A search on "internet marketing training" brings up over 1.6 million listings. A lot of marketers are used to being online the majority of the day but are hesitant to take an online course although the search results will tell you plenty of people are curious. What all does it entail? How are classes paced? Will I fall behind and if so, will it be easy to get a hold of an instructor or other students?

Facebook wants to keep users on Facebook. So far, they are doing a pretty good job of that. More and more people are spending more of their online time on Facebook, not to mention, spending more time connected to the web in general (at least partially due to rising use of smartphones). Facebook recently made it a point to show users how to use the social network to keep up with the news .

Given the recent progress made with the development of Bing in the UK, it's only fair that we spent some time taking the product for a spin and reminding folks about the opportunity we see in the Search space here at Search Engine Strategies London 2010 . Peter Maxmin, the Director for Online and Bing Search in EMEA for Microsoft,

Welcome to another edition of ' 7 Days of Search and Social ' - I was thinking, we really should have started the 'SEO Olympics' or something. Being a Canadian it's pretty much consuming things up here. It would be fun to have an SEO version' heehee' Ok, fine,

My neighbor and I have been creating these comics for you! Feedback as always welcome, and thanks for early reading to Niniane , Tony and Aaron !

Customer satisfaction with ecommerce websites has rebounded a year after experiencing its first decline since 2004, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The e-commerce sector gained 1.8% to 81.4 on ACSI's 100-point scale, nearly matching its all-time high of 81.6 set in 2007. The increase in the overall ecommerce sector (made up of e-retail, online brokerage, and online travel industries) is driven by the rebounding online brokerage industry,

The PR industry is in a state of flux with increasing importance on getting into the content and social web business. Consumers are spending more time with digital and social media. Advertising dollars are following. That means less budget to staff newsrooms and reporters, journalists and editors to pitch. Understanding the needs of their "customers' customer" is essential for PR agencies and communications professionals to remain relevant and productive.

BBC is running a report about Google admitting to them that Google Buzz is sort of a half-baked product since it did not go through massive testing prior to release. The report was quite surprising not really because of the testing flaws but because of Google admitting it. Anyway, according to the report,

The world's second largest mobile operator is not pleased with Google's dominance in the search and advertising market. In fact, Vodafone's CEO implied in a recent speech that regulators might want to act sooner rather than later to prevent an irreversible monopoly from forming. According to Michelle Donegan , Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao showed during his keynote address at the Mobile World Congress that many companies compete within different parts of the mobile sphere.

A few days ago, my husband and I were watching an ad for ProFlowers.com. It was your typical Valentine's Day ad - a woman received flowers at work - but they were brown and wilted. She was obviously disappointed. The lesson: If you don't purchase your flowers from ProFlowers, the love of your life may question how much you really care. The ad made my husband angry. First, he said, why are all Valentine's Day ads targeted towards men?