Searchenginewatch: Facebook Places will bring location check-ins to the mainstream, but will it be met with open arms or a collective "meh"? ...

Searchengineoptimizationjournal: The great thing about building your business through SEO has been for smaller businesses, it is really a level the playing field and allows everyone to be competitive. You could be a business that...

Marketingpilgrim: Consumer Watchdog’s InsideGoogle.com has something to say about Google’s disrespect for people’s privacy and they’re saying it at one of the busiest intersections in the...

Searchenginewatch: SMBs generally have relatively tight marketing budgets. Here's how you can quickly figure out when you'll see a return on your SEO or PPC investments. ...

Searchenginewatch: If you haven't already seen it YouTube has recently added two targeting features which enable advertisers to have more control on what videos their ads are placed on. Age restriction and video or...

Feedproxy.google: Posted by Aaron Wheeler  In this week's Whiteboard Friday Rand Fishkin clues you in on four link building tactics that you likely haven't heard about. Given the importance of link building to...

Feedproxy.google: On a 540-square-foot jumbotron in Times Square an ad by Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, is playing 36 times a day. The subject of this giant advertisement?...

Searchengineland: Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Showing Four Top AdWords Ads, Top One Google Mortgage...

Feedproxy.google: Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....

Marketingpilgrim: At least once a week, my husband laments the loss of a mom & pop record store we had near our home. They carried mostly used albums and rock and roll memorabilia and a visit there was like...

Feedproxy.google: Yahoo Search blog announced today that it is introducing a new Search Assist that is enhanced with the ability to provide users with geographically-closer suggestions as you are typing. This new...

Feedproxy.google: Update 2: Swisher reports that Facebook blocked API access to Ping after failing to strike an agreement with Apple, so Apple removed the feature after launch. She credits "sources familiar with...

Searchengineguide: by Sage Lewis This is a question I get asked all the time. Get the final answer right here. Inspired from this article at Search Engine Roundtable Be sure and visit our small business...

Feedproxy.google: When it comes to Street View and the collection of sensitive WiFi data, Google is, at least to some degree, safe from serious penalties in New Zealand.  A police investigation has determined...

Searchengineland: Historically, Google has shown a maximum of three ads above its unpaid “editorial” search results. But now, the company is experimenting with four. Below is an example from a search for...

Cartoonbarry: I'm now on Ping, you can find me by searching for me in iTunes 10+ under the Ping section or by clicking on over here. That will open up iTunes and should take you to my profile. Follow me there...

Feedproxy.google: For many years now AOL search results, both organic and paid, were powered by Google. Now with a deal announced by AOL ? none of that is going to change. This morning AOL announced the renewal and...

Seobythesea: I thought it might be fun to put together an SEO Quiz. How many of the following can you get right? I’ll post the answers later. 1. Stanford University’s PageRank is named after? a....

Feedproxy.google: Google has announced that they are now going to be indexing SVG documents and files. SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an XML-based graphics format specifically for vector graphic, both dynamic and...

Feedproxy.google: Consumer Watchdog has created a new anti-Google video portraying Google CEO Eric Schmidt has some kind of evil ice cream man. The video is a commentary on what the group perceives to be Google's lack...

Searchengineland: A Consumer Watchdog group is airing a cartoon that is named “do not track me.” The video depicts Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt as seducing children to come get their “free ice...

Feedproxy.google: Doesn’t it seem like new social media technologies and platforms pop up every other day? If your business consists of brick-and-mortar stores, not only is it difficult to keep up with those,...

Feedproxy.google: Google announced today that it is making public its help documentation for Local Shopping inventory for Google Merchant Center. This is a feature that allows retailers to let consumers know about...

Feedproxy.google: Webmaster Level: All Since the initial roll-out of rich snippets in 2009, webmasters have shown a great deal of interest in adding markup to their web pages to improve their listings in search...

Searchengineland: Still wondering whether to attend SMX East in New York on October 4-6? You can get a great overview of what to expect from the show from SMX East: A Personal Tour By Danny Sullivan, where Danny talks...

Feedproxy.google: Under the right circumstances, search engines can turn the names of a person's city and state into ugly words; users looking for local info may have to type them over and over until they wish the...

Searchengineland: Social media is all about engagement. Because of this, it is the perfect tool for outreach marketing efforts. Outreach marketing is the practice of seeking out individuals or organizations that have...

Community.microsoftadvertising: Now that the paid search transition announcement has been made, no doubt you have some questions about what the upcoming changes mean for you as a PPC advertiser. Whether you're new to Microsoft...

Feedproxy.google: Two years ago, Google launched Google Chrome – a browser based around the open-source program Chromium. Today, the latest version of the browser was released making it the sixth version to...

Feedproxy.google: The following post is part of a series on How to Silo Your Website. You should review, How to Silo Your Website the Masthead, How to Silo Your Website the Breadcrumb, How to Silo Your Website the...

Feedproxy.google: TopRank Online Marketing is proud to be a founding sponsor of the first Minnesota Blogger Conference. Tickets for this event “sold out” within a few hours and there are over 100 people on...

Feedproxy.google: Google announced today that it is releasing a new stable version of Chrome, which the company says is even faster and more streamlined. In fact, Google claims it is three times faster on JavaScript...

Searchengineguide: by Stoney deGeyter Much like life, websites have to adapt over time. When they don't, they risk becoming stagnant, outdated, stale, and boring. As times change, so should your content. Content...

Community.microsoftadvertising: One thing I’ve realized lately is there is a lot of talking going on in the industry but not a lot of listening.  And worst of all, a lot of talk about tactics and not a lot of strategic...

Marketingpilgrim: Is anyone surprised that AOL renewed its search deal with Google? AOL CEO Tim Armstrong was one of the executives that negotiated the deal the first time around–albeit while...

Searchengineguide: by Mike Moran Some of you might know that I like to take Augusts off. While not completely off the grid (I still clean out my e-mail—although I don't reply much—and I still moderate...

Mattcutts: It’s time for an update on my 30 day challenges. Here’s what I’ve done the last few months: June: I didn’t respond to email after 10 p.m. and I read the New Testament of the...

Searchengineland: Now that you have your paid search account up, running, and are able to pull basic reports, it?s time to start setting up your schedule for handling all of the various tasks required to truly steward...

Feedproxy.google: This is very very early and I don't have evidence of this myself, since I don't monitor rankings, but a single post at WebmasterWorld suggested there is a Bing update taking place. textex, someone I...

Feedproxy.google: We?re making Search more intuitive by taking user context and applying it to the search experience. Today we are introducing an enhanced Yahoo! Search Assist, providing suggestions geographically...

Marketingpilgrim: Because it is our nature to do such things, most of the world has moved on from the anger or whatever was experienced during the BP Deepwater Horizon oil mess in the Gulf of Mexico. There are still...

Feedproxy.google: After almost a decade of being in a search partnership, Google and AOL have announced this morning that they have come to a five-year contract renewal and expansion agreement. With this partnership,...

Feedproxy.google: Yesterday I reported Google is testing "sponsored map icons" in the US. They are basically enhanced point of interest icons using the company's logo, instead of the basic POI (point of interest) icon...

Feedproxy.google: Remember back in 2001, during the good old days (of the internet) when you could actually use Google Adwords as a means to drive quality traffic to your website, at an extremely low investment to the...

Feedproxy.google: I doubt you missed the big SEO community news from yesterday. Danny Sullivan announced in a Sphinn thread that Sphinn will be going the editorial route and be removing voting. Instead, editors will...

Feedproxy.google: AOL said today it has signed a five-year search advertising deal with Google renewing its partnership with the search company that dates back to 2002. Under the terms of the deal Google will...

Searchengineland: The Google Merchant Blog announced they have opened up the help documents for how merchants can submit content, such as local stock inventory levels, for their products. Google said this is still a...

Feedproxy.google: Some users have recently been having difficultly removing verified users in Google Webmaster Tools. Google allows you to give multiple users access to view your Google Webmaster Tools reports and...

Searchengineland: AOL announced they have extended their search deal with Google for an additional five-years. This includes Google powering AOL’s organic and paid search results. The deal also added in that...

Feedproxy.google: The obsessed (in a cool geeky way) webmasters at WebmasterWorld are discussing recent patterns they noticed with how Google's spider, GoogleBot has been accessing their site recently. One said...

Feedproxy.google: A couple of weeks ago I took a look at some examples of how brands collect and leverage Tweeted feedback – which has a positive effect: This creates favorable social media context around the...

Feedproxy.google: Search Marketing isn?t all that different than traditional marketing. And, just like the physical market, you have a plethora of vehicles from which to choose. Optimizing your efforts can get a...

Feedproxy.google: Sheara Goldenthal pinged me with a question yesterday about why the Google Keyword Tool shows different search volume data for the same keyword phrase, when she is logged in versus not logged into...

Marketingpilgrim: Yesterday, Steve Jobs announced Apple?s foray into the world of social networks with the iTunes centric Ping service. Maybe I am experiencing some social network fatigue, but despite this probably...

Feedproxy.google: Aaron Goldman is an accomplished digital marketer that I know through MediaPost’s Search Insider Summit conference. He reached out to me while writing his new book, “Everything I Know...

Searchengineland: Most of Apple’s announcements yesterday were anticipated. Still there were a few surprises; for example the specifics of the iTunes-based social network Ping, as well as the pricing of Apple TV...

Feedproxy.google: Earlier this week I mused out loud about retargeting, suggesting that perhaps it's time for marketers to not just chase folks around the web in hopes they might irritate us into submission, but...

Feedproxy.google: One of the best cards in AOL's difficult hand has been its search deal with Google, which was up for renewal this year. This morning the two companies announced (ahead of a December deadline) that...

Feedproxy.google: (Cross-posted from the Google Chrome Blog) Watching the 1985 classic Back to the Future last night, I was struck by how much things can change with time. The main character Marty McFly travels 30...

Searchenginewatch: These seven common types of prospect keywords will expand how you think about link prospecting and help you become a smarter, more strategically agile link builder. ...

Marketingpilgrim: Texting may be the most popular mode of communication between men, but for men under forty, Facebook beats out phone, Twitter and even email. The result comes from “The Great Male...

Searchenginewatch: Catch up on the latest: Google Reports, Google Campaign Experiments, and Facebook's "Broad Match Targeting." ...

Searchenginewatch: Need help deciding where to invest your limited time in social media? Use these tips on how and where to create online conversations about your SMB. ...

Seobook: Yes, deliberate mistake :) It grates when people write poorly, huh. When writers write well, the words almost become invisible. The focus shifts away from technical details, and onto the message....

Feedproxy.google: Posted by randfish It's been a wild few weeks at the mozplex. Today wrapped up the amazing mozinar with our half-day tools training just in time to launch the new version of SEOmoz. Should we slow...

Feedproxy.google: Google is in the beta testing stages of what they are calling “sponsored map icons” which will appear on Google Maps. These icons will show specific brand icons on the maps instead of...

Feedproxy.google: Back in April Digg CEO Jay Adelson announced he was stepping down and leaving the company. Today, Tech Crunch confirmed that they have hired Matt Williams, long time Amazon executive, has his...

Seobythesea: About ten days ago, Rob Ousbey posted a video on his blog showing Google streaming updates to search results as he typed letters into a search box. As he typed out his query, not only did he see a...

Searchenginewatch: Today Apple launched Ping. You can get the full story on ClickZ who covered the announcement. Were you expecting apple to launch a music social network today? Click to read the rest of this post... ...

Marketingpilgrim: If you search Google Maps right now, you?ll see little gray generic icons beside the names of businesses to denote their field. Dollar signs for banks, fork and spoon for an eatery, a tiny shopping...

Feedproxy.google: Sphinn is dead! Sphinn is dead!... oh wait, I mean ..... the Sky is falling!the Sky is falling! Or at least that seems to be the consensus if you watch the twitter-sphere and blog posts that are...

Feedproxy.google: Gowalla has launched a new feature called "highlights" which it describes as "little rewards you can give to places that are important to your life". MG Siegler talks about the potential significance...

Searchengineland: Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Maps “Sponsored Map Icons” Test Comes To...

Feedproxy.google: Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....

Feedproxy.google: ...as far as I can tell, they in fact don't ever meet. You can't leverage your networks on Facebook and Twitter in Ping. It's another closed Apple system, another Apple universe in a gilded gift box....

Feedproxy.google: Google has launched a new major version of its 3D modeling tool SketchUp: version 8. This comes ten years after the launch of version 1. Google says there are over a million people using...

Seodesignsolutions: Is Google shaking down paid links now more than ever? It seems that more and more sites are slipping from page 1 to page 3 or 4 in the SERPs (search engine result pages). What is one possible cause?...

Feedproxy.google: Google announced a new feature for businesses in Google Maps in the U.S. today. The feature lets businesses include sponsored map icons that appear on the maps themselves. The feature actually began...

Shoemoney: Saturday I was in L.A. for the 2nd annual Epic Direct (formally AzoogleAds) top publisher PlayBoy Mansion Event. I went last year and it was an unreal experience. I did all the first timer stuff.....

Feedproxy.google: There is a lot of talk about connected TV, particularly with Apple's announcement on the subject expected this afternoon. Retrevo reached out to WebProNews with some commentary on the subject....

Feedproxy.google: A while ago I wrote my case study on how I listened to Google and failed. The post got a lot of attention from the SEO community. Many people wondered whether natural link building was really dead...

Marketingpilgrim: ChannelAdvisors’ 2010 Consumer Shopping Habits Survey is out just in time for the holiday season. The free report provides valuable insights for anyone in the ecommerce, B2C space. So, what...

Feedproxy.google: Google is now indexing SVG files. SVG, which stands for scalable vector graphics, is a widely-deployed, royalty-free,  XML-based format for vector graphics and support for interactivity. The...

Feedproxy.google: Posted by Dana LookadooThis post was originally in YOUmoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her...

Feedproxy.google: So Yahoo web search, the organic results, are now powered by Bing, Microsoft search. The next to fall is the paid search side of things. Yahoo announced yesterday that the beginning of the end for...

Feedproxy.google: Nothing to see here my SEO brethren (Guest post from Marc Bitanga) As anyone NOT living under a rock would know, there has been all sorts of hype around Twitter, and rightly so. Recently Danny...

Feedproxy.google: Google showing maps and local listings in the pure organic web search results is nothing new. For example, the image below shows a search for [plumber 10010], NYC plumbers. Now, if you are not in...

Feedproxy.google: Honestly, this is one topic I really don't know too much about. Google lets your Geographic target for your web site in Google Webmaster Tools. But what if you have a ccTLD, a country specific top...

Feedproxy.google: There is a weird Google bug with the cache feature. It seems to only impact home pages. For example, a search for this site in Google returns a Google search result of the home page (we aren't...

Searchenginewatch: At some point during the crush of Connected Marketing Week, Experian Hitwise announced the launch of two new premium Search Intelligence products that can improve your search marketing performance. I...

Marketingpilgrim: There is one thing about research and statistics. No matter how obvious the findings there is still that moment of relief that comes from some form of validation of even the most obvious conclusions....

Feedproxy.google: A Google Places Help thread has a story of a person who bought a business from someone else. The issue is, that business has pretty bad reviews in Google Maps and since there will be new management,...

Feedproxy.google: Posted by Dennis Abts, Michael R. Marty, Philip M. Wells, Peter Klausler, and Hong Liu This is part of the series highlighting some notable publications by Googlers. At Google, we operate large...

Community.microsoftadvertising: Just a quick note to say I’ll be travelling down to Asia for Search Engine Strategies Hong Kong the week after next. It’s the first time the event has been held there, so should be a...

Marketingpilgrim: Be careful how you read that headline. This is not an announcement of a Facebook credit card. This is about the new ?credits? card that Facebook will be selling in Target stores, starting this...

Feedproxy.google: I was reading a copy of the Inc. 500 issue on my flight back from Dallas this weekend and came across an article about a seasonal online retailer that was “penalized” right before the...

Feedproxy.google: It?s been 10 years since the first version of Google SketchUp was released, and there are more people modeling in SketchUp now that we ever could have imagined?over a million of you a week, in fact....

Feedproxy.google: SEO seems to have a questionable reputation, unfortunately, which is comparable to the reputation of car salesmen and lawyers. I’m sure that, like in any other industry, over 80% of the people...

Davidnaylor.co.uk: As Google appears to be retreating from China, Microsoft is talking up its chances in what will soon be the world’s biggest technology market. It’s a bit of surprise given...

Searchenginewatch: Before you get into the nitty-gritty of how to use a tool, you need to pick the right suite of tools. Even more important, the question you have to answer isn't just "which tool?" but "which tool...