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Adult Companies Bring Antitrust Lawsuit Against ICANN, .XXX Registry
Two adult entertainment companies have filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the operators of the .xxx top-level domain, and the administrator of the Domain…
Facebook IDs Porn Spam Attackers
Facebook has identified the group or individual responsible for the attack on its systems that spammed users with porn and violent images earlier this…
Google Introduces Verbatim Searching
Google has added a tool that explicitly searches for exactly and only your search term. Verbatim search removes personalized, corrected, suggested, related, and non-inclusive…
Yahoo Adds Recipe, Shopping, Entertainment Search Features
Yahoo is adding some new search options just in time for the holidays. Users can now do advanced searches for recipes, use Yahoo for…
More Details on Socl, Microsoft’s Social Discovery Platform
Details on Microsoft Socl, previously known as Tulalip, are surfacing. The site will be a content discovery platform with strong social elements and partial…
Google Launches Music Store, Artist Hub, and More
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…
Google+ Pages Launch Increases Traffic, But Brands Struggle to Find Followers
The launch of Google+ Pages increased traffic by 5 percent. Meanwhile, a new study says 61 percent of the world's top 100 brands have…
The Pros and Cons of Bringing SEO In-House
Are you debating whether you should bring your SEO program in-house next year? The decision to move SEO in-house can be relatively easy, but…
Louis Daguerre, Photography Inventor, Gets Google Doodle
The sepia-toned Google logo today honors the birthday of French inventor Louis Daguerre whose daguerreotype was the first successful form of modern photography. Daguerre…
SES Chicago 2011 Coverage #SESCHI
The leading search and social marketing event, SES Chicago, is over and marketers are heading home after learning the latest strategies and stats on…
Google Front & Center at SOPA Piracy Hearing
If passed SOPA would make search engines and hosting services block "rogue websites" on a judge's order. Opposed by Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter and…
Bing Adds Editors’ Picks to Search Results
Bing has launched a new search feature that provides searchers a curated page that lists sites picked by Bing editors about the searched-for topic.…
Google Analytics Adds Mobile Metrics, Email Scheduling, PDF Exporting
Google announced that starting this week we will start to see mobile ad performance metrics in the new Google Analytics interface. A new visual…
Trapit Discovery Engine Launches, on a ‘Collision Course with Google’
Trapit, a content discovery engine that learns your preferences and behaviors, has entered its open beta stage. While it doesn't strictly fall into the…
Using Social Media to Build Site Authority
One important part of building authority is paying attention to and doing your part to influence social metrics. You can do a number of…
Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Search Marketing in an Agency Environment
Seven basic steps to build a search marketing business. By maximizing efficiencies and minimizing human error, this process can help you focus your time…
Make Sure You Don’t Get the Black Friday Blues
A last minute Black Friday checklist for search marketers: beat the Google AdWords holiday rush, keep a backup evergreen ad in each and every…
Google Tests Third Party Management Tools for Google+ Pages
To compete with social networks, Google is partnering with Buddy Media, Context Optional, Hearsay Social, Hootsuite, Involver, and Vitrue to connect their products to…
Microsoft adCenter Upgrades for 2011 Holiday Season
Microsoft adCenter upgraded their reporting tools, features, and user interface. Microsoft believes these new changes will help advertisers to understand their accounts better for…
ShopCity Files Antitrust Complaint Against Google
ShopCity – a site with SEO issues – has joined the list of companies who claim Google is unfairly demoting their content in favor…