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According to Bizreport.com , almost a third of local business searches are conducted on the internet. Search engines, not the Yellow Pages, are the primary source for those looking for local services. Jay Ehret wants you to think about this when you invest in the Yellow Pages. The internet provides the most cost effective marketing solution right now. You will get a better return on your investment by keeping your web site up to date and making sure it can be found. Ehret suggests you improve your presence in local Google searches by: Claiming your Google business listing Doing some basic search engine optimization Using Google Adwords and local pay per click advertising. Keep the Yellow Pages ad, but remember it's effectiveness is going to diminish as more people turn to the internet for local searches.

We really enjoy being apart of the Smiley Building from theater/plays shows to the kids running up and down the halls. Its a wonderful environment, and we look forward to seeing the old school stay alive! Thanks Charles and Lisa! -JoshT

Google is asking IE6 users to download and use either Firefox or its own browser, Chrome . According to TG Daily , IE6 users are greeted with a message prompting them to “get faster Gmail” when logging into their Gmail accounts. The rationale behind the move makes sense. Gone are the days when browsers simply served up web pages. Web browsers are now clients for web applications like Gmail, Google Docs, and numerous other services. To run these applications, browsers must support the latest web technologies and standards. Something IE 6 doesn’t do. If you are still using Internet Explorer 6, do yourself a favor and download Firefox or Google’s Chrome Browser. You'll have a much more enjoyable browsing experience.

The latest and greatest flash release from Adobe is a complete failure. It renders wonderful education and entertainment sites such as youtube to less useful than a paperclip. After installing Flash 10 and checking some of our sites I realized that every site had issues. Every site that uses flash videos, or other widgets would pop the message "Additional plugins needed, please install flash". Of course this issue only applies to Firefox, IE on the other hand seemed to behave appropriately, playing the much desired interactive media. Without that form of media the internet was just not the same. Flash really does bring life to our world. After this little trip of aggravation at this newest release it was quick to uninstall Flash 10. Luckily I kept the flash 9 installer :P j-3media.com/flash9

Hubspot has released its " State of the Twittersphere Qtr 4 2008 Report ". According to Hubspot 5,000 to 10,000 new user accounts per day were opened on Twitter during the fourth quarter of 2008. 70% of all Twitter users joined in 2008; 20% of all users have joined in the past 60 days. Whether Twitter goes mainstream like Facebook or MySpace remains to be seen. Twitter users are still miniscule compared to these two social media giants. So what is Twitter? Twitter is a microbloggin g tool. Twitter is kind of like a chat room, but you choose who you follow, and who follows you. Twitter is an instant messenger, but messages are archived and searchable. Twitter is a human powered news feed . Twitter is a social networking site, but you don't spend hours setting up and maintaining your profile. Twitter is a content syndication tool. Web sites such as twitterfeed.com will automatically post your rss feeds to your Twitter account. Twitter is a photo sharing tool. Twitter is a