Seo, Development and Internet Observatory

When WebProNews spoke with Nick Fox back in August, he indicated that the future of paid search could be without keywords. At the recent SES Chicago, WPN sat down with Mona Elesseily of Page Zero Media who shared with us how this development would impact advertisers.

Over the years of running thesitewizard.com, I have had numerous webmasters write to me asking why their web pages do not appear in the search engine results page even though they directly search for terms that should yield their page.

Connie Bensen spoke with WPN at the BlogWorld Expo and gave some helpful tips for building and monitoring a brand. As you build your brand, be consistent, memorable, and always provide value.

WebProNews spoke with JB Glossinger about how people can make money online. The MorningCoach Founder says that if you provide valuable content and ideas people will pay for it. It’s all about getting your expertise out there.

Back in August, WebProNews first told you about Google's Caffeine update. As Matt Cutts told us then, the Caffeine project would provide improvements to Google's indexing structure. Despite concerns from some users about the impact on search results, Barry Schwartz of RustyBrick told WPN that caffeine is in fact live at one data center.

In September, Twitter released its new Terms of Service. While some users welcomed the new rules, others were not so enthusiastic. Jesse Stay, the CEO of SocialToo, spoke with WebProNews about some of the issues the Terms of Service are raising.

It is clear that Twitter is a valuable tool for business. WebProNews spoke with Jason Falls, the Principal of Social Media Explorer, who believes the reasoning behind this thinking is a result of the "conversational platform" Twitter provides for business usage. It is for this very same reason that he predicts Google will acquire the microblogging service.

Microsoft released its latest edition of Windows on October 22nd to replace the highly criticized Windows Vista. The company is hoping for a fresh start after the bad reception from Vista. Since Microsoft's software runs most of the world's personal computers, our very own Mike McDonald demonstrates the installation process in this video.

Where are we going with social media? That question is asked very frequently by businesses that want to know what they can do to be ready for the future. Before looking too far ahead, Jeremiah Owyang of the Altimeter Group recommends that businesses first look at what is currently happening.