http://searchenginewatch.com/ Latest News en-us http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:01:55 GMT http://ukn.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/rss-powered-by.png http://www.ultraknowledge.com/ http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2145295/A-Good-Social-Media-Marketing-IDEA-Identify-Deliver-Empower-Amplify Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research and co-author of bestseller "Groundswell", shared tips for success in social and instigating positive change by causing trouble in a way that’s disruptive at Covario’s recent INFLECTIONPoint 2012 conference. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2145295/A-Good-Social-Media-Marketing-IDEA-Identify-Deliver-Empower-Amplify Miranda Miller http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2145291/Google-Screenwise-Pays-People-to-Search-the-Web-With-Chrome A new Google project called Screenwise is offering web surfers the chance to get paid to surf the web and help "make Google better." You have to search the web using the Chrome browser and share your data with Google, according to the signup page. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2145291/Google-Screenwise-Pays-People-to-Search-the-Web-With-Chrome John Rampton http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2145289/DOJ-to-Approve-Googles-Motorola-Acquisition Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility could soon be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ,) sources told the Wall Street Journal. The DOJ is reportedly poised to issue a formal approval on the deal as early as next week. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2145289/DOJ-to-Approve-Googles-Motorola-Acquisition V3 http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2145229/New-Signals-to-Search-Engines-Revisited Search engines have evolved from primitive crawling technology and now have a very powerful combination of signals. This downloadable PDF “thought paper” shows how end user data, social, mobile, and personalization are shaping the future of search. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2145229/New-Signals-to-Search-Engines-Revisited Mike Grehan http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144971/Online-Newsrooms-A-Necessity-for-Search-and-Social-Content-Strategy Think content. Think fresh content. Think Google loves content. Think social shares of content. Now when news breaks in a tweet and via mobile device, the online newsroom can hold the keys to dominating online visibility in a three-screen world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144971/Online-Newsrooms-A-Necessity-for-Search-and-Social-Content-Strategy Lisa Buyer http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144969/Dont-Be-A-Wallflower-3-Fundamentals-Of-Data-Driven-Community-Outreach Many (even most) corporate community managers are relatively passive, waiting for users to come to them. However there is a real power to assertively identifying themed conversations surrounding your corporate objectives, and diving right in. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144969/Dont-Be-A-Wallflower-3-Fundamentals-Of-Data-Driven-Community-Outreach Marty Weintraub http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144966/How-to-Use-Government-Data-for-Link-Development You can use data found on government websites to create compelling linkable material. This freely available material, in conjunction with your own research and insight, should help you make content that gets linked to by all the right places. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144966/How-to-Use-Government-Data-for-Link-Development Justilien Gaspard http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144962/RIAA-President-Google-Misused-Its-Power-by-Protesting-SOPA Google abused its trust and misused its power when it blacked out its logo and encouraged its millions of users base to “Tell Congress: Please don’t censor the web!” At least according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s CEO. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144962/RIAA-President-Google-Misused-Its-Power-by-Protesting-SOPA Danny Goodwin http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144959/Privacy-Group-Sues-FTC-to-Stop-New-Google-Privacy-Policy The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is suing the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in the hopes of stopping the new Google privacy policy, which is set to become effective March 1. The complaint was filed today in federal district court. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144959/Privacy-Group-Sues-FTC-to-Stop-New-Google-Privacy-Policy Danny Goodwin http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144952/Google-Debuts-Chrome-for-Android The mobile version of Chrome runs on smartphones or tablets with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or above. Although Chrome for Android was designed from the ground up for mobile devices, it has many of the same features of the desktop version. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144952/Google-Debuts-Chrome-for-Android V3 http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144853/5-Moneyball-Tips-for-Search-Marketers-from-Billy-Beane Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane talked baseball, metrics, and people calling him crazy, with an audience of search marketers and corporate executives in a keynote yesterday at Covario’s InflectionPoint 2012 conference in California. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144853/5-Moneyball-Tips-for-Search-Marketers-from-Billy-Beane Miranda Miller http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144674/2-Non-Obvious-PPC-Split-Tests Simple PPC split testing can provide market insights that allow you to connect deeply and powerfully with your prospects. All that’s required is a willingness to think, wonder, and ask. Here are two questions to jump-start your own deep curiosity. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144674/2-Non-Obvious-PPC-Split-Tests Howie Jacobson http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144673/Facebook-Deprecating-50-Page-Insights-Metrics-Are-You-Ready Some metrics will be completely eliminated; others are being replaced by metrics added to the Graph API. If you haven’t already stopped using the deprecated metrics, you probably have your work cut out for you to quickly get the updates in place. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144673/Facebook-Deprecating-50-Page-Insights-Metrics-Are-You-Ready Nathan Linnell http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144672/How-to-Take-Advantage-of-Apples-Rise-to-Mobile-Market-Dominance Apple is the king of mobile. With an expanding market share, Apple is poised to break records yet again in 2012; though they must improve their iAd inventory to compete with Google. Here are the implications for mobile marketers. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144672/How-to-Take-Advantage-of-Apples-Rise-to-Mobile-Market-Dominance Garry Przyklenk http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144664/Solve-for-X-Googles-Answer-to-All-World-Problems Google believes that we can solve some of the world's greatest problems by working together. We Solve for X appears to be more focused on global problems, using them as opportunities to encourage “moonshot” thinking. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144664/Solve-for-X-Googles-Answer-to-All-World-Problems John Rampton http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144662/Panda-Fresher-Results-Spelling-Top-Googles-January-2012-Search-Updates A minor update to Google’s Panda update was released in January. This was just one of 14 other search changes Google announced. Others included fresher results, improvements to autocomplete, better spelling corrections, and auto-disabling Instant. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144662/Panda-Fresher-Results-Spelling-Top-Googles-January-2012-Search-Updates Danny Goodwin http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144657/Google-Bouncer-Security-Tool-Fights-Android-Malware Google said that since security system Bouncer has been operating, malware levels on the Android Market have gone down. The company noted that over the second half of 2011, malicious downloads had decreased by 40 percent. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144657/Google-Bouncer-Security-Tool-Fights-Android-Malware V3 http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144353/Google-Facebook-Agree-to-Censor-Content-in-India A court in India has ordered 21 technology firms, including Google and Facebook, to remove content. The Indian branches of both firms have complied with the court's request and removed pages which had been deemed religiously or socially offensive. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144353/Google-Facebook-Agree-to-Censor-Content-in-India V3 http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144350/Future-of-SEO-Change-Convergence-Collaboration The way you work, the tools you use, and your approach to SEO has changed. Be open to changing the way you think about SEO and willing to change the way you view the search world. Take advantage of these opportunities, tools, and platforms. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144350/Future-of-SEO-Change-Convergence-Collaboration Andy Betts http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144345/Beginners-Guide-to-Link-Prospecting-Using-Google-Search Google is a free, simple, and powerful tool that can quickly teach you about your market - and the art of link prospecting. This beginner's guide will walk you, your interns, your contractors, or your staff through the basics of link prospecting. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2144345/Beginners-Guide-to-Link-Prospecting-Using-Google-Search Garrett French