According to the analysts at Hitwise, social networks in general are more popular than search engines in some parts of the world.

In fact, networks such as Facebook have been pushing hard against the biggest names in web search, including Google, for several months now. As Hitwise reported recently, Facebook’s overall web traffic pulled ahead of Google’s for the first time in the U.S. in March of this year.

I woke this morning and saw a small buzz around the new Time’s list of 25 Best Blogs of 2009. The the top of the list has the usual suspects, including The Huffington Post, LifeHacker, BoingBoing and the like. In the end you will probably find some blogs that you have never seen though. Not a bad attempt.

Have you heard of Vimeo? Vimeo is a video hosting service similar to Youtube but better suited for hosting and sharing your videos online. Here’s why…

When you build your website, you, of course, want to get high rankings in the search engines. There are lots of ways to do this and lots of ways to NOT do this. Below are 10 things I’ve seen listed onine to avoid if you want to be in good standing with the search engines. I feel like sharing it with all of you, and hope it will help you all.

Like kids tracking Santa’s route from the North Pole, anxious consumers are following shipments of iPads from the factory in Shenzhen, China to their front doors and store shelves this weekend.

Email notices went out yesterday informing customers who had pre-ordered a wifi-only iPad that their product was shipping.  Also on Monday, a report from Morgan Stanley suggested Apple’s  suppliers forecast  2.5 million units will be sold in the first three months.  iPads will go on sale at Apple retail stores on Saturday, with some additional inventory made available to select Best Buy Stores.