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Google Celebrating Children and Children’s Stories With Doodles Worldwide
Google Doodle logos are popping up in various Google sites around the world. While they are all different, they share a common theme: children.…
Search Week in Review for April 23, 2011
Here’s a recap of this week’s columns and news stories for the week of April 17 to 23, as reported by Search Engine Watch.…
Google Video Shows Easy Method To Transfer Videos To YouTube
I received an email this morning from the Google Video team explaining how to transfer my videos from their hosting to YouTube and that…
Search News & Headlines Around the Web – April 22, 2011
Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category. Search Industry News Google’s 1Q Lobbying Bill…
Google Launches “News for You” – Personalized News Based on Recommendations
For the past few months, Google has been testing new news layouts in the wild. Today, they announced those tests are now official. If…
Bing Rewards Integrated Directly Into Bing Search
Bing has announced expanded options for earning credits from its Bing Rewards Program. Bing Rewards is now integrated directly into Bing Web search. This…
Improve Your Organic Rankings With Google Places, Part 3
Google Places tips and strategies for image optimization, reviews, and geographic targeting.
Google Webmaster Tools Provides Plugin for Self Hosted WordPress Sites
Google has released a new plugin that will help you verify your WordPress site in Webmaster Tools. Blogger users already know this was an…
Google & Recyclebank Set Earth Day Challenge to ‘Green’ Your Social Graph
Google and Recylebank are on a mission to measure the impact of game mechanics on marketing green behavior, in order to learn which factors…
Decade of Earth Day Doodles Get Google Animated in 2011
Google have not failed to disappoint with this year's Earth Day Doodle. In fact, after 10 years of honoring the day, this is the…
Paid Search Fire Drills: Common Oversights, Harsh Consequences
Make your life a little easier by avoiding these three paid search emergencies associated with keyword insertion, use of broad match, and attribution.
Search News & Headlines Around the Web – April 21, 2011
Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category. Search Industry News Privacy groups urge public…
Google Loses Linux Patent Suit To The Tune of $5 Million
A Texas jury recently ruled that Google infringed on an information storage and retrieval patent. The court verdict documents, filed last Friday, specify a…
Google Offers Live in Portland; Coming Soon to NYC, San Francisco
Google Offers, Google’s version of Groupon or LivingSocial, has launched in Portland, Oregon, and will soon offer daily deals from local restaurants and businesses…
Earth Day Doodle Foreshadowed By Google With Massive Investments In Solar & Wind Energy
Every year, without fail, Google celebrates Earth Day and SEW has been on the lookout for how Google will honor it. Earth Day is…
Confidently Projecting ROI for SEO: Can it be Done?
To confidently measure ROI for SEO, you have to temper expectations of high accuracy within exact number of visits or conversions, and lean more…
UK Royal Wedding Will Be Televised Globally via YouTube
Hot on the heels of their latest ‘Live’ landing page, is the news that the BBC’s coverage of the royal wedding will be streamed…
Group-Buying Meets Local Search
The daily deals market continues to grow with new players, as well as established companies weaving deals into their core offerings. At this point,…
Google Autocomplete Offers Suggestions by the Word
Google users will soon see a new twist on Google’s autocomplete feature when typing longer queries. Google announced that autocomplete will begin serving up…
Top Google Result Gets 36.4% of Clicks [Study]
It’s critical for websites to appear on Page 1 of Google, especially in one of the top three organic positions, as these spots receive…