Open source is getting really fun! Buddypress shows just a sliver of it’s potential. As an add-on to wordpress, it allows one to quickly create their own social site after a pretty simple install. They can build a community where members can create a blog, chat with other members, build a profile and much more. [...]

As high speed internet continues to penetrate other countries, many U.S. companies are now focusing their efforts on this world wide market. Google’s India site is now the twelfth most popular site in the world, and Baidu.com, a search engine in China, is even better at number nine. Companies can see huge sale increases from [...]

Some of our clients recently have asked us to explain Cloud Computing as a concept. I found this decent video from Ken Colbourn, who gives the basics and some examples. He also explains some pros and cons. Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Giving up some privacy, and placing your data in the hands [...]

A few days ago we posted about Bing going visual with their visual search, well Google is getting into the game as well. CNN posts a nice video that gives you a sample. Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a><br /><br /> I like the direction this leads. The more visual search becomes, even more [...]

We at TK (now Gravitate Online) have long mused wither Facebook would ever really try and get into the search business. Imagine, if you will, doing a search on FB for a local plumber and getting web results that integrate with your friends from FB. It could deliver results that had your friends searches and [...]

Bing is bringing in the cool features with their new Beta of Visual Search. As one who is always looking for the next best thing on the horizon, this may have some potential. Essentially, you start your search with a page that shows you the main categories, hot topics, ect. You can start with one [...]

This post has nothing to do with SEO, SEM or internet development, it’s just about something that’s pretty cool. The University of Washington is developing a contact lens with  an internal LED. Allowing the viewer to have ‘enhanced’ site, not just 20/20 site. More advanced options will include all kinds of great information, like health [...]

Google just announced, in a lengthy 8 page pdf (see below) plans to launch a new micropayment process that will allow content developers to put some of their premium content behind a paywall.  Many believe this has the potential to save newspapers, or at least infuse the cluttered internet with higher quality, “Pay-Per-Veiw” content. I’m [...]

Okay, it’s official, Facebook has reached critical mass. A couple young girls in Australia got caught in a drain and instead of dialing 000 (their version of 911), they posted their predicament on Facebook. It was promptly seen by a friend and they were rescued by the fire department. They were only 10 and 12 [...]

Every SEO sees Wikipedia as the ultimate seo’d site. It show up everywhere and gives so much content to Google, that they are almost impossible to compete against. However, we also know the reputation they have for faulty information (preception is strong, although reality begs to differ, see Wikinomics). Wikipedia is making a concerted effort [...]