I’m excited to bring you news of the launch of SoloSEO, a brand new project management solution for search engine optimization. I’ve been working with founder, Michael Jensen over the last few months – consulting on the development and launch – and I am blown away by what SoloSEO is able to offer.

While software for search engine optimization has existed for years, there really hasn’t been a solution that allows you to set-up, track, manage and progress your SEO campaign…until now (see screenshots).

SoloSEO allows both the novice, and SEO expert alike, to manage a campaign from soup-to-nuts. It’s packed full of features, comes with a 14-day, no obligation free trial and is just $29 per month (for up to 5 web sites).

Google Answers is a failure – Google has finally admitted it. Well, actually, they didn’t go that far. They’ve announced the closure of Google Answers, but they’re downplaying the fact that it was a big flop.

Google Answers was a great experiment which provided us with a lot of material for developing future products to serve our users.

Actually, by charging a fee for answers, you were actually hoping Google Answers would become a viable revenue stream. And, if it was just an experiment, why did it come out of beta? Why not admit that Yahoo Answers kicked your butt, because they decided not to monetize their service?

Darren Rowse points to a post by John Chow that reveals details of an ad network that Google uses for Fortune 1000 companies.

The Google Display Advertising Network was created so Google can go after Fortune 1000 companies, which buy advertising to build a brand more than to sell a product…The goal being to sell these big companies display and video ads at a very high CPM – unlike the AdSense network, the display network is 100% CPM based.

I recall hearing rumors – or maybe just speculating myself – that this network existed, but it’s interesting that Google is breaking with the tried and trusted CPC model. I wonder if John Battelle is aware that Google is not content with the “milk” of advertising (CPC) and is now going after the “cream” (CPM) – John’s analogy, not mine.

Over at the 10e20 blog, Chris has taken all of the available information on Matt Cutts and compiled 20 real facts about him.

Marketing Pilgrim is located in Wolfpack country, so we’ll defer judgement on the fact that Matt went to UNC.

Donna Bogatin has screenshots from Google that show how it plans to serve Google Audio Ads.

Here’s one…

See them all.

David Wallace wants to test your skills in identifying SEM stars, when presented with just a snippet of their photo.

The first one is easy, but they get more difficult…

Do you know who owns these shoes? Let David know.