By now should all be familiar with Google Maps and the Street View section of Google Maps.
For those of you who may not be familiar with Street View; it's a series of photos that have been taken of many main streets in the world. Giving you the searcher an almost "been there" feel when searching for a location within Google Maps.

In his keynote speech for SMX Sydney, Danny Sullivan mentioned something that really resonated with me. He talked about how he sees social media marketing and SEO as reinforcing each other, like that old cartoon, the Wonder Twins where the brother and sister touched their hands together to create some awesome power to defeat the bad guys.

November is always an exciting month for AddMe (well, me) it starts to warm up and the beach looks far more inviting. November also brings the much anticipated Digital Marketing and Media Summit held by Elite Media Group.

The summit occurs every November and attracts heads of industry from both sides of the "screen". Each year is themed giving the summit direction and the delegates a clear understanding about what's in store for them, this year's theme: "What Next?"

Let's take a breather from all this hardcore SEO / Twitter stuff for the time being and have a quick look at an interesting search engine I found the other day, Goby.com.

In the words of the Goby creators:

"Goby (GO-be) is a new search engine that's all about finding fun ways to spend your free time, from a weekend to a week off."

Using Goby you can create your own adventure, at the least you can get an idea of what's on in your surrounding areas or regions you are headed to on the weekend / during the week.

The up and coming ad:tech / Content Revenue Strategies conference in New York is a must attend event for anyone who is a publisher or advertiser.

ad:tech - November 4-6, 2009

ad:tech provides media, marketing and technology professionals with the tools and techniques they need to succeed in a changing digital world. With 10 shows in 7 countries, ad:tech's globally respected speakers, workshops and exhibitors continue to make it the one industry event all online business must attend.

Content Revenue Strategies (CRS) - November 5, 2009

CRS is focused on small to mid-sized publishers looking for insider tips on how to maximize AdSense revenue, increase revenue opportunities via contextual optimization technologies, advertising network exchanges and the latest affiliate/lead generation alternatives.

Here I go again, banging on about Twitter, Twitter's growth has been massive and interesting uses for the micro blogging service keep surfacing.

One of the most interesting and valuable things about Twitter is the real time data available. You can see within seconds what is popular around the global twitter network, giving you an instant snap shot of current trends and topics around the world.
Great, but what if you want the trends in your own country, region or city? How do you drill down?