNovations of Concord, MA, that provided background on NACA's Save the Dream program,

Posted by jennita When was the last time you had a heated discussion with your developer? Or better yet, when was the last time they rolled their eyes at you when you asked them to make some sort of change to the website? My guess is that it probably hasn't been all that long. Or has it? A higher probability is actually that you work with some wicked smart developers who blow your mind away with their sheer awesomeness! Recently,