Restaurant Industry News - Internet

With a top-to-bottom overhaul well underway and a new leadership team in place, Sizzler, America’s original family steak house, is again in the franchising business. - More

Conversion rate optimization is the key to achieving significant ROI in online advertising campaigns - More

The University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business looked at the relationship between social media and small businesses and found that the technology adoption rates in the U.S. have doubled in the past year from 12% to 24%. - More

The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space. - More

Buzz is Google’s new social network and it’s already created a stir. There have been concerns over privacy but all in all, the reaction has been very largely positive. This article is a simple guide explaining how to use the service. - More

In Wake of Quattro Deal, CEO Jobs Looks to Make Mobile Ads 'Suck' Less - More

Google and Facebook are on a collision course in the increasingly competitive market for social networking services. - More

Google is trying once again to capture some of the momentum surrounding social networking companies like Facebook and Twitter by adding new features to Gmail, its popular e-mail service. - More

Healthy Fast Food, Inc. (OTC:HFFI) (BULLETIN BOARD: HFFI) and its wholly owned subsidiary U-SWIRL International, Inc., the owner and franchisor of U-SWIRL® self-serve frozen yogurt stores, today officially unveiled its new web site, found at www.U-SWIRL.com. - More

Google has begun the rollout of its Social Search product, a way of seeing customized search results based upon the people in your social network. - More