Crafting a successful search engine marketing program entails keeping up with technology. This list of the 25 most innovative products of 2008, from PC World, will bring you up to speed.

Time to close the libraries? SearchEngineLand reviews a recent PEW study indicating 76% of Americans have Internet access and 58% go to the Internet for information on health, government, careers, and other vital topics. Among 18-30 year olds, a whopping 91% have Internet access.

Here's a fun list from 10e20, the Top 50 Search and Social Media Happenings for 2007. Way back in 2006, social media might not have been a category!

Privacy of personal information will be a major issue in 2008, and one with vast implications for search engine marketing. This article from Wired, Should Web Giants Let Startups Use the Information They Have About You?, goes in depth on a widespread and controversial data sharing practice - scraping.

If you've started a business blog, congratulations. For ideas on how to build readership, read 16 Effective Strategies to Expand Your Blog's Reach in 2008, from DoshDosh.

And finally, from VisualRevenue, a very useful listing of the 18 most popular Web Analytics blog posts of 2007.