Site Speed a Ranking Factor in Google Algorithm

On December 2nd, 2009, Chris Campbell wrote:

At the recent PubCon in Las Vegas, Matt Cutts from Google delivered a presentation on what to expect in the year 2010. One of the bullet points discussed how, over at Google, there has been strong lobbying to introduce a new ranking factor into the algorithm: site speed. Soon, Cutt said, site or page speed [...]

YouTube introduces new features: YouTube Direct and Automatic Captions

On December 1st, 2009, Chris Campbell wrote:

YouTube recently introduced new features that give generations of video content creators new ways to connect with billions of viewers every day.
The first is YouTube Direct, an open-source tool that lets users embed the upload functionality of YouTube directly into their own sites. YouTube Direct is designed to bridge closer connections between individual users [...]

What blogs do you guys read?

On January 17th, 2008, Chris Campbell wrote:

Web stuffMatt Cutts is a head of spam prevention at Google. He has a blog that keeps me up to date with tools for search optimization (SEO and SEM) and whats up at Google. He also has some videos on you tube, that are great for understanding certain elements on search.Google webmaster and official Google [...]

Proposed Tax will Terminate Thousands of Illinois Jobs

On February 27th, 2010, Chris Campbell wrote:

States have been trying for years to find ways to collect taxes from online sales, which continue to grow at a rate of about 10 percent a year. States are now losing out on $20 billion annually in taxes they would be collecting if all online sales were happening in physical stores. The Illinois Department [...]