Let me start off by saying that I have no problem with my search results being personalized, because I understand that search engines want to deliver the best user experience so that users will keep using them. If I get results that are personalized well, that means I don't have to look too far for what I'm trying to find. However, not all users are so thrilled with the evolution of search results pages, particularly with the personalization aspect. This week,

Apple said today its much anticipated iPad device will be available in the U.S. on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. All models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K. in late April. Beginning March 12, U.S. customers can pre-order both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi +3G models from Apple's online store or reserve a Wi-Fi model to pick up on Saturday, April 3,

In the year 2025, perhaps we'll be seeing: 1. YouTube Super Zoom What it is: When watching a video, you can press the pause button and zoom in on smaller stuff you see in the background. For example, we see a mayor walking through a museum, and there's a painting by Vermeer in the background. Hit pause and the zoom icon, and click on the Vermeer painting, which is highlighted with a "zoomable" color (as are some other objects in the scene).

Believe it or not, Yahoo has a market cap of about $22 billion, and the company intends to put some of that money to good use in the near future. Carol Bartz stated at the Transformation 2010 conference that she intends to acquire more stuff this year. In response to what could have been a "yes" or "no" question concerning acquisitions in 2010, Bartz answered "absolutely," pretty much guaranteeing that at least one purchase will take place.

A Twitter chat is a scheduled "group chat" on a specific topic, where Twitter users interact and engage with one another at a certain time by adding a trackable hashtag to the end of all their tweets. Twitter chats are a great way to meet other marketers interested in the same area as you, learn about a topic of interest, as well as build your following. Here is a list of 8 upcoming marketing Twitter chats to check out. 1.

SenSEO is a Firebug FireFox addon (this means you have to install FireBug to use it) checking important on-page-SEO criteria and calculating a grade of how good the current site fulfills these criteria. The tool adds one extra tab to FireBug window which allows to inspect the current page. The first thing to do is to identify a keyword (or a key phrase) to inspect the page against it. Just type in the search box and click "Inspect SEO Criteria.

I hate spammers, and I'm 100% certain other people do too. Everyone at some point in time has had some type of experience with spammers. But you almost have to admire these individuals, almost . The techniques used are as varied as the outlets in which they are unleashed. During my thirteen years of internet exposure, I've had the displeasure of running into six types of spammers. The first of which I call the Sniper Spammer. 1.

YouTube has changed the default size for embedded videos. By default they're getting bigger at either 480x385 for a 4:3 video, or 640x385 for a 16:9 video. YouTube says it went with these sizes, because they will give most viewers the best viewing experience because they better match current video encoding sizes. "A video's life on YouTube is just the beginning; embedding gives it a life off of the site.

With the ever emerging and evolving world of web 2.0. marketers no more can afford to neglect social media, and with Facebook becoming the second most visited website online after Google ' and THE INTERNET (thinking back AOL circa 1998) to the bulk of its users ' analytical tracking and gauging user action, interest and return on investment is crucial to an online marketing campaign. By engaging in social media networking,

Google March 4 added the ability for users to receive e-mail notifications about new and updated waves in Wave users' inboxes, lavishing another modicum of control for the real-time collaboration platform. Users may access this just by using the dropdown menu by the inbox link, as you can see here: Of course, selecting notifications can sound like a scary, all-or-nothing proposition,