Small businesses aren’t seeing recovery This just in from the Associated Press: Small businesses are still pessimistic about their economic future. Read more on Everett HeraldRead More

DIYSEO Raises $1 Million, Launches Simple Service To Help Small Businesses Manage SEO We wrote about founder of Text Link Ads Patrick Gavin’s latest venture, DIYSEO, last year, back when the startup was in stealth mode. DIYSEO aims to target small businesses who have a $500 budget and can only put 25 man hours per...Read More

Today Twitter is going live with its long anticipated ad platform. As we’ve already written, the ads will launch as a key-word based search product. But as Dick Costolo, the company’s COO explained today at Ad Age Digital today in New York, Promoted Tweets will eventually appear in every user’s regular Twitter stream.  How will...Read More

As reported in the New York Times and elsewhere, Twitter has taken a big step towards more substantial monetization with a new “Promoted Tweets” program. It’s essentially a form of search markeing, where sponsored tweets will take the top spot in Twitter search results. One promoted tweet will appear per search results page and include...Read More