As you may know, Google recently acquired social search service Aardvark . I attended a panel on social search at SXSW this week, in which Max Ventilla, the service's "Head Zookeeper" talked about not only the service, but what social search means for the industry in general. First off, here are a few Aardvark stats. Ventilla says 85% of questions are answered, and most in under 5 minutes.70% are rated "good" vs. "ok" or "bad". 45% of answers lead to cross-talk among users.

by Mike Krumboltz Warren Buffett is not your average investor. One of the most brilliant financial minds in the history of capitalism, Mr. Buffett has earned a personal fortune that regularly places him among Forbes magazine 's wealthiest individuals. And yet, unlike so many of his fellow billionaires, Buffett isn't afraid to make fun of himself. In a newly released promotional video for Geico Insurance , Mr.

by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Sandra Bullock (Searches increased by +1,519%). First news of Kate Winslet's marriage ending, and now this year's Oscar-winning actress is leaving her man . The "Oscar curse" lives. Dennis Kucinich (+704%). A liberal hold-out on the heath care bill says he will vote for it . Tinsley Mortimer (331%).

There are quite a few online subscriptions I read regularly and the one I read pretty much on a daily basis is ' The Best Article Every Day '. The articles tend to be short and informative. For example, today there was an article entitled; ' 15 Noteworthy Websites That Changed the Internet' by Cameron Chapman . Pretty much everyone agrees that Wikipedia, Facebook and Amazon changed how we search for, relate to, and purchase items online.

The real estate search engine expands mobile app access. Click to read the rest of this post.

The use of the Internet to watch full television episodes has tripled since 2006 among those aged 13-to-54, according to a new report from Knowledge Networks. Among Internet users 13-to-54 viewing complete TV show episodes via streaming or downloaded video has grown from 8 percent to 22 percent. For Internet users 18-to-34 viewing of complete TV show episodes via streaming or downloading has climbed from 12 percent to 30 percent.

Mike McDonald of WebProNews Videos interviewed me recently at OMS 2010, aka SES San Diego, for a story entitled, "The Death (Or Redefinition) Of SEO Discussed." As you will see in the video interview, the rumors of SEO's death are for the birds. Click to read the rest of this post.

Real estate website Zillow.com told WebProNews today it has launched a free Zillow Android application. The Zillow Android app uses GPS technology to find and follow users on an aerial map, and displays "Zestimate" values, homes for sale, homes for rent and recently-sold data on the homes around them. Users can also search for homes, even they are not in the vicinity, by tapping the Android platform's voice search capabilities. By saying an address, neighborhood,

This is another addition to our ongoing series of tutorials and case studies on landing pages that work. Nicole Johnson wants to get babies and their moms some much-needed rest. She's packed napping plans, schedules, and strategies into her $37 ebook/consultation package. She's tried different pricing, Google Adwords, different offers, freemiums, and more to pop conversion, but her results still ping between a snoozy 0.5 to 3%. She has good traffic,

Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt doesn't understand much of the criticism geared toward his company, which Time Magazine columnist Dan Fletcher refers to as "the Web's least understood and most vilified juggernaut." We attended a panel at SXSW this week in which Fletcher and Rosenblatt discussed Demand's content strategy that has become the basis of so much controversy (Read here for more background ).