I've been lucky enough to work at entrepreneurial companies, including forming an agency 6 years ago and selling it earlier this year. Occasionally I'm asked my advice for anybody starting their own business, so here are a few pearls of )what I ho.

Fish where the fish are. Taking your social PR message to the market works best when you take the message to the mobile market. Today's up and coming market represents the collision of social, local, and mobile media. The numbers translate.

The English language Internet is a crowded place these days - online consensus puts the total percentage of online content that's in English between 50 and 80 percent. Competition for keywords and domain names is at an all-time high .

Paul May is the CEO and a co-founder of BuzzStream. He has spent most of the last 15 years either starting or working on early stage startups. You can follow May on Twitter @paulmay. May agreed to answer a few of my questions about relation.

The search industry has been watching and waiting to see what Google will do in the flight search vertical since Google's acquisition of ITA, which was given the 'all-clear' by the Department of Justice five months ago. Google has now launched Goo.

Google's U.S. search engine market share dipped below 65 percent for the first time since September 2009, according to comScore. Hitwise still shows Google's market share at just over 65 percent. Meanwhile, Bing continues to make tiny .

The majority of Internet users don't use any of the popular social media networks at all to interact with their favorite brands; so says a CBM Consumer Pulse study supported by Constant Contact. Of those who do, however, 34 percent prefer to.

Bing has rolled out several new features to Bing for Mobile Browse )m.bing.com(, Bing's version for smartphone and tablet browsers. The features include information about movies, a new video section, and the addition of Facebook "likes.

Nielsen's third quarter study, "State of the Media: The Social Media Report," examines the increasing influence of social networking on consumers and points to trends that bode well for businesses active in the social media space.

What might motivate Google to become a bank down the road? As bank robber Willie Sutton is famously misquoted as saying, "Because that's where the money is." While officially Google has been a bank since 2007 )holding a De Nederlands.

It's the dream. To be able to log into AdWords and instantly find the changes you need to make. Well that's the trick that long-time paid search managers have been using to allow them to keep an eye on so much material so easily. If you save the.

As industry-leading Groupon continues to pick up steam, Google Offers, the company's attempt to enter the daily deals scene, is already seeing a decline in revenues. This despite 9 percent revenue growth in the North American daily deal.

A recent study by Applum, published on their EdgeRank Checker blog, proves a theory widely held in the social media marketing community: auto-posting Facebook updates to pages using a third-party API reduces the level of user engagement. The ext.

Carol Bartz, who was fired by Yahoo over the phone last week, resigned from Yahoo's board of directors Friday. She is due to receive a $10 million severance package, but an interview may have violated a non-disparagement clause in her c.

Burn. A couple of fun search results appeared on Bing for a brief period September 9 to fuel the fire between Microsoft's search engine and their nemesis, Google. Microsoft seems to believe revenge is best served cold; think way back to 19.

Having worked in online marketing and web analytics for nearly a decade, I've heard it all when it comes to myths passed around small and large companies alike. Here is a top 10 list of my favorite web analytics myths and practical advice on.

Over the last six years, I've been fortunate enough to be part of a number of successful SEO sales pitches to a wide variety of companies, from startups to the Fortune 100. And I've also been part of a few that weren't so successful. When I anal.

Bing has released a new version of their home page that removes some clutter, adds mobile-friendly elements, and moves most navigation to the explore bar. This move and other experiments may indicate that Bing HTML5 is coming soon. Bing's New Ho.

Google has added new features to the Google Places app, Google Maps, Google Music )beta(, and the Blogger app. Here's a brief outline of the key features. Google Places iOS App IPhone and iPad users will be getting some new filter options i.

Most people don't set fair expectations for a search engine optimization )SEO( effort. I was reminded of this while speaking with a prospect, who asked what kind of a return on investment )ROI( he should expect from his SEO engagement. &ld.