Dear friends and colleagues, we'd like to take this opportunity on behalf of everyone at Incisive Media's New York office to wish you the very best during the holidays. And we hope 2010 is going to be productive, profitable and peaceful for you. The team here is responsible for the day-to-day running of Search Engine Watch, ClickZ and the SES international series of conferences.

Dear friends and colleagues, we'd like to take this opportunity on behalf of everyone at Incisive Media's New York office to wish you the very best during the holidays. And we hope 2010 is going to be productive, profitable and peaceful for you. The team here is responsible for the day-to-day running of Search Engine Watch, ClickZ and the SES international series of conferences.

Location, location, location: so goes the mantra of the real estate business. Although, in this constantly connected world where people are carrying Internet-enabled mobile devices more and more, location is important to every retail business. Often, users are looking for the closest provider of a service or a product, rather than your specific business. So how can you get your business on the map? In the past, we had an entirely separate ad type: the Local Business Ad (LBA).

Happy Holidays to all our friends, clients, colleagues, family, and everyone we know! In order to spend some quality time with our families this holiday season, StepForth will be closed on Thursday Dec 24th, Friday Dec 25th, and Friday Jan 1st. We will also be operating on reduced staff for Monday Dec 28th. We want to wish a safe and happy holiday season to everyone. Best wishes, and good luck in 2010! Happy Holidays from StepForth is a post from: StepForth Web Marketing Inc.

Google has shared the top retail searches for the 2009 holiday season. These results are based on the company's Insights for Search tool. "Using Google Insights for Search, we can see that the hottest toys over the last seven days include stalwarts like Pikachu and Legos, as well as newcomers, such as the Nerf Marshmellow Shooter and the surprise hit of the holiday season, a blanket-with-sleeves known as the Snuggie," says Eric Lopez of the Google Retail Team.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, otherwise known as NORAD is tracking Santa Claus's rounds this year, keeping up a tradition that has been going on for 54 years. Norad has been working with Google for several years by way of Google Maps and Google Earth. Last year, they started using Google Analytics as well. Google is now sharing a video of last year's Santa tracking: On the YouTube blog, Jeff Martin writes : Oooh, it's almost Christmas!

Every year as the holiday shopping season ramps up, people ask me the same question over and over again " What do you want for Christmas this year? " I consider myself a pretty simple fellow, and always have a difficult time answering this question for a couple of reasons : one because I'm not used to getting gifts, and two because most of the gifts I receive I never use, and they end up in my misfit toy chest, packed away somewhere with my mini-DVD camcorder, PSP,

Not convinced by reports Google is spending more money to promote its products? Check out the below ad - spotted yesterday on Pandora - for its Chrome browser. The execution includes a skinned homepage, large display unit, and in-stream audio ads.

Harris Interactive has released the findings of its latest poll on Internet users. This doesn't come as much of a shock, but people are spending more time online these days. According to the poll, adult Internet users are spending an average of 13 hours a week online." Of course, people's usage varies greatly; one in five (20%) of adult Internet users are online for only two hours or less a week while one in seven (14%) are spending 24 or more hours a week online,

In the eight Christmases since life changed my name to Dad , Santa's list has never been more important. In our house, the tradition is that each child requests a single gift from the big guy. The problem is, this year both kids asked for something a little beyond Santa's typical reach. Fortunately, my wife and I have learned enough about persuasion and selling to turn our trip to the store into an opportunity to keep the magic alive a little longer.