Yahoo has unveiled a new search tool that its claims will offer users a better way to search the Internet on their iPhone, iPad, or on a desktop browser. Yahoo Axis displays search results without users having to leave their current web page, and...
Google has claimed victory in the second phase of its high-profile legal battle with Oracle. A U.S.federal court jury ruled that the company did not infringe on Oracle patents with its use of Java components in its Android platform.
Google has released a new version of its iPhone search app, boasting a revamped interface, full screen image searches and improved search speeds. The update makes app pages load faster and increases the speed with which autocomplete search...
Of all the topics in the hot mobile location space, mobile monetization seems to be the biggest question mark. Though ad networks and search engines like Google see real revenue, mobile local leaders like Foursquare and Yelp haven't done much...
Google unveiled its Knowledge Graph recently, which it coined the "first step in the next generation of search.While it makes its way to my part of the world (Hong Kong), Baidu is claiming this is not new as the Chinese search giant has been...
Google receives more than 250,000 requests to take down URLs accused of copyright infringement each week. In the past month, Google has received 1.2 million requests from 1,000 copyright owners to remove pages from 24,000 websites from its search...
Google is embarking on an awareness-raising program that will see it notify roughly half a million users that they may be on the brink of losing their Internet connection as a result of a malware infection.
Have you seen Bing Visual Search lately? Probably not. Heck, nobody even noticed it was gone and the www.bing.com/visualsearch link was no longer working until a report from LiveSide.net this week pointed out that the feature – introduced as the...
So you’ve heard about the SES new social platform – Vivastream. Now what? I know what you’re all thinking ….oh no, not another social network to keep track of. But this one is definitely worth joining to make sure you’re meeting the right people...
Many small businesses have lost search rankings, traffic and income in the weeks since Google’s latest algorithmic update, known as Penguin, was launched. A Wall Street Journal article on Google’s Penguin update highlighted some of the damage, as...
In “Keyword Clustering for Maximum Search Profitability” we discussed the idea of clustering keywords and how doing so can increase the speed and effectiveness of your link building efforts. The article was based on the principle of passing...
It has been a while since I last touched up on the topic of Change, Convergence s more, I also had the great pleasure of interviewing two leaders in the SEO technology space – Rand Fishkin from SEOmoz on investment (soon to be Moz maybe?
Many small businesses are still severely rattled by Google’s aggressive moves in the spring of 2012. Many webmasters received the dreaded backlink warning emails directly from Google Webmaster Tools. And the Google PR machine got to many more who...
The job of a community manager, although sometimes shown on paper this way, isn’t a 9-to-5 gig sitting at a desk. It often takes being able to snap a photo or write a post sitting on the bus or at 35,000 feet (thanks, GoGo Inflight).
Google CEO Larry Page took the stage at Zeitgeist 2012 sporting an augmented reality headset and joked, “If you guys are going to take my picture, I’ll take your picture, too. The headset is the basis of Project Glass, announced in early April this...
Google has begun testing "Ads Related to" for segments and categories for a few different search queries. They tested this last year but it quietly went away. Dream Systems Media broke the news earlier this week when they found that Google has yet...
Where are you spending your spring or summer vacation? Americans searching Google for travel destination information are most interested in Disney, Las Vegas, and Florida, according to a new report by digital marketing intelligence firm AdGooroo.
Now that we've seen entire link building related companies vanish due to Pandas and Penguins and other search quality improvements from Google, my hunch is we will see a surge in freelance or solo link builders who decide to go it alone.
There's no denying it: coming up with solid topic ideas for content and linkable assets on a consistent basis is hard work. Using keyword tools to unearth keyword ideas that are proven to drive traffic is one effective and time-honored method of...
Paid search marketing is a 24/7 industry. Even when you're sleeping, someone, somewhere is searching. That’s what we all love about paid search. It’s a dynamic, always on game that we get to play. This idea of “always on” got me thinking, is my...
