If we can have another two minutes of your time to look at the video below:

The idea is not something new, just that Google take it further to allow people to search using images. Few interesting articles if you wish to read more about it:

• Put on Your Google Goggles and Visually Search the World by Mashable
• Confirmed: Google Googles Will Reach Other Platforms by PC World
• Search By Sight With Google Goggles by Tech Crunch

What say you? For more info, you can read about Google Goggles yourself.

Todd Friesen, a person considered by many people in the industry to be the pioneer of Search Engine Optimization. Now, we are proud to share with you the Confessions of a Reformed Spammer.

Does it sparks anything in your mind?

Photo credit – selva

With regards to the latest release of the new WordPress 2.8.6 updates, we thought that it is a good example of how the community helps to perfect the platform – something what we known as contribution.

In the MacWorld Conference and Expo 2009 (watch the video), Chris Pirillo mentioned that a community grows when the members or people in the community act something based on it – speaks about it, promote it, invite others to join – without them being asked to do so.

Just like WordPress, the community continues to grow bigger and bigger. Anyway, thanks to Benjamin and Dawid for reporting the security issue which contributes towards the WordPress 2.8.6, a Security Release version of WordPress.

Learn more how to upgrade your WordPress to the latest version

It is like a wish comes true! We have been haunting this far for list of tools and research that could help business start ups and small business.

The list of Tools & Resources by Inc. will encompass areas such as Doing Business Online, Financial Management, Recruitment, Marketing and more.

Check it out!

Today, WordPress releases its latest updates (WordPress 2.8.5) with updated features as listed. As now, WordPress has been downloaded more than 7 million times and it never shows any stopping sign any time sooner.

From this recent update from the WordPress blog, they have recommend a WordPress plugin that detects if your self-hosted WordPress has been exploited in some way – WordPress Exploit Scanner.

“This plugin searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious. It also examines your list of active plugins for unusual filenames.”

You know that most things recommended by the creators of WordPress is tested and reliable. Just like in business. If you are referred with a company with high profile and prestige, you will be raised even higher that what you were before.

There is no other way to get a recommendation other than showing your credibility and not being an arse!

Photo Credit: jimmyroq

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Before the launch of your business website, you have decided to put a landing page which has your company name, logo and contact details. If you wish to take it further, you can put the Google Analytics code to see your visitors’ trend during that period.

No matter whatever your reason, you must get your website online as soon as possible. Because if they made a comeback (returning visitors) and still seeing the construction page, you might loose a potential clients or customers for your business.

If your website received about 200 queries, and have about 50% returning visitors. The questions are…

How many clients or customers you have turned down? And can you afford to loose them during the current economic condition?

Today, Rafie tweet about SMART Metering during his lecture:

Learning about SMART metering. #Privacy issues causes they delay for the introduction in the UK grid.

What he did not expect is a twitter reply from Susan Lyon, a Privacy Lawyer:

Who is teaching the SMART metering class? Would love to connect with your prof about #privacy issues in UK #smartgrid

Now that is a proof how social media can connect people of the same interest!

Social Media ROI by Intersection Consulting

Today is the Blog Action Day 2009. We just would like to share a poster that we found online. It is originally posted by poor taste on tumblr.

(Click for Large preview)

Perhaps this is what we’ve been waiting for so long!

This is technology. But how far we are from reach? Learn more from Cisco website

Previously, we mentioned why WordPress is our all time favourite now we share with you the Questions and Answers session with the father of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg.

Original post from Matt Mullenweg website, Q&A: WordPress & GPL