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Google PageRank Update : June 2009
Google PageRank (the visible toolbar PageRank that is) was updated around the web on the 23rd and 24th of June, changing the visible PageRank scores...
Twitter SEO – The Slow Death of Twitter Hash Tags
Hash tags are a fad. Hash tags were cool for about 10 minutes. But then they started to remind us of IRC, Meta Data, and...
Google Shares Best Practices for Making the Web Faster
Google has just launched Code.Google.com/Speed, a new site for developers containing tutorials, tips and performance tools which can be used to optimize the performance of...
Microsoft Bing Adds Three Former Yahoo & Google Engineers to Team
If you can’t acquire them, just hire them! Microsoft, which made a play to acquire Yahoo via hostile takeover last year, has forged ahead and...
Google Chrome Security Issues Fixed, Update Released
Google updated their Google Chrome browser yesterday with a new release (version 2.0.172.33) which includes a major fix of a critical security flaw in the...
Google Brings Search to Community Service : AllForGood.org
Yesterday Google, in cooperation with a group of tech companies, create a new search service with the specific aim of helping users find community service...
Link Building Worksheets – Organize Your Campaign
I have said numerous times how much I love using Excel to get better organized. And using it for managing your link building campaigns is...
Surprise! AdWords Ad-Serving Myth-Busting
I feel kinda stupid. Either I didn’t read the AdWords Help on Ad Serving settings closely enough (again), or AdWords made something super non-intuitive (AGAIN)....
9 Strategies for Finding Incredible Content
Finding great content online from a social media and search marketer’s standpoint is a very vital aspect to building out social accounts, writing blog posts,...
Google Execs Facing Trial for Privacy and Defamation in Italian Court
Four Google executives have been the target of criminal privacy charges in a Milan court over a video of a bullied disabled child which was...
Did Bing Just Beat Google in Search Trends?
Did Bing just beat Google in Search Trends? Apparently, that was what Eric said on a post over at TechCrunch. Eric compared the trend on...
Google Opens AgencyLand : Education Portal for Ad Agencies
Google has developed and is expanding usage of an educational portal for advertising agencies to use to educate their staff on Google Advertising and also...
Yahoo Rolls Out Self-Service Display Ads
Yahoo has just announced the launch of My Display Ads, a self-service display ad solution aimed to assist small and medium-sized businesses to put their...
70+ Most Useful Mashable Posts for Search Marketers and Developers – II
We published an article on 70+ Most Useful Mashable Posts for Search Marketers and Developers a while back which readers really enjoyed and we received...
Microsoft to Revamp MSN Portal to Fully Integrate Bing
Now that Microsoft had set the ground work for establishing Bing as its core search engine, the task that lies ahead is now focused on...
Track Iran Election Protests Online : Social Media & Search
It is unquestionable that the largest news story of the week has been the protests in Iran led by opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and the...
Google to Start Testing New Product Ads
Google is about to test a new form of advertisement called product ad, the WSJ reports. What so different about thsi Google product ad is...
Google Joins Twitter in Iran Election Buzz : Adds Persian Farsi Translation
Given the global buzz and controversy over the Iranian protests after the questionable results of the Presidential election on Twitter, Facebook and other social media...
Google Book Search Gets 7 New Features
One of Google’s most ambitious project which also happens to be one of the most controversial – Google Book Search is getting some new features...
Twitter SEO – the Future of Keywords
The future in search appears to be how real-time data is going to be accessed by users. Twitter is at the forefront of this with...
Yahoo Selling Off Domain Names : Unloads Contests.com for $380K
Yahoo, which we all know has been cutting back substantially and looking for sources of extra revenue, has devised a new plan to bring in...
Google Highlights Verticals with Explore Search Page
So finally, Google does something to fight back at the mileage that Microsoft’s Bing has been receiving lately. Nothing fancy on the part of Google...
AdSense New Feature Lets You Change Font Size of Ad Text
Following up on the AdSense feature that allows the changing of font faces of ad units, Google announced a related feature – this time changing...
Google Chrome to Grow Search Share Via Expanding Overall Web Usage
Google’s Marissa Mayer discusses an interesting strategy from Google in terms of expanding their search share, which also means expanding user profiling and ad targeting,...
Microsoft Files First Lawsuit Against Click-Fraud
Microsoft has filed a lawsuite against three individuals in Vancouver, British Columbia – Gordon Lam, Eric lam and Melanie Suen plus several corporations and unnamed...
Kenshoo Makes PPC Complexities Easier to Manage
Bless you! Oh I thought you sneezed. If you HAD sneezed, we could have seen whether that sneeze came from your first click, last click, or somewhere...
How to Change Your Domain While Keeping Your Search Engine Ranking
You’ve had your domain for a long time and it has served you well. Today, though, you’re looking to expand your online business and the...
Google Chrome SEO Toolbar with Page Rank– An Easy Way
A while ago, Google launched smart, stylish and faster web browser, Google Chrome, and after its launch, many more users downloaded it, and considered switching...
Bing Catches the Attention of Google’s Sergey Brin
Well, it looks like Microsoft’s tremendous marketing effort is paying well for its new decision engine – Bing. The New York Post is reporting that...
How Much Weight Do Keywords in the Domain Name Still Have (Poll)?
There is no denying the fact that keywords in the domain used to be a very powerful way to be the first in Google SERPs...