We regularly review various rank checkers and trackers so that you could compare and choose. This week I have something new and awesome for you: SEO Ranking Monitor . The features I liked most of all: (!) Sleek and usable interface; (!) Nice-looking visualization tools; (!) No clutter: no unnecessary features. So let's take a look at the tools settings and options.

Following on from our announcement of the 1st ever Silverlight ad on MSN UK last week , I wanted to showcase another innovative use of technology to reach audiences while they play games online. Targeting 15-34 year old male demographic, the advertising agency Carat recently worked with Microsoft Advertising to display ads inside the Pro Evo Soccer 10 game to inform gamers when ESPN would be screening their live coverage.

Two important tech corporations that used to be friends may now officially be at war. Although an exact quote's proven difficult to come by, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been quoted as saying that Google's an aggressor, and even implying that the company is in the habit of doing evil things. An Apple employee apparently talked to John C. Abell after attending a large corporate meeting led by Jobs.

Is the world really ready for geo-location? That's a question that a lot of companies are answering with a resounding "yes." The rise of smartphones has led to a variety of businesses looking to cash in on your whereabouts. Smartphone users have their devices on them all day long, wherever they go. Naturally, these companies can find ways to capitalize on this. Will location sharing become mainstream practice? Share your thoughts .

With such a plenty of Internet (search) tools we can use today it is no more a problem to find what people say about anything. However the easier it becomes to search through tons of data, the smarter marketers get at faking it. Therefore it is really useful to know some tricks and tools to find reviews online to be able to compare them and identify the real ones.

As everyone knows, gaining quality links from credible websites will help improve your organic rankings and domain authority.  But this is easier said than done.  Normally you need to invest a lot of time and effort in order to acquire these types of links.  If you are new to an industry or if you work with clients in various industries, than you probably are not familiar with the influencers or experts in the field.

Marc was a street-smart marketer who could always find his way out of a tight spot. One day, he realized that he knew he had to find out how to measure social media, because he just couldn't go on living with himself otherwise. Oh, the mental anguish! After consuming a car tank worth of cough syrup (for fun, not to dull the pain) Marc* realized he'd better get on with asking some social media pros how they'd handle such measurement.

Conversation in social media is supposed to be "open source," right? We're supposed to gain energy and excitement from being open to the entire internet, to ideas that come to us from literally every corner of the globe. But too often "social media" turns into a predictably closed circuit of the same people having the same conversation. Finding your own tribe can be a wonderful thing. It can also make your blog unbearably boring.

Netflix said today it has reached deals with a number of distributors of independent film that will give its members the option to instantly watch hundred of new indie titles. Netflix said it has reached non-exclusive licensing agreements to stream films from distributors The Criterion Collection, Gravitas Ventures, Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Oscilloscope Laboratories and Regent Releasing.

Distilled, a U.K. based SEO and digital marketing firm , has struck a partnership with SEOmoz in which Distilled will take over the SEO consulting practice. Striking up a formal partnership with SEOmoz, worth an anticipated $1m in the first year, Distilled will be joining SEOmoz in Seattle in its first US based office . The new office will enable Distilled to expand its client base and operate the custom SEO consulting practice formerly run by SEOmoz,