Today I get to interview one of my favorite reads in the SEO blogoshpere, Andrew Shotland. Andrew runs the Local SEO Guide blog and has graciously taken some of his time to share with us his thoughts on Local SEO. 1. You have an enjoyable, albeit unique, writing style. Lots of people write about things worth reading but much of what they write, or how the present it at least, makes it pretty forgettable.

by Mike Krumboltz Another week, another pair of sacrificial lambs for "Avatar" to trounce. This week, two flicks aim for box-office glory, and they couldn't be more different. One is an over-the-top action adventure starring a shorn John Travolta. The other, a weepy love story from the author of "The Notebook." Are critics impressed with either one? Let's take a look... From Paris With Love When John Travolta headlines a movie, you never know what you're gonna get.

What began as a contest for young creatives at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has resulted in a world premiere video on World Cancer Day ! Last June, we gathered some of the best young creative minds in the industry at our Games Advertising Workshop at Cannes. During the session we challenged 3 teams to come up with their best idea for a pro bono campaign for for Stand Up to Cancer .

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act by a vote of 422 to 5. The bill is aimed at improving cybersecurity within the federal government as well as the public and private sectors by helping to develop a skilled cybersecurity workforce along with coordinating and prioritizing federal research and development.

This week's big TV event was unquestionably the season premiere of "Lost"; lots of people have, over the course of the previous five or so years, become huge fans of the show. But new stats imply that very few of them sat in front of computer monitors on Wednesday, rather than televisions on Tuesday, in order to watch the two-hour episode. Nielsen took a look at why people watch online TV, and the leading reason doesn't have much to do with convenience or fewer commercials.

Google just introduced message log search for Postini, its group of cloud security and archiving services. "When messages pass through the Postini service, header and transaction data about these messages is stored in a log," explains Gopal Shah of Google Postini team Previously, admins only had access to this data through customer support. With the Message Log Search feature,

by Vera H-C Chan With investment banks viewed about as kindly as leech colonies these days, it's important for the poor beleaguered wealthy banker to have a cause. And in Australia, a campaign is advocating for a man's right to be a discreet pervert in the workplace. Here's the awkward back story: An adviser from Macquarie Bank â?" AKA the Millionaire Factory â?" was on a live news show talking about the Reserve Bank of Australia.

AOL has named David Eun as its new President of AOL Media and Studios. Until 2006, Eun was Vice President, Operations for the Media & Communications Group at Time Warner, where he helped oversee AOL. During that time, he contributed to providing operational oversight and development of new businesses in digital distribution and broadband content. After that, he worked at Google as Vice President, Strategic Partnerships,

by Mike Krumboltz Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much these days. But folks from both sides of the aisle were able to share a few laughs at this morning's National Prayer Breakfast . Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch from Utah stood up to lead the assembled leaders in a prayer. To his side sat the big guy, President Barack Obama . This was no time to mess up. Unfortunately, Sen. Hatch forgot to turn off his cell phone. Just as he stood at the podium,

The main goal of a typical retailer is to draw people inside and sell stuff, not have folks stare at the store's exterior. It makes a degree of sense, then, that a new report claims something called Google Store Views will continue the tradition of Google Street View within shops. We'll admit: this is an odd, or even silly, concept at first listen.