by Mike Krumboltz Mariah Carey is a hugely successful singer. And after her acclaimed performance in " Precious ," folks are starting to forgive her for " Glitter ." But just because a diva can sing and act doesn't mean she can give a speech that makes sense. At Tuesday night's Palm Springs Film Festival , Ms. Carey took the stage to accept an award for Breakthrough Actress. However, anyone expecting eloquence was in for a bit of a surprise. Once she was in front of the mic,

It is not rare for me to come across issues when working with PPC platforms that really bug me, but usually I just keep to my self. There is one design flaw in particular at Microsoft adCenter however, that I felt I wanted to beef about briefly in hopes that someone at Microsoft is listening. It has to do with the calendar/custom date range selection, and two key points about it. I must say, that for the worlds leading software company,

Are you familiar with " Google on the Street "? This refers to a series of videos Google has put together in which it goes out and talks to people on the street about various online behaviors, to see how responses stack up against their own Insights for Search findings. The videos are periodically posted on Google's UK Barometer Blog . Topics covered in the past include online shopping, consumer confidence, and travel.

by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. 3D TV (Searches increased by 4,571%). The future is now: 3D could be coming to your TV . Cadbury (+782%). Kraft is making a hostile takeover bid for the British chocolate company. Vanity Fair and Tiger Woods (+126%). A shirtless Tiger photo from 2006 rules the new magazine cover . Sushi recipe (+122%). Yes, even you can make raw fish rolls at home . Kathy Griffin (+110%).

The Conference Board has released data showing online job listings rising by 255,000 last month. The average monthly increase of jobs for 2009 was just 60,000. "Employers' modest increase in demand for labor in the second half of 2009 is a nice way to end what has been a very challenging year," said Gad Levanon, Senior Economist at The Conference Board. Online job listings still remain below average. While the total number of vacancies last month was 3,642,000,

This is the 10 th post in the SEM Beginner Series, following last week's post on negative keywords . This series of posts is intended for new search engine marketing professionals that are looking for guidance to help identify, monitor and adjust the key performance indicators (KPIs) that determine the success of a PPC campaign. Previous posts in this series discussed click-through rate (CTR) , cost-per-click (CPC) , ad copy , dynamic text , ad position ,

Chinese search engine Baidu is planning to launch a Hulu-like site. The site will offer licensed online video content and be supported with advertising. The site will be set up as an independent company. Providence Equity Partners, an investor in Hulu, is teaming up with Baidu for the venture. Yu Gong has been named CEO. Gong was formerly CEO of China Mobile's 12580 business. Baidu stock is traded on NASDAQ in the US, who was happy with the news, boosting shares by 1.

comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the entirety of the November â?" December 2009 holiday season. For the full holiday online shopping season, $29.1 billion was spent online, marking a 4-percent increase versus the same period last year.

It's crunch time for opponents and supporters of gay marriage in New Jersey. Tomorrow, the NJ State Senate will vote on a bill allowing gay marriage . In favor of gay marriage, Garden State Equality is running display ads through Google's network linking to a YouTube video on the organization's channel , which features 94 videos uploaded in the past year. The group's videos also feature overlay ads linking to its site.

Cisco has quite a large presence at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year. The company is showcasing some interesting new video experiences at the event. Today Cisco announced new customers, features, and professional service options for the Cisco Eos social entertainment platform. The company also announced that it is providing a medianet (a media-aware IP video network infrastructure) to NBC during the network's coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Winter Games,