Sometimes the path of least resistance unwinds into a far more complicated and arduous journey than we anticipated. In times of change, taking the path less traveled is easier and far more rewarding. Such is true for social media. I …

In a move that is bound to loft him even higher in the eyes of his many fans, poker pro Phil Ivey has announced that he is not playing in the World Series of Poker until Full Tilt Poker resolves …

Former Google CEO and current Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt spoke at the All Things Digital D9 conference, and revealed that Google has renewed its search deal with Apple. Google will remain the default search engine on iPhones and iPads. …

Most web-savvy companies know well enough that having a corporate blog is good business. It adds unique content to the site, it builds credibility of the company and employees, and provides more lead-generating, sales-driving opportunities. So how do you CRUSH it with your corporate blog? While doing some redesign planning on our own company blog, [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.What Makes An Award-Winning Corporate Blog?

Google have released a tool that lets us investigate and compare correlations of search volumes across different terms over time. I’m a strong believer that anything that lets me know more about search patterns is a good thing. What Does I...

I worked at post-DOJ-spanked Microsoft. I saw firsthand how wimpy Bill Gates got (I had a lunch with him and Mike Arrington where we talked about whether Microsoft would let us acquire interesting new companies. “No way” was the basic …

Here’s a practical solution to a problem anyone in the SEO industry will face: how to measure a site’s performance in the search engine results. This is a problem because different searchers will get different results. Measuring a site’s performance is crucial not only when contractual compensation is tied to a site’s performance in the [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.How to Get Standardized Search Results

Social media can be used for more than branding, customer service, PR, and retention. It can also be used to support your rankings in the SERPs. ...

Several Search Engine Watch authors have broached the topic of community engagement, whether it’s on understanding your social consumer engagement scenario or on the metrics involved in measuring your community engagement, but are you actual...

In an effort to come to a better understanding of just what social media is worth, it's important to actually segment out and track social media traffic. With a set of filters, a few goals, and a custom report, we can start to track which traffic ...

After an extremely busy year in the search world, where are we headed in 2011? ...

Sometime in the next several hours, presumably thousands of Google users in the Portland, Ore., area will get an email from Google offering them $10 worth of products from a local coffee shop for the low price of only $3. And with that, Google Offers will take its first baby step into a very... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

The launch of Twitter's follow button for publishers was eclipsed by the news today that Clearspring accidentally leaked the news to TechCrunch that the Google +1 button for websites will launch tomorrow. Twitter, brought on 55 partners to launch ...

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt just finished being interviewed at the D Conference by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, and there were a number of interesting revelations that came out. I thought a list of highlights was in order. The highlights below are roughly listed in the order they came... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

(Cross-posted on the Commerce, Places, Retail and Small Business Blogs) Portlanders know how to mix the urban (killer coffee, music and art) and the small-town (easy walking, biking and socializing). There’s no end to the city’s great restaurants, coffee shops, hot spots and places to explore. That’s why, when we started planning the Google Offers beta, we knew Portland was the ideal place to get it all kicked off. Today, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and VP of Commerce Stephanie ...

I’m at the D Conference in here beautiful Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is to be interviewed by our fearless host Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Let’s see what he has to say. Somewhere on the cliffs below is the wreck of the Dominator, a Greek... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Shine’s custom program gives moms a splashy new resource for ideas, recipes, and tips School’s almost out. This may be music to kids’ ears, but it may strike a twinge of fear in the hearts of busy moms. After all, they now face a few months of figuring out how to keep their kids entertained all day, seven days a week. That’s where Kraft Singles and Yahoo! come in. Yahoo! recently launched a new site, “Make it Snacktastic!” on Shine, that’s all about ...

Industry-wide effort offers users more control of the ads users see on Yahoo!, our premium publisher sites and other sites As a leading provider of online advertising, Yahoo! is committed to serving the needs of our users, our advertisers and our premium publishers. To help protect the interests of our users, in early 2010 Yahoo! began deploying the Advertising Option Icon (CLEAR Ad Notice) above ad units on Yahoo! pages. To date, Yahoo! has displayed CLEAR Ad Notice more than 1.7 trillion times ...

Website owners will be busy tomorrow, as Danny Sullivan has confirmed that Google will be launching their +1 button for websites tomorrow. No doubt this will be the topic of discussion throughout the cyber world, Google's 'Like' or 'Tweet This' bu...

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced they would be implementing a new daily budget feature for their PPC program. The time for implementation has come. Tomorrow (June 1st), the new feature will be rolling out to all daily budget advertising acco...