Gmail Fights Spam

On the heels of the PRSA conference last week, the topic of how search plays a part in online PR effectiveness has continued to enter into the increasing numbers of discussions we’ve been having with companies working on figuring out where to best leverage their 2008 marketing/PR dollars. It’s that time of year again. […] (more…)
The big year of 2007 is winding down and there are more than a few conferences coming up. It’s been a busy year for TopRank speaking events with our involvement in the search, direct marketing and public relations industries. Here are our remaining speaking events this year. We hope to see you there:
Nov 1, 2007 […] (more…)
Best Buy has launched an online video sharing service that lets users store and share home movies on the Web.
Best Buy Video Sharing is a subscription-based service for users to upload videos for sharing on Web sites, blogs, with family and friends, or email messages. The video sharing service lets users decide who can view their home videos and allows them to do so without advertisements.

The base plan for the service starts at $6.97 for 100 minutes of video hosting and videos up to 30 minutes in length. S (more…)
Google has decided that when it comes to Facebook, if you can’t beat ‘em, API ‘em. Google’s OpenSocial, which will launch at code.google.com/apis/opensocial tomorrow, will be a set of APIs that developers can use to create applications that work on any participating social network. Google’s goal is to create an open layer that runs atop all social networks, diminishing the power of all the networks in the process.
It’s a smart plan, especially with the “fad” nature of most social networks, giving (more…)