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Bing Gains More Ground in Search Engine Market Share, Yahoo Resumes Downward Slide

Google continues to dominate in search engine market share, though Bing continues to make small gains. The vast majority of organic searches (66.4 percent) from work and home…

By Miranda Miller · 14 Sep 2012

Industry

Bing vs. Google: A Search Engine Taste Test (Of Things To Come?)

While the Bing It On challenge allows users to vote for their preferred set of results based purely on merit, this challenge…

By Dave Davies · 13 Sep 2012

SEO

How to Avoid Hiring a Bad SEM Vendor

Buying search engine marketing services can be tricky in the best of circumstances given how new and complicated the industry is. Here’s…

By Adam Stetzer · 13 Sep 2012

Industry

Rise of Mobile & Local, Google Updates Top Concerns for Search Marketers

Mobile, local and Google's algorithm changes concern search marketers most, according to the State of Search Marketing 2012 Report. Find out how…

By Miranda Miller · 13 Sep 2012

Industry

Google Work From Home Scam Victims Getting Refunds

U.S. citizens who fell for a work from home scam that capitalized on the Google name are being refunded by the U.S.…

By Dave Neal · 13 Sep 2012

SEO

A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing

There is no such thing as a trusted link. Links and likes and tweets originate from a person (or persons) who made…

By Eric Ward · 12 Sep 2012

Development

Google SUX

Google has changed not only the SERP itself, but also the Google page intent, the links, the way it even collects data;…

By Kristine Schachinger · 12 Sep 2012

Industry

The Pirate Bay Now on Google’s Search Blacklist

Google will no longer suggest that visitors head to The Pirate Bay. The search giant has removed the website's name from its…

By Dave Neal · 12 Sep 2012

Mobile

New YouTube App Debuts on iPhone

YouTube was rather unceremoniously removed from iOS 6 version 4 when it was released early in August. At the time Apple said…

By Dave Neal · 12 Sep 2012

Industry

Google Sued by Germany’s Former First Lady for Prostitution-Related Search Suggestions

Germany’s Bettina Wulff is taking Google to court over suggestions she is a prostitute in Google autocomplete results. Google can remove piracy…

By Miranda Miller · 11 Sep 2012

Development

The Long-Term Greed-ification of the Web

As the web stumbles out of toddlerhood toward adolescence, its users are maturing and requiring that the experience mature with it. For…

By Nathan Safran · 11 Sep 2012

PPC

3 Tips for PPC Holiday Preparation in 2012

The busy retail holiday season is approaching fast for those of us in the paid search world. Each year paid search is…

By Jason Tabeling · 11 Sep 2012

PPC

Yahoo Bing Network Replaces Microsoft adCenter

Microsoft is to rebrand its advertising arm as part of a deeper partnership with search firm Yahoo. Bing Ads will replace the…

By Rosalie Marshall · 11 Sep 2012

Industry

Vitaly Borker Gets 4 Years for Threats, Terror Used to Boost Google Rankings

Vitaly Borker, formerly of DecorMyEyes.com, was sentenced to four years in federal prison and ordered to pay almost $100,000 in fines and…

By Miranda Miller · 10 Sep 2012

Content

How to Find (and Hire) Quality Freelancers to Write Content & Linkable Assets

Publishing value-driven, quality content is a major key to SEO success. But finding a pool of reliable freelancers who have great writing…

By Ken Lyons · 10 Sep 2012

SEO

Content is King & Other White Lies We Tell Ourselves

With the infamous Google Penguin and Panda updates dismantling and devaluing various link building and outdated spammy strategies, many SEOs have immediately…

By Guillaume Bouchard · 10 Sep 2012

Social

Tumblr: A Growing Search Acquisition Opportunity for Brands

Desktop unique visitors to Tumblr may be up 100% year over year, and mobile visitors to Tumblr may be up 50% since…

By Eli Goodman · 10 Sep 2012

Industry

Google Acquires VirusTotal Security Tool

Google has bought web-based security tool developer VirusTotal. Google will continue to maintain the VirusTotal online malware scanning tool and the VirusTotal…

By Shaun Nichols · 10 Sep 2012

SEO

Selecting an SEO Firm: The What, How, and Who

When you're looking to hire an SEO agency or individual, look at their background. Don't hire based on how much they cost,…

By Mark Jackson · 09 Sep 2012

Industry

Star Trek Google Doodle Boldly Goes Where No Doodle Has Gone Before

Trekkies and geeks worldwide will certainly rejoice at today's Google Doodle – complete with animations and its own storyline – that celebrates…

By Thom Craver · 07 Sep 2012

SEO

Sudden Search Traffic Drop? 6 Questions to Help Diagnose the Cause

Your website is humming along, then suddenly your traffic plummets. While could be a serious problem, you don’t have to panic. Use…

By John Lynch · 07 Sep 2012

SEO

Google’s Rating Guidelines Adds Page Quality to Human Reviews

A new version of Google’s human rater handbook has hit the web. The 161-page General Guidelines document, version 3.27 dated June 22,…

By Danny Goodwin · 06 Sep 2012

SEO

Investing in SEO: Marketers are Doing More SEO Than They Think

Content marketing, social media, video, and public relations affect a web presence and organic search rankings. These tactics can have a significant…

By Krista Lariviere · 06 Sep 2012

Development

Getting to Where Search is Going to Be, Not Where It Has Been

Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky one said, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” Well,…

By Michael Martin · 06 Sep 2012

Video

Google TV Ads Cancelled

Following a four-year effort in the incredibly lucrative TV ad business, Google has decided to pull the plug. Traditional TV ads are…

By Matt Kapko · 06 Sep 2012

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