While it is often regarded as the lingua franca of the internet, English is not quite the dominant online force many imagine it to be. It is still the single most widely used online language, according to Internet World Stats , but Chinese is now running a close second – and three-quarters of all web surfers speak a native language other than English.

An overview of some of today’s search, ad, tech news Click to read the rest of this post…

This is the year in which we will see video grow from a “frill” some businesses occasionally include on their websites, to an essential, competitive differentiator that drives SEO and increases brand identification.

Research firm Nielsen has released a study on how Americans spent their online time in June. Here are the main findings worth making a note of. Click to read the rest of this post..

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Hot On Sphinn: PPC Bid Management, Link Building Via Twitter, Clueless SEOs, & More Every day, your peers in the search industry are reading and voting on articles that are shared on our sister *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web….

Every day, your peers in the search industry are reading and voting on articles that are shared on our sister site, Sphinn.

If you had the time and resources to personalize every sales pitch, every piece of marketing collateral, every special offer, how would that affect your bottom line?

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Last night I had an enjoyable conversation with Scott Monty of Ford, Jeff Hayzlett (formerly CMO Kodak), Mike Monello from Campfire and our host Bob Knorpp of the famous BeanCast about a variety of topics including foursquare, Facebook, Hulu, social gaming and even small logos. One of the topics that emerged from that discussion was the astute observation of how many companies “suck” at social media