Google's Matt Cutts and former ex-Googlers talk spam, rankings, and SEO tips. Google has safer results than Bing, Yandex, and Blekko. GM likes Facebook ads again. Here's a quick recap of search and social marketing news and tips from the past week.
You live search. You breathe search. You eat negative keywords for lunch and cook up scrumptious ROIs for dinner. The best part of your day is getting knee-deep in the AdWords interface – except for that tab on the far right.
Launched August 16, Qihoo Search was the latest search engine to hit China and became one of the largest traffic sources in only a matter of days but where do they sit now as the dust settled? Just a little background for you, Qihoo 360 Technology...
Large Youtube to MP3 conversion website Youtube-MP3.org has been threatened with legal action, and seen its servers blocked from accessing YouTube because its MP3 extraction procedures convert YouTube videos into downloadable audio files...
We sure have come a long way in the search engine optimization (SEO) business. It seems like only yesterday (actually it was 1998) I was gaming Alta Vista for search rankings. I would find pages that ranked highly for two word keyword phrases and I...
Last week, Google's Inside Search blog announced a recap of 30 different search quality improvements it made in December, 21 of which were improvements that were specifically new to Google. However, looking through the list, it seems that some of...
While we spend a lot of time talking about the battle between Google and Apple, both companies are also fighting against a powerful third competitor: Amazon. This infographic examines how Amazon comes into play in the technology wars.
Google's "These Go to 11" press conference marked the official launch of the Google Music program for U.S.users, opened the door to Google's long-awaited MP3 store, and unveiled several new music features for both consumers and artists.
Google has scheduled a Los Angeles press conference for tomorrow. It's been speculated that the conference will announce the launch of the Google Music Store. Early screenshots of what is allegedly the Music Store app have also been leaked.
The Google MP3 store is set to launch in one to two weeks. The music store will include a song-sharing service that's integrated with Google+. At the time of launch, Google is likely to have licenses with only two of the four major labels.
Google's Cloud-based music service may soon give users both the option to buy music and have the highest quality version of their song played back. However, Google is still struggling to win over the labels.
Developing linkable content, a term I use loosely, for a site has always been a great way to develop links. Instead of the typical written content I'm talking about anything online that people can link to – tools, widgets, cartoons, surveys...
Bing has announced expanded options for earning credits from its Bing Rewards Program. Bing Rewards is now integrated directly into Bing Web search. This opens it up to people using the latest versions of the Firefox, Chrome, and Safari browsers.
Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category. Search Industry News Congress Asks Google: Why Do Searches Lead To Counterfeit And Pirate Sites? paidContent
In a period of about 10 minutes of web surfing, how many advertisements would you say that you see? Ten? Fifteen? A new ad on every new page you visit? The point: display advertising has become a huge part of our online experience.
When it comes to creating websites for foreign language markets, a few necessities are immediately obvious. First, the websites need to be in the native or primary language of the country you're targeting.
The rumor is growing fast. Now the New York Post has it that Google could launch its search-related music store as early as this holiday season, i.e. November-December. Accelerated" Talks The newspaper reports that Android VP at Google, Andy Rubin...
Layar has introduced a new revenue opportunity for Augmented Reality (AR) developers to target the 1.6M mobiles that have downloaded their augmented reality browser. The company yesterday announced the the Layar Payment Platform, which is a content...
I recently received a call from a prospect who works in the infomercial space. They get plenty of traffic to their Web site, by virtue of the promotion on television, but they wanted to speak with me about conversion rate optimization.
Baidu has been selected by China Unicom to provide wireless search for its 3G mobile subscribers. Baidu's search will be embedded in China Unicom's 3G phone modules. We are very excited to join hands with China Unicom today following our...
