Google Teaching Search Engine Optimization Courses Google is continuing to expand its reach out to webmasters and lend a bit more transparency to world of SEO with a new agenda in teaching SEO to publishers at universities. Google’s Adam Lasnik will be instructing publishers on ‘Optimizing Your Websites for Google Search’ at Catholic University this [...]

YouTube Hires Yahoo’s Yu as New CFO YouTube has taken a step in the serious direction of fortifying its management team and monetization efforts with the recruitment of Gideo Yu, Yahoo’s Treasurer. Yu is now the Chief Financial Officer at YouTube. Analysts are predicting that the move marks what may eventually add up to an [...]

Google Domains Foreshadow an Archive Search? Will Google be launching their own version of the Archive.org Wayback Machine? Some recent domain name purchases have ZDNet’s Garett Rogers following his gut and predicting that such a service (perhaps even a paid for professional service?) may be right around the corner. If my gut instinct is correct, [...]

Google Gives Brazil Orkut Data on Criminals Google has made the decision to work with the Brazilian authorities by complying with a court order to supply Brazil with data which could help identify Orkut users who are using the social network for the spreading of child porngraphy and as a center for hate crimes. Unlike [...]

Microsoft adCenter Contextual Advertising Heating Up JenSense has the scoop on the Microsoft answer to Google AdSense and Yahoo Publisher Network, Microsoft ContentAds beta. Jen says that Microsoft is looking for a few good advertisers who are interested in testing out the contextual ads on Microsoft’s BIG MONEY channels; “Selected advertisers just received invitations to [...]

Yahoo Answers Gets a Search Result Makeover Yahoo’s Social Media flagship, Yahoo Answers, is now being served to Yahoo Search users in the Yahoo search results via a new, spruced up vertical result box which breathes more life and definition into the product, just as Windows Live QnA goes live over at Microsoft. Threadwatch provides [...]

Windows Live QnA Search Now Open for Beta Testing The Question & Answer human powered search alternative has expanded beyond Yahoo Answers & Google and has now found a home with Microsoft’s Windows Live QnA. Windows Live has opened QnA up to the public for BETA testing and is looking for feedback on its product. [...]

Google Changes Domain Name Search Results Found on Google Blogoscoped by way of Barry Schwartz, Google has changed their method of serving search results for domain specific queries. For example, if one was to search for ‘SearchEngineJournal.com’ on Google a week ago, they would have been served links to the domain, info on the domain [...]