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Foursquare Introduces “Save” Button
Geo-location social network Foursquare has announced a "Save" button for webmasters. This button allows users to store a location with a single click, then…
YaCy Introduces Peer-to-Peer Search Engine
YaCy, a German search company brought into being by the Free Software Foundation of Europe (FSFE) has released a peer-to-peer search that uses networked…
AdWords Editor Adds Top-of-Page Bid Estimate Support
The latest AdWords Editor update, 9.7.1, includes top-of-page estimates via Automated Rules, the ability to manage bids based on these estimates, as well as…
Where to Land the Best Paying SEO Jobs [Infographic]
New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are the best places to find SEO jobs in the top 20 U.S. markets. Also: current salary…
Judge Orders ALL Search Engines, Social Networks to De-index Seized Websites
A Nevada District Court case has ruled in favor of Chanel, allowing the company to take down over 800 domain names that sell counterfeit…
How Search Engines Use Machine Learning for Pattern Detection
Algorithm updates like Google Panda are more understandable when you grasp the basics of machine learning. Here’s a simplified breakdown of how search engines…
YouTube Analytics Replaces YouTube Insight
YouTube Analytics will replace YouTube Insight. YouTube Analytics will offer a number of new features, including a new overview section, more detailed statistics, the…
Ouch! Microsoft’s Latest Bid for Yahoo Half of 2008 Offer
The Silver Lake consortium - which includes Microsoft - has offered $16.60 per share for a minority stake in Yahoo, much lower than the…
SES Accelerator – San Diego (February 9th) – speaking submissions now being accepted
The SES Program Team is accepting speaking proposals for our SES Accelerator event in San Diego. SES Accelerator is a one day, three track…
Salesforce Launch Social Workflow, Merging Analytics Rules with CRM
Salesforce has launched a new product for enterprises designed to analyse social media conversations and comments on the web and direct them to the…
Cyber Monday 2011 Marks Biggest U.S. Online Spending Day in History
Cyber Monday 2011 online spending in the U.S. topped $1.25 billion, walloping Cyber Monday 2010 by up to 33 percent, according to industry analyst…
Google Maps for Android Adds Indoor Mall, Airport, Store Maps
Google Maps has added indoor maps of malls, airports, and many other locations. These indoor maps are available by simply pinch-zooming in your Google…
Top Bing Searches in 2011: Bieber, Kardashian & Royal Wedding
Maria Sharapova, the iPhone 5, the Casey Anthony trial, Rebecca Black, and bankruptcy are also among Bing's list of top searches for 2011, which…
Adobe to Acquire Efficient Frontier in Mission to Optimize Ad Spend
Adobe has agreed to purchase search centric agency Efficient Frontier. The deal brings Adobe, traditionally a platform company, a global search marketing services business,…
Renewed Calls for Privacy Law Following Facebook FTC Settlement
Facebook shared user IDs with advertisers, allowing them to tie Facebook data to information gleaned about users on other sites, according to the FTC.…
New Google Redesign Ditches Black Navigation Bar
The Google+ Bar – that black navigation bar containing links to Google's properties – is going away soon. Google is trading in the black…
Mark Twain Again Follows Halley’s Comet…This Time in Google Doodle
How appropriate that in a month that a Google Doodle featured Halley's Comet that Google would follow up by celebrating Mark Twain's 176th birthday…
3 PPC Ad Tips Inspired by Infomercials
Search marketers can learn lessons from successful infomercials: winning PPC ads make your product/service look effortless, make prospects visualize using the product/service, and make…
WordPress Launches WordAds – Because ‘You Deserve Better Than AdSense’
A partnership between WordPress and Federated Media gives bloggers another monetization option, with an opt-in ad program available exclusively to WordPress.com bloggers, designed to…
Warning: Google Wallet For Business Beta is a Phishing Expedition
If you've received an email offering you access to the Google Wallet for Business beta recently, beware: it's a phishing attempt to get your…