A recent video of local Germans chasing a Google Street View car taking pictures of their neighborhood was almost like something out of an old monster movie, all they need were the pitchforks and torches. Has Google become the new cultural imperialist forcing American ideals throughout the world? Seems the attacks on Google from Europe and Asia right now almost echo those against Walt Disney during the last century.

In my earlier post about the impact of a Twitter wall on SES London , which caused our SES London content to trend on Twitter, i looked at whether infographic data could be useful. In this post, I have a first stab at visualising the data to assess the value of hashtags when blogging an event. Click to read the rest of this post.

The state of video sharing in Italy is now in jeopardy. Click to read the rest of this post.

The popular real estate app gets a robust update with improved search and social sharing features. Click to read the rest of this post.

Developers take the initiative and launch a Buzz API before Google do. Now you can start building apps based on Google Buzz activity. Click to read the rest of this post.

You'll be able to Tweet directly from the Yahoo! homepage. Click to read the rest of this post.

At SES London 2010, we launched a grand experiment in which we projected a customised Twitter feed of all the tweets originating directly from the conference onto the wall . Did it have any impact on the conference? Click to read the rest of this post.

Mobile release limited to latest version of Android platform. Click to read the rest of this post.

The site, founded by ex-Googlers, gets a cosmetic and functional update. Click to read the rest of this post.

Access to hundreds of thousands of motion content clips now available in the search platform. Click to read the rest of this post.

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New platform to replace DART for Publishers and Google Ad Manager. Click to read the rest of this post.

It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Twitter! Click to read the rest of this post.

Yesterday, I mentioned that I'm speaking on the morning roundtable at SES San Diego 2010 . Later in the afternoon, I'm also speaking at the "YouTube & Video Optimization" session. Click to read the rest of this post.

Sponsored features are included with local biz listings. Click to read the rest of this post.

Vancouver 2010 has people tuning into the tube and updating their networks at the same time. Click to read the rest of this post.

Online Marketing Summit 2010 gets underway in San Diego this week. And Day 3 of the event features a Search Engine Strategies Forum also known as SES San Diego 2010 . Here are some sneak previews. Click to read the rest of this post.

At SES London 2010 , there was an unconventional session held at the bar of the Hilton London Islington Hotel entitled "Black Hat/White Hat Unconferenced." As you can see from the photo below, more than 200 people crammed into a space that could comfortably accommodate about 20. Click to read the rest of this post.

Here are 10 thweet tips on Paid Search )PPC( and some metrics versus SEO from SES London 2010. Click to read the rest of this post.

Here are 10 thweet tips on linkbuilding from SES London 2010. Click to read the rest of this post.