Mobile searches are becoming a rapidly growing market and the top search engines are looking to become the number one player in the contest. WebProNews talked with Senior SEO Analyst from Blue Moon Works, Cindy Krum about the present state and the future of mobile technology. She also talks about the possibility of Google vying for the top spot.

Barack Obama won the presidency in a landslide victory (by a margin of nearly 200 electoral votes and 8.5 million popular votes) by converting everyday people into engaged and empowered volunteers, donors, and advocates through social networks, e-mail advocacy, text messaging and online video. The campaign’s proclivity to online advocacy is a major reason for his victory.

Since the election, the social media programs adopted by Obama’s transition team have foreshadowed significant changes in how Obama, as president, will communicate with – and more importantly – through the mass of supporters who were collected, cultivated and channeled during the campaign. Obama wants to be the first president to govern with BlackBerry in hand; he will certainly be the first with a
legion of 13 million advocates at his fingertips.

If you want to read more, here is a link to one of the best White Paper PDFs online that I have read on this subject. Barack Obama’s Social Media Toolkit

Mike Beltzner gives a quick preview of what’s new and exciting in Firefox 3.5. I think Mozilla has taken Firefox to a new level. Don’t believe me ? Here is a list of some of of the new features firefox is hooking us up with:

One-Click Bookmarking

Bookmark, search and organize Web sites quickly and easily.

Improved Performance

View Web pages faster, using less of your computer’s memory.

Instant Web Site ID

Avoid online scams, unsafe transactions and forgeries with simple site identity.

Full Zoom

See any part of a Web page, up close and readable, in seconds.

Smart Location Bar

Find the sites you love in seconds—enter a term for instant matches that make sense.

Platform-Native Look & Feel

Browse with a Firefox that’s integrated into your computer’s operating system.

Password Manager

Remember site passwords without ever seeing a pop-up.

WOW, I think it is time for me to buy a black suit to go to Google Chrome’s funeral ! See you all there. (more…)

Danny and Steven from www.wired.com strap on their mobile office gear and ride into the sunset. Gadgets include: Wi-Fi portable internet hotspot, their favorite netbook, a folding chair in a bag, a waterproof handheld computer, and more. (more…)

Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year. The video is kinda long but has very good info. I also think this might be a great tool for developers to create some really cool stuff. Here are some links if you’d like more information:

http://wave.google.com/

http://wave.google.com/help/wave/about.html

Developers, here is a one for you !

http://code.google.com/apis/wave/

USA TODAY’s Jefferson Graham interviews Google engineer Matt Cutts about a year ago on how to get your site to the top of Google with 5 basic, common sense SEO tips.  I think  every client should see this video to understand that if any company says the have a special relationship with google, it is BULL!!!

You know, I often lose sight of how truly web (let alone computer) savvy most of the U.S really is.

For better or for worse…even if people don’t know what a browser is…they still know which search engine they prefer…and most likely how to use it.

As a wiser man than myself once said, search hasn’t fundamentally changed recently, and probably (more…)

Google Audio Indexing  (aka GAudi) listens to the audio in your video and creates an index. It is still in the experimental stages but is quite exciting none the less.  

They introduced the Google Elections Video Search gadget on iGoogle, a tool that transcribes and indexes the spoken content on YouTube’s Politicians channels. (more…)

Moorestown Vision video of possible usages for Mobile Internet Devices based on Intel’s next generation mobile internet platform. All i cans say is that the future looks very cool!!!
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The shift towards truly mobile access to high speed internet is showing signs of growth in relation to it’s demand while Tech pioneers are experimenting with new forms of technology in an effort to expand the wireless realm to…well…everywhere!

So what does this mean for the search marketing community? First and foremost, it has everything to do with the evolution of social media as a marketing/communication mechanism.

I think it’s only fitting the first adopters of this technology are video game enthusiasts/developers.  David Griner over at The Social Path blogged about how “video gaming has become a community experience”, and he honestly couldn’t be more right. But what’s most interesting about the growing demand for mobile media applications is the culture which evolves around them.

It’s natural for each social community to make something it’s own…especially online.  We’ve seen examples of this in the facebook, iphone, and twitter realms.  Is this indicative of the way mobile media will ultimately be consumed? Could there be a coming wave of innovation set to revolutionize the way mobile communication exists as a technology prone global culture?

count on it.

Here is a very funny video from wired.com .This video had me cracking up, especially the part when he says “you shave dog testicles” . I kept thinking about “nerd talk” even in meetings and could not stop laughing . LOL ! How many people in the seo industry do you think would not last a day under Witness Protection? think about it…..

It’s not everyday one of my New Rich heroes dabbles in the world of SEO, Social Media, and Search Marketing…even though by definition (defined by actions), he’s got every facet of search marketing on lock. In the video below, Tim Ferriss gives us an exclusive first look at SU.PR, the latest and greatest social media marketing platform built by the folks who brought us Stumble Upon. If  SU.PR  is everything Tim says it’s cracked up to be…monitoring the effectiveness of social media campaigns is about to be a no brainer!

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