As a blogger, online marketer, writer, and a shameless self-promoter, I am always on the hunt for content and ideas for creating online content. I totally agree with whoever coined the phrase, “content is king”. I have to admit that sometimes I get writer’s block or, as I like to call it, “promoter’s block”. Whatever you call it, sometimes you just need a place to start, a place to enter a keyword phrase to get started. I finally found that place, called KeywordSmash!, a free keyword research tool that lets you search every major online keyword research and content source you could imagine. And yes, it’s completely free to use. [Read more…]

A while back you may recall that I wrote about Web of Trust, the world’s first online tool for reputation rating. Web of Trust has launched a new version. [Read more…]

The Mashable Open Web Awards is the only multilingual (i.e., in several languages) international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements in 26 different categories. [Read more…]

The Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban has been charged today (November 17, 2008) by the SEC with insider trading. Apparently Mark Cuban dumped his shares in Mamma.com right after he confidentially learned about a stock offering from the CEO of Mamma.com. This was back in 2004. [Read more…]

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Global digital marketing agency iCrossing has announced their findings of their Vertical Visibility Index: Automotive. They’re saying that Chrysler, General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Nissan are tops when it comes to online search visibility. [Read more…]