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With Google Trends, you can compare the world's interest in your favorite topics. Enter up to five topics and see how often they've been searched on Google over time. Google Trends also shows how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and in which geographic regions people have searched for them most.

Blogger and founder Chris Baggott of Compendium Blogware has published 10 tips for organizations aspiring to blog.

What’s the latest thinking in B2B marketing? What techniques and trends are today’s best practice B2B marketers using to drive more revenue and demonstrate accountability?

I took it upon myself to get some answers using Facebook's own ad targeting system and I created this abridged guide for marketers to give you a snapshot of what the real face of Facebook looks like on a Global and US level.

This is a report that I will be updating on a monthly basis to show how the population is changing and how marketers can respond. Is there anything else that you want to see?

Interesting discussion going on about whether PR agencies should blog over at Brian Solis' PR 2.0 Blog. Part of the post applies to all businesses: "First and foremost, not everyone needs to, or should blog. Some people just don't have anything interesting to say and that's OK. Not everyone needs to write a book, skydive, or sing karaoke either. Yes, so openness and transparency are "the new black." But don't take it at face value. Think about it first."

Following is a look at the top 10 marketing trends for 2008, based on interviews with marketers, ad agencies, media executives, analysts and other industry experts.

Some websites are designed to be games. Most are not. But have you ever heard people, or found yourself addicted to Digg, YouTube, or Facebook? Have you ever wondered why? Well, it’s because they are games, at least partially! Officially, they are social networks, news aggregators, etc. and not designed as game sites like Second Life is. However, these sites contain all factors of a game. They are not only useful, but also entertaining. You can manage relationships with friends, gain recognition, and even set trends. This book will describe the view of websites as games in general, and then study Digg, YouTube and Facebook as specific case studies. It will show you what the goals of these websites are, how to play, and how to win. Applying the game perspective to more areas of the web, users may find other hidden games and can thus use those sites with greater efficiency. Web designers also can learn from this perspective and use the game design to achieve better results.