While Yahoo is busy slurping , Google keeps sucking market share like an out of control turbine powered Hoover vacuum cleaner. Sucking the ad dollars right out of Yahoo's pockets, that is. Great news for MSN though! In Q2 2008 versus Q2 2007, Microsoft Live Search only lost $0.01 on every search dollar spent while Yahoo lost $0.09! Guess who picked up that additional $.10? Why, it was GoogleVac! This according to Mountain View , California based Efficient Frontier .

PARIS, FRANCE - They may not allow domain tasting , however The BBC is reporting that Internet regulator Icann has voted unanimously to expand the use of top level domain names. The decision provides companies the opportunity to turn their brands into web addresses, while individuals could potentially use their names. A second proposal, that would introduce domain names written in scripts such as Asian and Arabic, was also approved.

Two weeks ago, Andy brought you the B2B Lead Generation handbook . Without further ado, we now bring you B2C. Search Engine Optimization )SEO( and Email marketing are the two best bets for your marketing dollar, according to a new report from UK Based eConsultancy in conjunction with Clash-Media . " Viral marketing " landed on the other end of the spectrum based on the feedback of 600 companies.

Remember when I wrote about little known search engine, Searchme , earlier this month? They had just announced another round of funding and in my post I waxed a bit poetic about the "The Beauty of the UI". Some of the naysayers commented â€" "Nice, but not practical". Two things you should know about investors. First â€" they typically don't throw a boatload of cash at zippo. Second â€" they play to win. So,

'and the PPC and banner ad crowd goes wild! The IAB has announced that Internet Advertising Revenues are up over 18% year over year, or $5.8 Billion smackaroos for the first quarter of 2008. That's just off the pace of the $5.9 Billion record set in Q4 '07. Source: )excluding Borat( PwC/IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report ) www.iab.net ( The really good news for internet marketers? Growth is expected to continue. Just listen to what Randall Rothenberg,

The 2008 US Presidential Election truly represents the first time the Internet will push a specific candidate "over the top" and on to the glory of being endlessly criticized by the public, roasted on SNL and all of the other wonderful benefits that come with the office. So, why am I predicting guaranteeing that Barack Obama will reign supreme )thanks to you no less(? Because you represent one of the record-breaking 46% of Americans that have used the internet,

Check 'em out, y'all! Lunar shuttle tickets. I got smokin', non-smokin', first class, coach, by the window, by the aisle. Lunar shuttte tickets. Anticipating its pursuit of world domination will be complete sometime during the second quarter of 2010, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has booked a round trip ticket to outer space, with a launch date set for  2011.

Surely you didn't think Google would stop at YouTube when it comes to organizing for world domination the world's information? Last week, Google Analytics announced "AdWords TV Ads", an all-digital system that distributes advertisers' TV ads to participating channels nationwide. The service allows you to upload your TV ad as a video file to your AdWords account and, with a few clicks,

The folks over at Plurk must have some really good Karma. How else can you explain the incredible luck associated with rolling out your new micro-messaging )I can't bring myself to call it blogging( platform, at the same time your chief competitor )Twitter(, has hit the application scaling wall and is experiencing severe service outages? Any others getting tired of seeing a bunch of tweety birds lifting a whale? It was cute the first couple of times. Now? Not so much.

No surprise here. Google continued its dominance in the number one position of the top 10 search sites in the UK, with just over 74% share, according to comScore. eBay ranked second with 6 percent, followed by Yahoo! Sites )4.3 percent( and Microsoft Sites )3.4 percent(. Rounding out the top 10, U.K. properties, Rightmove Sites and Bebo.com claimed .8 and .7 percent respectively. Month over month, there was nominal movement in the stats.

Several major Google advertisers seem to have adopted a common war cry - "Get these pigs off of our backs!" The tactic is called "piggybacking" and major corporations are tired of Google pimping out their valuable trademarks to smaller companies. With piggybacking, smaller and lesser known advertisers use a large corporation's well branded and recognized trademarks in an effort to enhance their ability to draw more qualified traffic from Google Adsense listings.

"They say the women treat you fine on Broadway But lookin' at them just gives me the blues". "On Broadway", George Benson I can't help but think that Philip J. Smith, President of The Shubert Organization must be singing those words from jazz legend George Benson's hit song - On Broadway. Imagine this. Over a period of 100 years )since 1900(, generations put their heart and soul into building the oldest,

Posted by Sean Maguire It was a balmy 85 degrees )30 C( on this late Friday afternoon as I arrived in the Dominican Republic's bustling capitol city of Santo Domingo to meet with and interview search marketing entrepreneur, blogger, and industry visionary, Mr. Hamlet Batista. With almost 10 million citizens, D.R. ranks number 82 in population among the 193 nations of the world. In quick fashion, Hamlet has established himself as a search industry "A-lister,