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Algorithm updates, product launches, and two decades of covering the company that defines search. 8,721 articles
Industry

When Will Social Search Engine Volunia Deliver its Quantum Leap?

Volunia is the brainchild of search engineer Massimo Marchiori, credited with inspiring PageRank as we know and love it with his Hyper…

By Miranda Miller · 14 Mar 2012

SEO

10 Keys to Ranking on Google & Bing During Breaking News Events [Study]

An evaluation of worldwide breaking news events, business breaking news, and local breaking news, reveals that the two major search engines treat…

By Miranda Miller · 13 Mar 2012

Social

Social Ads Work For Google, Facebook

Social ads work. Google’s +1 button encourages more people to click on socially “enhanced” ads. For Facebook, social ads increases ad recall…

By Danny Goodwin · 13 Mar 2012

Industry

It’s Official: Yahoo Sues Facebook Over 10 Patents

The suit alleges that Facebook features, including the News Feed and video content ads, are based on Yahoo patents for social networking…

By Shaun Nichols · 13 Mar 2012

Industry

Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal Google Easter Eggs

A trio of new Google Easter eggs display the number of results in the number system of the query. Search the terms…

By Miranda Miller · 12 Mar 2012

Industry

Yahoo Search Share Sinks, Google, Bing Rise in February 2012

Yahoo’s slice of the U.S. search engine market continued to evaporate in February reaching a new low, according to comScore. Google and…

By Danny Goodwin · 12 Mar 2012

Analytics

Recovering (Not Provided) Keyword Data

Google Webmaster Tool search query data is more accurate than currently perceived. Clicks seem to be correlated enough with visits to make…

By Ben Goodsell · 12 Mar 2012

Mobile

Mobile SEO: Managing Googlebot & Your Mobile Sites

Implementing an optimized mobile site is becoming increasingly important for many publishers, as smartphones are becoming increasingly pervasive. Here’s how to think…

By Eric Enge · 11 Mar 2012

Local

Apple, Foursquare Ditch Google Maps for OpenStreetMap

Is Google’s decision to charge sites or apps using Google Maps API for high volume usage beginning to backfire? Apple and Foursquare…

By John Rampton · 10 Mar 2012

Industry

Search Engine Users Dislike Personalized Search But Like the Results

The majority of search engine users are not OK with tracking used to personalize search results or offer targeted advertisements, though satisfaction…

By Miranda Miller · 10 Mar 2012