Online dating and trends to look out for the New Year It wasn't so long ago that there was a stigma around finding a partner online. As we move into the future, and as the boundaries of reality and internet become increasingly blurred, finding that special person via dating sites has become far more socially accepted. As the New Year swiftly approaches,

Danny Dover at SEOmoz posted a "scientific" study on whether or not PageRank Sculpting works and his conclusion was - surprise! - it works. Michael Martinez at SEO Theory wrote a scathing refutation of the report. Who is right? I have to say that my concern is the same as Michael's and a few other prominent SEOs. Why doesn't Dover provide the list of websites he used for his study?

I just read the news on TMZ that Rush Limbaugh was rushed to the hospital with chest pains while vacationing in Hawaii. The story was about an hour old and didn't have many details so I searched Twitter to see if people on the scene would have more news. I didn't see any further information but I am amazed at how dominant haters of conservatives are on Twitter. They seem so proud to voice their rather baseless opinions. Most Twitter posters seem to hope Limbaugh dies!

Tracking calls has long been seen as a Holy Grail of tracking promotions. The good news? That Holy Grail is available and possible for marketers of every size. ...

Our recent reader poll of 14 books either focused on, or with significant content dedicated to, Search Engine Optimization has concluded with 174 votes. And the winner by one vote and 27% of the total votes is'. Art of SEO (Theory in Practice) by Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Rand Fishkin and Jessie C. Stricchiola. . Published by O'Reilly ,

Posted by randfish What a year! From traveling to software development, saying goodbye to old friends and growing the team with new ones, we've had a tremendously exciting 12 months at SEOmoz. To celebrate, next week, on Wednesday, January 6th 2010, we'll be hosting an informal meetup at the Elysian Brewery on Capitol Hill in Seattle, WA. Everyone from the Seattle technology, startup and SEO community is welcome to attend, and we'll be hosting a special guest,

Hulu had a good 2009, and to celebrate the end of it, the company's CEO, Jason Kilar, has decided to share some stats. Here's a quick hint as to just how successful his organization was: to describe Hulu's growth, the word "double" often doesn't cut it. In a post on the Hulu Blog , Kilar started off by relaying some data from comScore. It seems that "[m]onthly users of Hulu . . . grew to over 43 million, a 95 percent increase over this time last year." Also,

Search Engine Land's Greg Sterling has his finger right on the pulse of the heady intersection of search, localization and mobility, so when he writes anything remotely related to those areas it's worth a read. That includes this Dec. 30 piece where Sterling laments that, in the last three weeks, it seems as though everything one could want to know about the Google Nexus One smartphone has been revealed.

Google's empire hasn't exactly crumbled, and to be honest, the average person will probably never even realize what's happened. But what's happened is this: for just the second time in its history, Google's lost a domain name dispute. Google submitted a complaint about a site called Groovle to the National Arbitration Forum (which ICANN lets decide domain name disputes) on November 6th of this year.

The 2009 most searched lists just keep coming, this time from voice mobile search provider, Vlingo : YouTube Facebook MySpace Weather Movie Times Twitter Yellow Pages MapQuest craigslist White Pages So where are the Michael Jackson searches? Vlingo president and CEO Dave Grannan explains: Unlike traditional Web searches that focus on specific search terms such as 'Michael Jackson' or 'Twilight,' our data shows that on mobile phones,