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Top News

• Last Call – SMX East Starts Next Monday
• Up Close With Google Search Options
• Google Adds Visited Pages, Past Hour & Fewer Shopping Sites Filtering
• Google Mass Bans & Warns AdWords Advertisers, But Why?
• Has Bing’s Growth Stalled?
• Search Month European Edition, September 2009
• Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers & Journalism
• How To Ask A Google Engineer For SEO Help
• Canonical Tag 2.0: Google To Add Cross Domain Support
• Google Creates A New, Simplified Ad Unit For Local Business
• Yahoo Search Marketing To Launch Desktop Tool, Rich Ads, Network Distribution Control & More
• Yahoo Search No Longer Uses Meta Keywords Tag
• Google Barcode Logo Celebrates Anniversary Of Barcodes
• Live Blogging: Sergey Brin & Eric Schmidt Talking Google With The Press
• Reviewing Some Bad Google Search Results With Sergey Brin
• Google Offers A Proposal To Make AJAX Crawlable
• Brin Defends Book Search Settlement; Google & Plaintiffs Get One Month To Revise It
• Dissecting The AP & Murdoch Speeches Against Those Internet News Thieves
• Five More Search Tools You Should Know: Twitter Edition
• No More TeleAtlas, Google Goes It Alone For Maps Data?
• Factual: Parting The Curtains Of The Invisible Web
• An Open Letter To Derek Powazek On The Value Of SEO
• Aardvark Revamps Site, Becomes “Social Search Engine”
• Sorry, Yahoo, You DO Index The Meta Keywords Tag
• Battle Of The Augmented Reality Apps: Urbanspoon, Layar, Wikitude, WhereMark & More
• Google Quietly Drops PageRank From Webmaster Tools
• Yahoo To Drop Paid Inclusion Program
• Google’s Q3: $5.94 billion, 7 Percent YoY Revenue Growth, 14 Percent Paid Click Growth
• Got Bad Incoming Links? Google Says, “Don’t Fret It”
• Moving Ads Closer To “Free” Listing Ups Google’s Earnings
• Thoughts On Web Developers, SEO & Reputation Problems
• Google Analytics New Features: Intelligence Engine, Custom Alerts & More
• Twitter Not Giving Access To Private Tweets
• Rumor: Here Comes GTunes, Google Music Service
• Up Close With Bing’s Twitter Search Engine
• Google Social Search Is Coming & More On Google-Twitter
• Google’s Brin: “A Shame” That Yahoo Out Of Search
• The Myth Of Great Search Engine Results
• Video Of Google’s Sergey Brin At Web 2.0
• Will A Free Google GPS Sink The Navigation Industry?
• Google Social Search Launches, Gives Results From Your Trusted “Social Circle”
• Google Rolls Out New Custom Search Features, Including Wikipedia Integration
• iCrossing: Google’s Share Of Search Almost 77 Percent
• DMOZ: A Solid Directory Or The Great Pumpkin Of Search?
• Disruptamundo: Google Adds Turn-by-Turn Navigation To Mobile Maps
• Live Blogging Yahoo Investor Day 2009
• Google Music Search 2.0 Launches With Musical “OneBox”
• Google Launches Comparison Ads, Starting With Mortgages
• Google’s Additional Discovery Method: RSS and Atom Feeds
• Outside.in Expands Its Hyperlocal Search Capabilities
• Halloween ‘09 From Google, Yahoo, Bing & Others

100% Organic

• 10 Last-Minute SEO Tips For Holiday Shopping Season
• Is Choosing Search Engines Over Users A Fatal Flaw In SEO?
• Enterprise Search: Keyword Arbitration Between Organic & Paid
• The Science Of Scoring Your SEO

Analyze This

• Make Google Analytics Your SEO Watchdog
• How important Is Click Through Rate In Google’s Quality Score Formula?
• Convert More New Users Using Advanced Segments
• Jedi Metrics: How To Overcome Resistance To SEO Efforts
• Is Web Analytics Easy Or Difficult?

AOL: General

• Halloween ‘09 From Google, Yahoo, Bing & Others

Ask: Business Issues

• Diller Says He’s Willing To Sell Ask.com

Ask: General

• Ask Launches New “Deals” Vertical Within Search
• Halloween ‘09 From Google, Yahoo, Bing & Others

Ask: Maps

• Ask Launches New “Deals” Vertical Within Search

Ask: Mobile

• Ask Launches New “Deals” Vertical Within Search

Ask: Web Search

• Diller Says He’s Willing To Sell Ask.com

Brand Aid

• Managing Your Brand To Perform In Universal Search Results
• Five Tips To Avoid Getting Burned When Starting Social Media Campaigns
• Use Transient PPC Campaigns To Support Branding Efforts

Facebook

• Bing To Do Deal With Twitter, Launch Its Own Twitter Search
• Up Close With Bing’s Twitter Search Engine
• Live Blog: Qi Lu Speaking At Web 2.0
• Facebook Wins Big Anti-Spam Judgment

Features: Analysis

• Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers & Journalism
• Google And Verizon Announce Sweeping Mobile Deal For Android
• Dissecting The AP & Murdoch Speeches Against Those Internet News Thieves
• No More TeleAtlas, Google Goes It Alone For Maps Data?
• Tectonic Shifts Altering The Terrain At Google Maps
• Battle Of The Augmented Reality Apps: Urbanspoon, Layar, Wikitude, WhereMark & More
• Thoughts On Web Developers, SEO & Reputation Problems
• Up Close With Bing’s Twitter Search Engine
• Live Blog: Google’s Marissa Mayer & “Wither Journalism” At Web 2.0
• Google Social Search Is Coming & More On Google-Twitter
• The Myth Of Great Search Engine Results
• Will A Free Google GPS Sink The Navigation Industry?
• Google Social Search Launches, Gives Results From Your Trusted “Social Circle”
• Live Blogging Yahoo Investor Day 2009

Features: General

• Up Close With Google Search Options
• Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers & Journalism
• How To Ask A Google Engineer For SEO Help
• SearchDNA Joins Crowded Field Of Link Analysis Tools
• Reviewing Some Bad Google Search Results With Sergey Brin
• Factual: Parting The Curtains Of The Invisible Web
• An Open Letter To Derek Powazek On The Value Of SEO
• SEO FAQ That’s Not From The Land Of Unicorns
• Aardvark Revamps Site, Becomes “Social Search Engine”
• Sorry, Yahoo, You DO Index The Meta Keywords Tag
• How To Use Google’s Sidewiki For Maximum SEM Benefit
• Twitter Not Giving Access To Private Tweets
• Live Blog: Qi Lu Speaking At Web 2.0
• DMOZ: A Solid Directory Or The Great Pumpkin Of Search?
• Live Blogging From The Google Discover Music Launch Event

Google: AdSense

• Google Shows Ad Conversions Without Clicks
• YouTube Promoted Videos Land On AdSense Ads
• Google Betting Big On Mobile Ads
• Google AdSense Brings Full Ads To iPhone, Android & Pre

Google: AdWords

• Google Shows Ad Conversions Without Clicks
• Google Mass Bans & Warns AdWords Advertisers, But Why?
• Google Makes Search More Functional On Android
• Buy YouTube Promoted Videos Through Google AdWords
• Google’s Q3: $5.94 billion, 7 Percent YoY Revenue Growth, 14 Percent Paid Click Growth
• Moving Ads Closer To “Free” Listing Ups Google’s Earnings
• WSJ: Advertisers Doing More And Less With Search
• AdWords API v200909 & V13 Sunsets April 22, 2010
• Two Golden Keys To Paid Search Success: Scale And Efficiency
• Google Testing New AdWords My Client Center
• Google Launches Comparison Ads, Starting With Mortgages

Google: Analytics

• Google Analytics New Features: Intelligence Engine, Custom Alerts & More

Google: APIs

• AdWords API v200909 & V13 Sunsets April 22, 2010

Google: Apps For Your Domain

• Google Expands “Going Google” Enterprise Ad Campaign

Google: Book Search

• Brin Defends Book Search Settlement; Google & Plaintiffs Get One Month To Revise It

Google: Business Issues

• Levinson Leaves Google’s Board Of Directors, Stays On Apple’s
• Google’s Q3: $5.94 billion, 7 Percent YoY Revenue Growth, 14 Percent Paid Click Growth
• Google Expands “Going Google” Enterprise Ad Campaign
• Video Of Google’s Sergey Brin At Web 2.0
• Advocacy Group Appeals Right To Sue Over Google’s North Carolina Tax Break
• Study: Google, The “Most Attractive Employer”

Google: Critics

• Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers & Journalism
• Chinese Newspaper Says Google Censored Its Web Site

Google: Custom Search Engine

• Google Custom Search Mobile For iPhone, Android & Palm Pre
• Google Rolls Out New Custom Search Features, Including Wikipedia Integration

Google: DoubleClick

• WSJ: Advertisers Doing More And Less With Search

Google: Earth

• Bing… In… Space! (& Google, Too)

Google: Editions

• Google Editions: Online E-Bookstore Coming in 2010

Google: Employees

• Google Execs Among The Very Richest
• Google’s Matt Cutts, Cuts His Hair
• Video Of Google’s Sergey Brin At Web 2.0

Google: General

• Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers & Journalism
• Will Social Nets Replace Search For Content Discovery?

Google: Groups

• Google Unlocks 700 Million Posts In Search Bug Fix

Google: Images

• Find Similar Images Now In Google Image Search

Google: Legal

• Google Execs Looking At Potential Jail Time If Convicted In Italian Privacy Case
• Google Drops The Pirate Bay’s Home Page: Was It A Fake DMCA Request?
• Brin Defends Book Search Settlement; Google & Plaintiffs Get One Month To Revise It
• American Association Of Advertising Agencies Backs Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal

Google: Logos

• Google’s Doodle For Gandhi’s 140th Birthday
• Google Barcode Logo Celebrates Anniversary Of Barcodes
• Halloween ‘09 From Google, Yahoo, Bing & Others

Google: Maps & Local

• Google Now Showing Ads On iPhone Map
• Is Google Testing New Ad Unit Tied To Place Pages?
• Google Creates A New, Simplified Ad Unit For Local Business
• Google Now Enables Maps Users To “Report A Problem”
• Google Makes Search More Functional On Android
• No More TeleAtlas, Google Goes It Alone For Maps Data?
• Bing… In… Space! (& Google, Too)
• Google Continues Crowdsourcing Its Map Data
• Tectonic Shifts Altering The Terrain At Google Maps
• Battle Of The Augmented Reality Apps: Urbanspoon, Layar, Wikitude, WhereMark & More
• Will A Free Google GPS Sink The Navigation Industry?
• Disruptamundo: Google Adds Turn-by-Turn Navigation To Mobile Maps
• Google Maps Makes Real Estate Search More Visible

Google: Marketing

• Bing… In… Space! (& Google, Too)

Google: Mobile

• Google Strategically Syncing Mobile And PC
• Google Now Showing Ads On iPhone Map
• Google Betting Big On Mobile Ads
• Google And Verizon Announce Sweeping Mobile Deal For Android
• Google Brings Search Options To Mobile Search
• Google Makes Search More Functional On Android
• No More TeleAtlas, Google Goes It Alone For Maps Data?
• Battle Of The Augmented Reality Apps: Urbanspoon, Layar, Wikitude, WhereMark & More
• Mobile Answer Engines Battle Search Engines
• Rumor: Here Comes GTunes, Google Music Service
• Google Custom Search Mobile For iPhone, Android & Palm Pre
• Will A Free Google GPS Sink The Navigation Industry?
• Disruptamundo: Google Adds Turn-by-Turn Navigation To Mobile Maps

Google: Music

• Rumor: Here Comes GTunes, Google Music Service
• Google Music Search 2.0 Launches With Musical “OneBox”
• Live Blogging From The Google Discover Music Launch Event

Google: News

• Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers & Journalism
• Dissecting The AP & Murdoch Speeches Against Those Internet News Thieves

Google: Offices

• Advocacy Group Appeals Right To Sue Over Google’s North Carolina Tax Break

Google: OneBox, Plus Box & Direct Answers

• Google Adds Visited Pages, Past Hour & Fewer Shopping Sites Filtering
• Google Music Search 2.0 Launches With Musical “OneBox”

Google: Outside US

• Google Execs Looking At Potential Jail Time If Convicted In Italian Privacy Case
• Chinese Newspaper Says Google Censored Its Web Site

Google: Partnerships

• Google And Verizon Announce Sweeping Mobile Deal For Android
• Rumor: Here Comes GTunes, Google Music Service
• Google & Twitter Have A Deal, Too

Google: SEO

• Google Updates Webmaster Tools Verification Feature
• Google Drops The Pirate Bay’s Home Page: Was It A Fake DMCA Request?
• How To Ask A Google Engineer For SEO Help
• Canonical Tag 2.0: Google To Add Cross Domain Support
• Google Offers A Proposal To Make AJAX Crawlable
• Google Quietly Drops PageRank From Webmaster Tools
• Google Endorses Reputation Management, Says Stop Asking Them To Remove Content
• Got Bad Incoming Links? Google Says, “Don’t Fret It”
• Google’s Additional Discovery Method: RSS and Atom Feeds
• Despite PageRank Dropping In Webmaster Tools, Google Pushes Toolbar PageRank Update

Google: Sidewiki

• How To Use Google’s Sidewiki For Maximum SEM Benefit

Google: Social Search

• Google Social Search Is Coming & More On Google-Twitter
• Google Social Search Launches, Gives Results From Your Trusted “Social Circle”

Google: Toolbar

• Google Quietly Drops PageRank From Webmaster Tools

Google: User Interface

• Up Close With Google Search Options
• Google Adds Visited Pages, Past Hour & Fewer Shopping Sites Filtering
• Google Fades In The Home Page
• Google Defends Its Design Philosophy

Google: Voice Search

• Google Voice Now Lets You Use Your Existing Phone Number

Google: Web History & Search History

• Up Close With Google Search Options
• Google Adds Visited Pages, Past Hour & Fewer Shopping Sites Filtering

Google: Web Search

• Google Strategically Syncing Mobile And PC
• Up Close With Google Search Options
• Google Adds Visited Pages, Past Hour & Fewer Shopping Sites Filtering
• Google Drops The Pirate Bay’s Home Page: Was It A Fake DMCA Request?
• Google Fades In The Home Page
• BusinessWeek Dives Deep Into Google’s Search Quality
• Google Passes 71% Market Share In Latest Hitwise Survey
• Reviewing Some Bad Google Search Results With Sergey Brin
• Google Offers A Proposal To Make AJAX Crawlable
• Google Unlocks 700 Million Posts In Search Bug Fix
• Google Makes Search More Functional On Android
• Google Approaches 65% Market Share In Latest ComScore Survey
• Google’s Q3: $5.94 billion, 7 Percent YoY Revenue Growth, 14 Percent Paid Click Growth
• Google Endorses Reputation Management, Says Stop Asking Them To Remove Content
• Google & Twitter Have A Deal, Too
• Live Blog: Google’s Marissa Mayer & “Wither Journalism” At Web 2.0
• Google’s Brin: “A Shame” That Yahoo Out Of Search
• iCrossing: Google’s Share Of Search Almost 77 Percent

Google: Webmaster Central

• Google Updates Webmaster Tools Verification Feature
• How To Ask A Google Engineer For SEO Help
• See What Googlebot Sees On Your Site
• Google Quietly Drops PageRank From Webmaster Tools

Google: Website Optimizer

• Landing Page Testing: Choosing Between A/B Or Multivariate Approaches

Google: YouTube & Video

• YouTube Promoted Videos Land On AdSense Ads
• Buy YouTube Promoted Videos Through Google AdWords
• Google Testing Comment Search On YouTube

How To: PPC

• Manage PPC Risk With Multiple Match Types & Negative Keywords
• Six Deadly Mistakes Of Web Page Testing & Tuning
• 5 Social Media Lessons For Paid Search Landing Pages
• Two Golden Keys To Paid Search Success: Scale And Efficiency

How To: SEM

• Landing Page Testing: Choosing Between A/B Or Multivariate Approaches
• How To Use Google’s Sidewiki For Maximum SEM Benefit
• Five Rules For Running A Successful Pay-Per-Call Campaign
• 5 Social Media Lessons For Paid Search Landing Pages

How To: SEO

• How To Ask A Google Engineer For SEO Help

In House

• A Practical Guide To The New AdWords Interface
• Elvis Is In The Building: Creating An In-House SEO Culture
• Fall In Line: Understanding SEO’s Place In Company Ecosystem

In The Trenches

• Golden Twitter Nuggets & Takeaways From SMX East
• Gems In The Google SEM Toolbox

Industrial Strength

• 9 Tasty Tips For Ecommerce SEOs
• Why SEO Training Should Be An Organizational Imperative
• Supporting A Global Brand Campaign With SEM
• Get Rid Of Unwanted Clicks With Keyword Management

Just Behave

• Researcher Jim Jansen On The Truths & Myths Of The Search Buying Funnel
• Want Better Web Design? Watch Real Users
• How Much Detail Do Product Detail Pages Need?
• SEO & Searcher Mental Models
• Researcher Jim Jansen On The “Sex” Of Search Queries & Personalization

Legal: Censorship

• Chinese Newspaper Says Google Censored Its Web Site

Legal: Clickfraud

• Yahoo Pay Per Click Settlement Details Goes Out To Advertisers

Legal: Crawling & Indexing

• Twitter Not Giving Access To Private Tweets

Legal: General

• Facebook Wins Big Anti-Spam Judgment

Legal: Privacy

• Twitter Not Giving Access To Private Tweets

Let’s Get Social

• Merchants And Retailers On Twitter
• 8 Tips For Getting Your Fan Page Found In Facebook Search
• How To Maintain Healthy Social Media Profiles
• The Stories Brands Can Tell In Social Media

Link Building: General

• SearchDNA Joins Crowded Field Of Link Analysis Tools

Link Building: Paid Links

• Got Bad Incoming Links? Google Says, “Don’t Fret It”

Link Week

• Recovering From Link Building Mistakes
• Link Building: Not Just Off-Page Anymore
• Link Building With Content: How To Attract Links And Leads
• DMOZ: A Solid Directory Or The Great Pumpkin Of Search?

Locals Only

• Where Is The Competitor To AdSense In Local Search?
• Google Custom Maps: A Goldmine For Local Businesses
• There’s No Debate That Local Search Has A Role to Play in Healthcare
• Local Search: A Solved Consumer Problem

Microsoft: Bing

• Has Bing’s Growth Stalled?
• Will Social Nets Replace Search For Content Discovery?
• Google Passes 71% Market Share In Latest Hitwise Survey
• Google Approaches 65% Market Share In Latest ComScore Survey
• Bing To Do Deal With Twitter, Launch Its Own Twitter Search
• Up Close With Bing’s Twitter Search Engine
• Live Blog: Qi Lu Speaking At Web 2.0
• Google’s Brin: “A Shame” That Yahoo Out Of Search
• MSFT Quarter: Revenues Down 14 Percent, But Beat Estimates
• iCrossing: Google’s Share Of Search Almost 77 Percent
• So What Are We To Make Of The “Ying” Search Delay?
• I Vant To Suck Your Bing

Microsoft: Bing Maps & Local

• Bing… In… Space! (& Google, Too)

Microsoft: Bing Mobile

• Bing’s New Mobile Voice Search Available On New Samsung Phone
• Bing Adds NFL, Flight Information To Mobile Browser

Microsoft: Bing SEO

• How To Ask A Google Engineer For SEO Help
• Sorry, Yahoo, You DO Index The Meta Keywords Tag

Microsoft: Business Issues

• MSFT Quarter: Revenues Down 14 Percent, But Beat Estimates

Microsoft: General

• MSFT Quarter: Revenues Down 14 Percent, But Beat Estimates
• Halloween ‘09 From Google, Yahoo, Bing & Others

Microsoft: Marketing

• Bing… In… Space! (& Google, Too)

Microsoft: Partnerships

• American Association Of Advertising Agencies Backs Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal

Multinational Search

• Watch Your “Accents” When Doing International Paid Search
• Watch Those Rules & Regulations With European SEM Campaigns
• Preparing For International Link Building Success
• Integrating SEO Into The Localization Workflow Process

Paid Search

• The 6/90 Rule Part 2: Best Uses For The AdWords Keyword Report
• Attribution Wars: In Defense Of The Last Click (Part I)
• PPC Bid Management Tips For The Holiday Season

Search Ads: General

• 5 Social Media Lessons For Paid Search Landing Pages
• WSJ: Advertisers Doing More And Less With Search

Search Ads: Pay Per Call

• Five Rules For Running A Successful Pay-Per-Call Campaign

Search Engines: Answer Search Engines

• Mobile Answer Engines Battle Search Engines

Search Engines: Buzz Search Engines

• Marchex Releases Powerful SMB Reputation Management Tool With “Search Inside”

Search Engines: Job Search Engines

• Five More Search Tools You Should Know: Twitter Edition

Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines

• Five More Search Tools You Should Know: Twitter Edition
• Marchex Releases Powerful SMB Reputation Management Tool With “Search Inside”
• Shopping Site TheFind Relaunches As “Buying Engine”
• Battle Of The Augmented Reality Apps: Urbanspoon, Layar, Wikitude, WhereMark & More
• Outside.in Expands Its Hyperlocal Search Capabilities

Search Engines: Mobile Search Engines

• Shopping Site TheFind Relaunches As “Buying Engine”
• Battle Of The Augmented Reality Apps: Urbanspoon, Layar, Wikitude, WhereMark & More

Search Engines: Other Search Engines

• Factual: Parting The Curtains Of The Invisible Web
• Marchex Releases Powerful SMB Reputation Management Tool With “Search Inside”
• Wolfram iPhone App Improves Upon Site Experience

Search Engines: Photo & Image Search

• Flickr Adds People Tagging

Search Engines: Real Time Search

• How Will Twitter Integration Into Google, Bing Affect The Tweecosystem?

Search Engines: Shopping Search Engines

• Shopping Site TheFind Relaunches As “Buying Engine”

Search Engines: Social Search Engines

• Will Social Nets Replace Search For Content Discovery?
• New StumbleUpon Adds Search, Social Elements
• Aardvark Revamps Site, Becomes “Social Search Engine”
• Google Social Search Is Coming & More On Google-Twitter
• Pew: Almost 20 Percent of Internet Users Update Status With Twitter (Or Other Social Net)

Search Engines: StumbleUpon

• New StumbleUpon Adds Search, Social Elements

Search Engines: Travel Search Engines

• Kayak.com Releases Travel Search Data & Travel Index Tool

Search Engines: Wolfram Alpha

• Wolfram|Alpha Opens Up Paid API
• Wolfram iPhone App Improves Upon Site Experience

Search Engines: Word Of Mouth & Buzz Search Engines

• Will Social Nets Replace Search For Content Discovery?
• Marchex Releases Powerful SMB Reputation Management Tool With “Search Inside”
• Mobile Answer Engines Battle Search Engines

Search Features: Commands

• Up Close With Google Search Options

Search Features: Dates

• Up Close With Google Search Options
• Google Adds Visited Pages, Past Hour & Fewer Shopping Sites Filtering

Search Features: Query Refinement

• Up Close With Google Search Options
• Google Adds Visited Pages, Past Hour & Fewer Shopping Sites Filtering

Search Headlines

• Kayak.com Releases Travel Search Data & Travel Index Tool

Search In Pictures

• Search In Pictures: Google Chrome Cake, Yahoo Shwag & Google Lies Barn
• Search In Pictures: Yahoo Oktoberfest, Yodel Studio & Google Bike
• Search In Pictures: Yahoo Hack Day, Google Soccer & Bing Party
• Search In Pictures: Yahoo Mascot, Google Sleep Ball, Google Kirkland Office

Search Marketing: Branding

• WSJ: Advertisers Doing More And Less With Search
• Use Transient PPC Campaigns To Support Branding Efforts

Search Marketing: General

• The State Of Search: Q3 Data From Efficient Fronter And SearchIgnite
• WSJ: Advertisers Doing More And Less With Search

Search Marketing: Landing Pages

• Landing Page Testing: Choosing Between A/B Or Multivariate Approaches

Search Marketing: Mobile

• Mobile Answer Engines Battle Search Engines

Search Marketing: Public Relations

• Use Transient PPC Campaigns To Support Branding Efforts

SEM Industry: Community

• An Open Letter To Derek Powazek On The Value Of SEO
• SEO FAQ That’s Not From The Land Of Unicorns
• Thoughts On Web Developers, SEO & Reputation Problems
• Google’s Matt Cutts, Cuts His Hair
• Halloween ‘09 From Google, Yahoo, Bing & Others

SEM Industry: Conferences

• Last Call – SMX East Starts Next Monday
• How To Ask A Google Engineer For SEO Help
• SMX East 2009 Day One Live Blogging
• SMX East 2009 Day Two Live Blogging
• SMX East 2009 Day Three Live Blogging
• SMN Webcasts This Week: Bid Rules That Work & Call Tracking & Analytics

SEM Industry: General

• The State Of Search: Q3 Data From Efficient Fronter And SearchIgnite
• An Open Letter To Derek Powazek On The Value Of SEO
• SEO FAQ That’s Not From The Land Of Unicorns
• Thoughts On Web Developers, SEO & Reputation Problems
• Google’s Matt Cutts, Cuts His Hair

SEM Industry: Stats

• The State Of Search: Q3 Data From Efficient Fronter And SearchIgnite

SEM Tools: Links

• SearchDNA Joins Crowded Field Of Link Analysis Tools

SEM Tools: Web Analytics

• Is Web Analytics Easy Or Difficult?

SEO: Cloaking & Doorway Pages

• See What Googlebot Sees On Your Site

SEO: Domain Names & URLs

• Canonical Tag 2.0: Google To Add Cross Domain Support

SEO: General

• Yahoo Search No Longer Uses Meta Keywords Tag
• An Open Letter To Derek Powazek On The Value Of SEO
• SEO FAQ That’s Not From The Land Of Unicorns
• Thoughts On Web Developers, SEO & Reputation Problems

SEO: Redirects & Moving Sites

• See What Googlebot Sees On Your Site

SEO: Submitting & Sitemaps

• Canonical Tag 2.0: Google To Add Cross Domain Support

SEO: Tagging

• Yahoo Search No Longer Uses Meta Keywords Tag
• Sorry, Yahoo, You DO Index The Meta Keywords Tag

SEO: Titles & Descriptions

• Yahoo Search No Longer Uses Meta Keywords Tag
• Sorry, Yahoo, You DO Index The Meta Keywords Tag

SEO: Writing & Body Copy

• Yahoo Search No Longer Uses Meta Keywords Tag
• Sorry, Yahoo, You DO Index The Meta Keywords Tag

Small Is Beautiful

• 5 Easy Ways To Make Sure Your Website Is Good To Go!
• Be Wary Of Call Tracking Numbers In Local Search
• What Is A QR Code And Why Do You Need One?
• Can Search Marketing Generate Emails To Local Businesses?
• Man Cannot Live By PPC Alone. Can He?

SMX & SMN Alerts

• Last Call – SMX East Starts Next Monday
• SEO in the Executive Suite: Webcast Tomorrow, 1 PM EDT

Social Media Marketing

• Citibank Survey: Small Business Finds Social Media Ineffective

Stats: Compete

• FDA Warnings To Pharma Caused Big Drop In Search Ads

Stats: comScore

• Google Approaches 65% Market Share In Latest ComScore Survey
• iCrossing: Google’s Share Of Search Almost 77 Percent

Stats: General

• Has Bing’s Growth Stalled?
• UK Report: 1 in 3 Kids Think Top Search Rankings Most “Truthful”
• Pew: Almost 20 Percent of Internet Users Update Status With Twitter (Or Other Social Net)

Stats: Hitwise

• Google Passes 71% Market Share In Latest Hitwise Survey
• iCrossing: Google’s Share Of Search Almost 77 Percent

Stats: Popularity

• Has Bing’s Growth Stalled?
• Google Passes 71% Market Share In Latest Hitwise Survey
• Google Approaches 65% Market Share In Latest ComScore Survey
• iCrossing: Google’s Share Of Search Almost 77 Percent

Stats: Relevancy

• UK Report: 1 in 3 Kids Think Top Search Rankings Most “Truthful”
• The Myth Of Great Search Engine Results

Stats: Size

• iCrossing: Google’s Share Of Search Almost 77 Percent

Strictly Business

• 5 Tips To Boost B2B Lead Gen & Thought Leadership Efforts With Search
• 3 Lessons Learned From Successful Corporate Blogging
• Marketing Insights From Search Funnels
• How To Maximize Your Trade Show Investment Via Search Marketing

Twitter

• Five More Search Tools You Should Know: Twitter Edition
• Twitter Not Giving Access To Private Tweets
• Bing To Do Deal With Twitter, Launch Its Own Twitter Search
• Up Close With Bing’s Twitter Search Engine
• Live Blog: Qi Lu Speaking At Web 2.0
• Google & Twitter Have A Deal, Too
• Google Social Search Is Coming & More On Google-Twitter
• Pew: Almost 20 Percent of Internet Users Update Status With Twitter (Or Other Social Net)
• Twitter Lists Goes Live

Video Search

• Online Music Videos Make A Comeback

Yahoo: Business Issues

• Yahoo Down YoY, Flat From Q2, Search Ad Revs Down 19 Percent
• Google’s Brin: “A Shame” That Yahoo Out Of Search
• Carl Icahn “Activist Investor” Departs Yahoo Board
• Live Blogging Yahoo Investor Day 2009

Yahoo: Flickr

• Flickr Adds People Tagging

Yahoo: General

• Yahoo Down YoY, Flat From Q2, Search Ad Revs Down 19 Percent
• Carl Icahn “Activist Investor” Departs Yahoo Board
• So What Are We To Make Of The “Ying” Search Delay?
• Halloween ‘09 From Google, Yahoo, Bing & Others

Yahoo: Legal

• Yahoo Pay Per Click Settlement Details Goes Out To Advertisers

Yahoo: Mobile & Go

• Yahoo Upgrades Mobile Homepage

Yahoo: Partnerships

• American Association Of Advertising Agencies Backs Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal
• So What Are We To Make Of The “Ying” Search Delay?

Yahoo: Search

• Google Passes 71% Market Share In Latest Hitwise Survey
• Google Approaches 65% Market Share In Latest ComScore Survey
• Yahoo To Drop Paid Inclusion Program
• Google’s Brin: “A Shame” That Yahoo Out Of Search
• Yahoo Search Adds Google Profiles & Content To Search Filters
• So What Are We To Make Of The “Ying” Search Delay?

Yahoo: Search Ads

• Yahoo Search Marketing To Launch Desktop Tool, Rich Ads, Network Distribution Control & More
• Yahoo Search Ads Now Filtered By Site Option
• Yahoo Allows Search Ads In BOSS Via 3rd Party Partner
• Yahoo Pay Per Click Settlement Details Goes Out To Advertisers
• Yahoo To Drop Paid Inclusion Program
• Yahoo Down YoY, Flat From Q2, Search Ad Revs Down 19 Percent

Yahoo: Search Builder

• Yahoo Allows Search Ads In BOSS Via 3rd Party Partner

Yahoo: SEO

• Yahoo Search No Longer Uses Meta Keywords Tag
• Sorry, Yahoo, You DO Index The Meta Keywords Tag

Yahoo: Site Explorer

• Yahoo Adds Delicious.com, Other Data To Site Explorer

Yahoo: User Interface

• Google’s Brin: “A Shame” That Yahoo Out Of Search

Yahoo: Video

• Yahoo Upgrades Mobile Homepage

Search Month is an exclusive monthly newsletter for Search Engine Land premium members that recaps stories covered on Search Engine Land from the previous month. Below are top stories organized by topic that happened over the past month. Each topic (or Search Engine Land column) is also a link, where you can click through and drill into the Search Engine Land members library to find other stories in that area. Because some stories are listed in more than one category, you may see them repeated.

Top News

• Microsoft’s Lu A Formidable Search Foe For Google
• Danny Sullivan’s Preview Of Search Engine Land’s SMX East 2009 Search Marketing Conference In New York
• Of Living URLs, Newspaper Rankings & California Fires
• Preview Your Google Rich Snippets With Google Webmaster Tool
• Idearc Brings True Local Search To Twitter
• Google Cash Scams Targeted By “White Knight” SEOs
• CrowdEye Twitter Search Upgrades With Google-Like Features
• Search Month European Edition, August 2009
• Yahoo Neighbors Adds Community Conversation To Local Search
• Today’s Google “Unexplained Phenomenon” Flying Saucer Logo
• Happy Labor Day ‘09
• Google Gives Some Ground In Books Row, France Moves To Protect “Orphans”
• SMX East Rate Increases Friday; Register Now & Save
• Google Says Domain Registrations Don’t Affect SEO, Or Do They?
• Google Books Settlement: Is The Open Book Alliance Trying To Get Something For Nothing?
• Google Proposes Micropayment System To Rescue Newspapers
• Google Launches “Google Internet Stats”
• 9/11, Google & The Internet
• What’s Yahoo’s “Plan B” For Search?
• Hidden Google Feature: Find What’s New In The Last Minute Or Second
• Bing 2.0 “Visual Search” Launches, Allows Search By Pictures
• Google Fast Flip – Google’s Newspaper & Magazine Reader Goes Live
• Google Gets Crop Circles Logo, Flying Saucer Steals The “L”
• A Services “Open Table,” RedBeacon Wins TC50’s Top Prize
• Google Lets You Tell Them Which URL Parameters To Ignore
• Google’s Schmidt To Book Settlement Critics: What’s Your Solution?
• Schmidt: Someday, AdSense Publishers May Know Google’s Cut Of Ad Revenues
• Google Formally Announces New DoubleClick Ad Exchange
• There’s No Caffeine In Google Results Yet, Cutts Says
• Department Of Justice Files Objections To Google Book Search Settlement
• Eric Schmidt’s Favorite Google Product? Chrome!
• SMX East & The Return Of The Evening Forum
• Google’s Schmidt: Independent Yahoo Still Important To Competition
• Google: Stop Suing Over The Meta Keywords Tag, We Don’t Use It
• Two Weeks Left Until SMX East – Register Now
• Yahoo Goes Live With New Search Format
• Liveblogging The Yahoo “It’s You” Press Conference
• Google Sidewiki Allows Anyone To Comment About Any Site
• Google Offers New Keyword Research Tool
• Google Launches “Place Pages,” Gets Rid Of Tabbed Info Bubble
• Google “Jump To” Links Within Search Snippets
• Googlle? Google’s Not Spelled Wrong — It’s A Special 11th Birthday Logo
• Despite Assurances, Google Places Pages Now Showing In Search Results
• SMX East Next Week – Register Today!
• Meet The Google OneBox, Plus Box, Direct Answers & The 10-Pack
• Take That, Twitter: Google Hot Trends Integrated Into Google Search
• Google Improves Local Mobile Search, Links Maps & Mobile

100% Organic

• How To Choose Content Management Systems For SEO
• Organic SEO As Another Marketing Channel
• Would Your Company Be A Good SEO Client?

About Search Engine Land

• Multinational Search: New Column From Search Engine Land

Analyze This

• Analyze This: New Column From Search Engine Land
• Why Your SEO Is Underperforming – And You Are Underpaid

AOL: General

• Brad Garlinghouse To Run AOL’s Email, IM & Venture Units From West Coast
• Shashi Seth, Another Ex-Googler, Lands At AOL

AOL: MapQuest

• Brad Garlinghouse To Run AOL’s Email, IM & Venture Units From West Coast

AOL: Search Marketplace

• A Look Back At The Old Search Engines

Ask: Business Issues

• Gulli Leaves Ask.com For Microsoft Bing, Finally Has “Resources”

Ask: Employees

• Gulli Leaves Ask.com For Microsoft Bing, Finally Has “Resources”

Ask: General

• Happy Labor Day ‘09

Ask: Other

• 9/11, Google & The Internet

Ask: Web Search

• A Look Back At The Old Search Engines

Brand Aid

• Using Classic PR Techniques To Support Brands In Social Networks
• Search, Video & Your Brand: Hello YouTube!
• Think Search Before You Name Your Next Product

Facebook

• Bing Tests Sharing Search Results With Twitter, Facebook, Email & Other
• Obama Praises Twitter, Google & Facebook — But Not Microsoft’s Xbox
• Facebook’s Focus Is Friend Search; Bing ‘Sort Of’ Adds Value

Features: Analysis

• Surchur: Beyond Real-Time Search To Real-Time Discovery
• Google Cash Scams Targeted By “White Knight” SEOs
• Varian Shares AdWords Secrets – Will He Bring Transparency To Google?
• Giving Credit To Keywords Where Credit Is Due Follow-Up
• Link Diagnosis Launches New Tool: A Review
• Yahoo Neighbors Adds Community Conversation To Local Search
• Obama Praises Twitter, Google & Facebook — But Not Microsoft’s Xbox
• Google Says Domain Registrations Don’t Affect SEO, Or Do They?
• Google Books Settlement: Is The Open Book Alliance Trying To Get Something For Nothing?
• What’s Yahoo’s “Plan B” For Search?
• What Google’s “Caffeine” Update Means For Paid Search Campaigns
• Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should: Why DIY SEM Isn’t The Answer

Features: General

• Danny Sullivan’s Preview Of Search Engine Land’s SMX East 2009 Search Marketing Conference In New York
• Of Living URLs, Newspaper Rankings & California Fires
• Flickr Now Has An iPhone App
• Google’s Schmidt To Book Settlement Critics: What’s Your Solution?
• Clicker: More Than Just A Video Search Engine
• Schmidt: Someday, AdSense Publishers May Know Google’s Cut Of Ad Revenues
• Department Of Justice Files Objections To Google Book Search Settlement
• Google: Stop Suing Over The Meta Keywords Tag, We Don’t Use It
• Google Sidewiki Allows Anyone To Comment About Any Site
• Google Launches “Place Pages,” Gets Rid Of Tabbed Info Bubble
• Meet The Google OneBox, Plus Box, Direct Answers & The 10-Pack
• Take That, Twitter: Google Hot Trends Integrated Into Google Search

Google & Yahoo Ad Deal

• Google’s Schmidt: Independent Yahoo Still Important To Competition

Google: Acquisitions

• Google Acquires reCAPTCHA To Improve OCR & Rumors Of Brightcove Acquisition
• Google Starts Shopping For Businesses Again

Google: AdSense

• Google AdSense Improves The Competitive Ad Filter
• Schmidt: Someday, AdSense Publishers May Know Google’s Cut Of Ad Revenues

Google: AdWords

• Boost Quality Scores With These Simple Tips
• Organizing Your PPC Account For Maximum Success
• Google Cash Scams Targeted By “White Knight” SEOs
• Varian Shares AdWords Secrets – Will He Bring Transparency To Google?
• Google AdWords Expands Opportunities Tab Beta
• Report: eBay Drops Yahoo Search Ads For Google
• What Google’s “Caffeine” Update Means For Paid Search Campaigns
• Harvard’s Edelman Proposes A Bill Of Rights For Online Advertisers
• EU Court Says Google Can Sell Trademarked Keywords In AdWords
• Google Offers New Keyword Research Tool
• How To Get More PPC Traffic For Less Money

Google: Analytics

• How To Use Google Analytics Motion Charts To Maximize Results

Google: APIs

• Hasbro To Create “Monopoly City Streets” Game Using Google Maps
• 9/11, Google & The Internet

Google: Base

• Get YouTube Videos In Your Google Product Search Feeds
• Google Launches Merchant Center For Google Base Users

Google: Book Search

• Germany Challenges Google Book Settlement
• Google Gives Some Ground In Books Row, France Moves To Protect “Orphans”
• Google Books Settlement: Is The Open Book Alliance Trying To Get Something For Nothing?
• Google’s Schmidt To Book Settlement Critics: What’s Your Solution?
• DOJ To Drop Hammer On Google Book Search Settlement?
• Department Of Justice Files Objections To Google Book Search Settlement
• Google Requests Hold On Book Settlement Hearings To Retool The Agreement
• Google Book Search Settlement: What Will Happen Now?

Google: Browsers

• Eric Schmidt’s Favorite Google Product? Chrome!

Google: Business Issues

• Google Loses A(nother) Top Online Ad Executive
• Google China’s President, Kai-Fu Lee, Resigns To Pursue New Ventures
• Google Acquires reCAPTCHA To Improve OCR & Rumors Of Brightcove Acquisition
• Google Requests Hold On Book Settlement Hearings To Retool The Agreement
• Google Starts Shopping For Businesses Again

Google: Checkout

• Google Fast Flip – Google’s Newspaper & Magazine Reader Goes Live

Google: Critics

• Google Gives Some Ground In Books Row, France Moves To Protect “Orphans”
• Google Proposes Micropayment System To Rescue Newspapers
• Google And Newspapers Continue Their Ambivalent Courtship
• Google Book Search Settlement: What Will Happen Now?

Google: DoubleClick

• Google Fast Flip – Google’s Newspaper & Magazine Reader Goes Live
• Google Formally Announces New DoubleClick Ad Exchange

Google: Employees

• Google Loses A(nother) Top Online Ad Executive
• Varian Shares AdWords Secrets – Will He Bring Transparency To Google?
• Yahoo Search Engineers, Google Wants To Hire You
• Shashi Seth, Another Ex-Googler, Lands At AOL

Google: FeedBurner

• FeedBurner Goes 301 All The Way

Google: Finance

• Google Giving Stock Tips With Domestic Trends

Google: Gears

• Google Broadening Wave Access With GMail-Like Rollout

Google: General

• 9/11, Google & The Internet
• India (Hearts) Google … Brazil (Hearts) It, Too
• Google Broadening Wave Access With GMail-Like Rollout

Google: Gmail

• Google Broadening Wave Access With GMail-Like Rollout

Google: iGoogle

• Google Broadening Wave Access With GMail-Like Rollout

Google: Legal

• Germany Challenges Google Book Settlement
• Google’s Home Page Clears United States Patent Office
• Is Google Using A Privacy Double Standard?
• Google Gives Some Ground In Books Row, France Moves To Protect “Orphans”
• Google Books Settlement: Is The Open Book Alliance Trying To Get Something For Nothing?
• DOJ To Drop Hammer On Google Book Search Settlement?
• Is Google (Voice) A Telecom Carrier?
• EU Court Says Google Can Sell Trademarked Keywords In AdWords
• Google Requests Hold On Book Settlement Hearings To Retool The Agreement
• Report: Most People Don’t Want Online Tracking Even If It Means Relevant Ads Or Savings

Google: Logos

• Today’s Google “Unexplained Phenomenon” Flying Saucer Logo
• Happy Labor Day ‘09
• Google’s 09/09/09 At 09:09:09 Doodle
• 9/11, Google & The Internet
• Google Gets Crop Circles Logo, Flying Saucer Steals The “L”
• Liked That Special Google Logo? New Tool Lets You Make It Permanent
• Google’s Flying Saucer Logos Lead To H.G. Wells, Father of Science Fiction
• Googlle? Google’s Not Spelled Wrong — It’s A Special 11th Birthday Logo
• Google Celebrates Confucius’ Birthday

Google: Maps & Local

• Hasbro To Create “Monopoly City Streets” Game Using Google Maps
• 9/11, Google & The Internet
• India (Hearts) Google … Brazil (Hearts) It, Too
• Google Launches “Place Pages,” Gets Rid Of Tabbed Info Bubble
• Despite Assurances, Google Places Pages Now Showing In Search Results
• Google To Test New Business Icons In Google Maps
• Google Improves Local Mobile Search, Links Maps & Mobile

Google: Marketing

• Obama Praises Twitter, Google & Facebook — But Not Microsoft’s Xbox
• Google Launches “Google Internet Stats”

Google: Mobile

• Aardvark Launches iPhone App For Answers “On The Go”
• Is Google (Voice) A Telecom Carrier?

Google: News

• Of Living URLs, Newspaper Rankings & California Fires
• Google News Gets Search Suggestions
• Google Offers News “Magazine” Of Sorts With “Spotlight”
• Google Proposes Micropayment System To Rescue Newspapers
• Google And Newspapers Continue Their Ambivalent Courtship
• Google Fast Flip – Google’s Newspaper & Magazine Reader Goes Live
• Google News Labels Some Sources As “Blogs”

Google: OneBox, Plus Box & Direct Answers

• Meet The Google OneBox, Plus Box, Direct Answers & The 10-Pack
• Take That, Twitter: Google Hot Trends Integrated Into Google Search

Google: Orkut

• India (Hearts) Google … Brazil (Hearts) It, Too

Google: Other

• Is Google (Voice) A Telecom Carrier?

Google: Other Ads

• Google Formally Announces New DoubleClick Ad Exchange

Google: Outside US

• Google China’s President, Kai-Fu Lee, Resigns To Pursue New Ventures
• Google Gives Some Ground In Books Row, France Moves To Protect “Orphans”
• EU Court Says Google Can Sell Trademarked Keywords In AdWords

Google: Partnerships

• Google Fast Flip – Google’s Newspaper & Magazine Reader Goes Live
• Report: eBay Drops Yahoo Search Ads For Google

Google: Product Search

• Google Product Search Adds Search Suggestions
• Get YouTube Videos In Your Google Product Search Feeds
• Google Launches Merchant Center For Google Base Users

Google: Security

• How To Avoid Getting Your Search Rankings Trashed By Malware

Google: SEO

• Preview Your Google Rich Snippets With Google Webmaster Tool
• Google Cash Scams Targeted By “White Knight” SEOs
• Google Says Domain Registrations Don’t Affect SEO, Or Do They?
• Google Sitelinks Now In Snippets
• Google Lets You Tell Them Which URL Parameters To Ignore
• There’s No Caffeine In Google Results Yet, Cutts Says
• What Google’s “Caffeine” Update Means For Paid Search Campaigns
• Google: Stop Suing Over The Meta Keywords Tag, We Don’t Use It
• What Happened To The Monthly Google Dance?
• Google “Jump To” Links Within Search Snippets
• Despite Assurances, Google Places Pages Now Showing In Search Results
• FeedBurner Goes 301 All The Way

Google: Sidewiki

• Google Sidewiki Allows Anyone To Comment About Any Site

Google: Sitelinks

• Google Sitelinks Now In Snippets
• Google “Jump To” Links Within Search Snippets
• Google Rolls Out Sitelinks Display For Forums

Google: Trends

• Google Giving Stock Tips With Domestic Trends
• Google Launches “Google Internet Stats”
• Take That, Twitter: Google Hot Trends Integrated Into Google Search

Google: User Interface

• Google’s Home Page Clears United States Patent Office
• Google Makes Its Search Box Bigger
• Google “Jump To” Links Within Search Snippets

Google: Web History & Search History

• Report: Most People Don’t Want Online Tracking Even If It Means Relevant Ads Or Savings

Google: Web Search

• Google Still No. 1 Search Engine On Earth; Search Activity Way Up, comScore Says
• Preview Your Google Rich Snippets With Google Webmaster Tool
• Google Cash Scams Targeted By “White Knight” SEOs
• Google Sitelinks Now In Snippets
• Hidden Google Feature: Find What’s New In The Last Minute Or Second
• A Look Back At The Old Search Engines
• Do A Google Search From Yahoo.com? Maybe…
• There’s No Caffeine In Google Results Yet, Cutts Says
• Google: Stop Suing Over The Meta Keywords Tag, We Don’t Use It
• What Happened To The Monthly Google Dance?
• Google “Jump To” Links Within Search Snippets

Google: Webmaster Central

• Google Lets You Tell Them Which URL Parameters To Ignore
• Google “Jump To” Links Within Search Snippets

Google: YouTube & Video

• Get YouTube Videos In Your Google Product Search Feeds
• India (Hearts) Google … Brazil (Hearts) It, Too
• Google Formally Announces New DoubleClick Ad Exchange
• Google Served 10 Billion Video Views In August, Says ComScore

How To: Analytics

• How To Choose A Web Analytics Solution
• How To Use Google Analytics Motion Charts To Maximize Results
• A Primer On Website Testing
• How To Measure The Value Of A Fan Or Follower In Social Media

How To: PPC

• Organizing Your PPC Account For Maximum Success
• How To Get More PPC Traffic For Less Money

How To: SEM

• Attributing Value To Phone Calls: Dynamic Number Insertion Can Help

How To: SEO

• Of Living URLs, Newspaper Rankings & California Fires
• How To Avoid Getting Your Search Rankings Trashed By Malware
• Using Your Search Engine Presence To Benefit Your Customers
• Google Sidewiki Allows Anyone To Comment About Any Site

How To: Twitter

• How To Measure The Value Of A Fan Or Follower In Social Media

In House

• Under Pressure To Adopt A Bid Management Solution? Just Say No.
• 7 Touch Points For In-House SEO Success
• No Colleague Left Behind: In-House SEO Education

In The Trenches

• Why You Can’t Ignore The Google Content Network – AdSense Q&A
• Query Mining For Gold: Q&A With Craig Danuloff

Industrial Strength

• Boost Quality Scores With These Simple Tips
• SEO “Best Practices” Are Bunk
• Links Vs. Web References As Relevance Signals
• Big Brands & Social Media Part 3 – Putting The Plan Into Action
• Five Search Marketing Tips For The Holidays

Just Behave

• Right vs. Left: Two Approaches To Understanding
• Of Conversations And Conversions
• Wikipedia As A Website Usability Role Model
• SEO And The Scent Of Information

Legal: Copyright

• Google Books Settlement: Is The Open Book Alliance Trying To Get Something For Nothing?

Legal: Crawling & Indexing

• Yahoo Wins In Lawsuit Over Search Descriptions

Legal: General

• Yahoo Wins In Lawsuit Over Search Descriptions
• MicroHoo Search Deal Faces DOJ Scrutiny, CEO Bartz Would Have Let MSFT Buy All Of Yahoo
• Report: Most People Don’t Want Online Tracking Even If It Means Relevant Ads Or Savings

Legal: Privacy

• Is Google Using A Privacy Double Standard?
• Report: Most People Don’t Want Online Tracking Even If It Means Relevant Ads Or Savings

Legal: Trademarks

• EU Court Says Google Can Sell Trademarked Keywords In AdWords

Let’s Get Social

• When UGC Means Users Give-Away Control
• A Look At The Travel Industry On Twitter
• Timing Is Crucial To Maximize Exposure With Social Media
• How To Use 3 Social News And Bookmarking URL Shorteners
• Cadbury Campaign Blends Earned And Paid Media

Link Building: General

• Link Diagnosis Launches New Tool: A Review

Link Week

• Should You Alter Your Current Backlinks?
• Elephants In The Link Building Living Room
• Why You Can’t Dismiss All Directory Links
• Link Building Outreach: 5 Steps To Maximize The Value Of Every Opportunity
• 6 Discovery Methods For Finding Ideal Linking Partners

Locals Only

• Matching Mobile Ads To Consumer Intent
• Are You A Member Of The Twitter Chamber Of Commerce?
• Brave New World For Yellow Pages: Google Nabs Marketshare, Strangles Local Directories
• Content Is Not Only King, It’s The Key To Conversions

Microsoft & Yahoo Search Deal

• What’s Yahoo’s “Plan B” For Search?
• Google’s Schmidt: Independent Yahoo Still Important To Competition

Microsoft: adCenter

• Yahoo Search Ads Get Price Change & New Report While Microsoft adCenter Gets Ad Preview
• Harvard’s Edelman Proposes A Bill Of Rights For Online Advertisers
• Microsoft Bing Search Ads To Test Favicons

Microsoft: Bing

• Microsoft’s Lu A Formidable Search Foe For Google
• Microsoft Now Promoting Cashback Program With TV Ads
• Bing Tests Sharing Search Results With Twitter, Facebook, Email & Other
• Happy Labor Day ‘09
• Yahoo Search Ads Get Price Change & New Report While Microsoft adCenter Gets Ad Preview
• 9/11, Google & The Internet
• MicroHoo Search Deal Faces DOJ Scrutiny, CEO Bartz Would Have Let MSFT Buy All Of Yahoo
• A Look Back At The Old Search Engines
• Bing 2.0 “Visual Search” Launches, Allows Search By Pictures
• Bing Passes 10% Market Share, Nielsen Says
• Do A Google Search From Yahoo.com? Maybe…
• Bing Plans “Instant Answer” Result For 61st Emmys
• Facebook’s Focus Is Friend Search; Bing ‘Sort Of’ Adds Value
• Yahoo Goes Live With New Search Format

Microsoft: Bing SEO

• Video Interview With Bing’s Webmaster Team

Microsoft: Bing Shopping & Cashback

• Microsoft Now Promoting Cashback Program With TV Ads

Microsoft: Business Issues

• Gulli Leaves Ask.com For Microsoft Bing, Finally Has “Resources”
• Microsoft’s adCenter GM & Search Researcher Eric Brill Moves To eBay,
• Top Microsoft Execs Get A Pay Cut

Microsoft: Employees

• Microsoft’s Lu A Formidable Search Foe For Google
• Gulli Leaves Ask.com For Microsoft Bing, Finally Has “Resources”
• Microsoft’s adCenter GM & Search Researcher Eric Brill Moves To eBay,
• Top Microsoft Execs Get A Pay Cut

Microsoft: Live Search

• A Look Back At The Old Search Engines

Microsoft: Marketing

• Microsoft Now Promoting Cashback Program With TV Ads
• Obama Praises Twitter, Google & Facebook — But Not Microsoft’s Xbox

Microsoft: Partnerships

• Microsoft’s Lu A Formidable Search Foe For Google
• Facebook’s Focus Is Friend Search; Bing ‘Sort Of’ Adds Value

Multinational Search

• Multinational Search: New Column From Search Engine Land
• “Foreign” No Longer Means Under The SEO Radar
• SEO For Europe Is More Than Just Using Different Languages
• Insights From Global Search Marketing Pioneer Barry Lloyd
• How To Get Into Baidu, The World’s 2nd Largest Search Engine

Paid Search

• Be Careful When Evaluating Paid Search Tests
• Coming Soon: Paid Search Without Keywords
• The 6/90 Rule: 6 Reports Contain 90% Of Actionable AdWords Insights
• Seven Compelling Reasons That Now Is The Time To Ramp Up Paid Search
• Paid Search Is About Process, Not Planning

Search & Society: April Fool’s

• Dream: Google’s “Did You Mean” Meets Kanye West

Search & Society: General

• Obama Praises Twitter, Google & Facebook — But Not Microsoft’s Xbox
• Dream: Google’s “Did You Mean” Meets Kanye West

Search Ads: Behavioral Targeting

• Report: Most People Don’t Want Online Tracking Even If It Means Relevant Ads Or Savings

Search Ads: General

• Giving Credit To Keywords Where Credit Is Due Follow-Up
• Harvard’s Edelman Proposes A Bill Of Rights For Online Advertisers

Search Ads: Mobile Search

• SEMPO Says Time To Get Serious About Mobile Search

Search Ads: Pay Per Call

• Attributing Value To Phone Calls: Dynamic Number Insertion Can Help

Search Engines: Answer Search Engines

• Wolfram Alpha To Enable API, Open Data To Others
• NetBase Debuts “Semantic Search Showcase” With HealthBase

Search Engines: Health & Medical Search Engines

• NetBase Debuts “Semantic Search Showcase” With HealthBase

Search Engines: Lycos

• A Look Back At The Old Search Engines

Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines

• Idearc Brings True Local Search To Twitter
• A Services “Open Table,” RedBeacon Wins TC50’s Top Prize
• What, Where, When: Travel & Local Search Combine @Goby.com

Search Engines: Mobile Search Engines

• Idearc Brings True Local Search To Twitter
• Flickr Now Has An iPhone App
• Aardvark Launches iPhone App For Answers “On The Go”

Search Engines: Other Search Engines

• A Look Back At The Old Search Engines

Search Engines: Photo & Image Search

• Flickr Now Has An iPhone App

Search Engines: Real Time Search

• Surchur: Beyond Real-Time Search To Real-Time Discovery
• Idearc Brings True Local Search To Twitter
• CrowdEye Twitter Search Upgrades With Google-Like Features

Search Engines: Shopping Search Engines

• Shopping Engine Wize Relaunches To Align Product Research With Word Of Mouth

Search Engines: Travel Search Engines

• What, Where, When: Travel & Local Search Combine @Goby.com

Search Engines: Video Search Engines

• Clicker: More Than Just A Video Search Engine

Search Engines: Wolfram Alpha

• Wolfram Alpha To Enable API, Open Data To Others

Search Engines: Word Of Mouth & Buzz Search Engines

• Idearc Brings True Local Search To Twitter

Search Features: Query Refinement

• Meet The Google OneBox, Plus Box, Direct Answers & The 10-Pack

Search Features: Safety

• How To Avoid Getting Your Search Rankings Trashed By Malware

Search Features: Shortcuts

• Meet The Google OneBox, Plus Box, Direct Answers & The 10-Pack

Search Headlines

• Bing Plans “Instant Answer” Result For 61st Emmys
• What, Where, When: Travel & Local Search Combine @Goby.com

Search In Pictures

• Search In Pictures: Bing Soda, Taxi & Beer, Yahoo’s Team & Google’s Flutebox
• Search In Pictures: YHOO NASDAQ, Google Droids & Bing Cocktails

Search Marketing: Landing Pages

• A Primer On Website Testing

Search Marketing: Local Search Marketing

• SEMPO Says Time To Get Serious About Mobile Search
• Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should: Why DIY SEM Isn’t The Answer

Search Marketing: Mobile

• SEMPO Says Time To Get Serious About Mobile Search

SEM Industry: Conferences

• SMX East Rate Increases Sept 12 – Register Today & Save
• Danny Sullivan’s Preview Of Search Engine Land’s SMX East 2009 Search Marketing Conference In New York
• Bruce Clay’s Advanced SEO SMX East Dream Agenda
• SMX East Rate Increases Friday; Register Now & Save
• How & When To Outsource Search Marketing: Free Webcast Thursday
• Tackling In-house Search Marketing Challenges: The In-house SMX East Dream Agenda
• Rate for SMX East Increases September 12 – Last Chance for Early Bird Savings
• Two Webcasts Next Week: Online Holiday Retail & Coordinating Online Marketing Teams
• Don’t Miss Online & In-Person Networking at SMX East – October 5-7
• SMN Webcast Tuesday – PPC: Not Just About The Numbers
• SMX East & The Return Of The Evening Forum
• Two Weeks Left Until SMX East – Register Now
• Search and the Business Manager: An SMX East Dream Agenda
• Two Free SMN Webcasts Next Week: Web Analytics + American Attribution Index
• SMX East Next Week – Register Today!

SEM Industry: General

• Google Cash Scams Targeted By “White Knight” SEOs
• Happy Labor Day ‘09
• SEMPO Says Time To Get Serious About Mobile Search

SEM Tools

• Google Offers New Keyword Research Tool

SEM Tools: Links

• Link Diagnosis Launches New Tool: A Review

SEM Tools: Web Analytics

• How To Choose A Web Analytics Solution
• How To Use Google Analytics Motion Charts To Maximize Results
• A Primer On Website Testing

SEO – Search Engine Optimization

• Using Your Search Engine Presence To Benefit Your Customers
• All Of Your Technical SEO Questions Answered And Bonus Free Developer Summit: Technical SMX East Dream Agenda

SEO: Domain Names & URLs

• Google Says Domain Registrations Don’t Affect SEO, Or Do They?

SEO: Duplicate Content

• Google Lets You Tell Them Which URL Parameters To Ignore

SEO: Redirects & Moving Sites

• FeedBurner Goes 301 All The Way

Small Is Beautiful

• Thoughts On Categorization In Local Search

Social Media Marketing

• How To Measure The Value Of A Fan Or Follower In Social Media

Sponsor Messages

• SPONSOR MESSAGE: Unica NetInsight Helps Foxwoods Reduce Web Analytics Costs
• SPONSOR MESSAGE: Try Acquisio SEARCH and Get a Free T-Shirt!
• SPONSOR MESSAGE: Making Web Data Personal

Stats: Compete

• Google Gains Volume, Bing Gains Share In August

Stats: comScore

• Google Still No. 1 Search Engine On Earth; Search Activity Way Up, comScore Says
• India (Hearts) Google … Brazil (Hearts) It, Too
• Google Served 10 Billion Video Views In August, Says ComScore

Stats: General

• Google Launches “Google Internet Stats”

Stats: NetRatings

• Bing Passes 10% Market Share, Nielsen Says

Stats: Popularity

• Google Still No. 1 Search Engine On Earth; Search Activity Way Up, comScore Says
• Bing Passes 10% Market Share, Nielsen Says
• India (Hearts) Google … Brazil (Hearts) It, Too

Stats: Relevancy

• uTest’s “Battle of the Search Engines” Tests Bugs

Stats: Search Behavior

• Google Still No. 1 Search Engine On Earth; Search Activity Way Up, comScore Says

Stats: Size

• Google Gains Volume, Bing Gains Share In August

Strictly Business

• 5 Tips To Achieve Alignment Between SEO Keyword Strategy & Content
• Valuable Customer Insights Via Search Engine Tools
• The B2B Content Equation

Twitter

• Idearc Brings True Local Search To Twitter
• Bing Tests Sharing Search Results With Twitter, Facebook, Email & Other
• Obama Praises Twitter, Google & Facebook — But Not Microsoft’s Xbox
• Hidden Google Feature: Find What’s New In The Last Minute Or Second

Video Search

• HTML 5: A Dream Come True For Video SEM
• Online Video Must Differentiate From Television

Yahoo: Business Issues

• Yahoo Board Member Icahn Trims Stake, Bartz Wants Wants To Stop “Navel Gazing”
• Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Sells $2 Million YHOO Shares
• MicroHoo Search Deal Faces DOJ Scrutiny, CEO Bartz Would Have Let MSFT Buy All Of Yahoo
• What’s Yahoo’s “Plan B” For Search?
• Yahoo’s New Advertiser Campaign: Bigger Is Better
• Yahoo’s New Ad Campaign: It’s You!

Yahoo: Employees

• Yahoo Board Member Icahn Trims Stake, Bartz Wants Wants To Stop “Navel Gazing”
• Yahoo Search Engineers, Google Wants To Hire You

Yahoo: Flickr

• Flickr Now Has An iPhone App

Yahoo: General

• Yahoo Board Member Icahn Trims Stake, Bartz Wants Wants To Stop “Navel Gazing”
• Yahoo’s New Advertiser Campaign: Bigger Is Better
• Yahoo’s New Ad Campaign: It’s You!
• What Do Y!ou Think Of Yahoo’s New Branding Campaign?

Yahoo: Legal

• Yahoo Wins In Lawsuit Over Search Descriptions
• MicroHoo Search Deal Faces DOJ Scrutiny, CEO Bartz Would Have Let MSFT Buy All Of Yahoo
• Report: Most People Don’t Want Online Tracking Even If It Means Relevant Ads Or Savings

Yahoo: Maps & Local

• Yahoo Neighbors Adds Community Conversation To Local Search

Yahoo: Marketing

• Dream: Google’s “Did You Mean” Meets Kanye West
• Liveblogging The Yahoo “It’s You” Press Conference
• What Do Y!ou Think Of Yahoo’s New Branding Campaign?
• Yahoo’s “It’s You” Ad Campaign Begins Today

Yahoo: Mobile & Go

• Yahoo Search Ads Now On iPhone & Android Mobile Devices

Yahoo: Other

• Yahoo Meme Coming Soon … In English
• Yahoo’s New Ad Campaign: It’s You!
• What Do Y!ou Think Of Yahoo’s New Branding Campaign?

Yahoo: Outside US

• MicroHoo Search Deal Faces DOJ Scrutiny, CEO Bartz Would Have Let MSFT Buy All Of Yahoo

Yahoo: Partnerships

• MicroHoo Search Deal Faces DOJ Scrutiny, CEO Bartz Would Have Let MSFT Buy All Of Yahoo

Yahoo: Search

• Yahoo Search Update : September 2009
• A Look Back At The Old Search Engines
• Do A Google Search From Yahoo.com? Maybe…
• Yahoo Goes Live With New Search Format

Yahoo: Search Ads

• Yahoo Search Ads Get Price Change & New Report While Microsoft adCenter Gets Ad Preview
• Harvard’s Edelman Proposes A Bill Of Rights For Online Advertisers
• Yahoo Search Ads Now On iPhone & Android Mobile Devices

Yahoo: Search Monkey

• Yahoo Goes Live With New Search Format

Yahoo: SEO

• Yahoo Search Update : September 2009

Yahoo: Site Explorer

• Yahoo Quietly Adds Top Queries & URLs To Site Explorer

Yahoo: User Interface

• Do A Google Search From Yahoo.com? Maybe…
• Yahoo Goes Live With New Search Format

Search Month is an exclusive monthly newsletter for Search Engine Land premium members that recaps stories covered on Search Engine Land from the previous month. Below are top stories organized by topic that happened over the past month. Each topic (or Search Engine Land column) is also a link, where you can click through and drill into the Search Engine Land members library to find other stories in that area. Because some stories are listed in more than one category, you may see them repeated.

Top News

• Google’s CEO, Schmidt, Resigns From Apple’s Board
• Yahoo Makes Delicious.com Cool Again
• ShoeMoney Vs. Google Employee Case Settled
• Google Maps Plots Attractions, Points Of Interest
• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing
• Marissa Mayer On iGoogle’s New “Social Gadgets”
• Guess Who Is The Top Global Brand Again? You Got It! Google
• Revisionist History: Bartz Claims Yahoo Was Never A Search Engine
• After Buying Performics From Google, Publicis Buys Razorfish From Microsoft
• Done Deal: Facebook Buys FriendFeed
• Facebook Begins New Search Rollout
• Google Caffeine: Google’s New Search Engine Index
• Google’s Working On New File System
• Two Tools To Compare Google With Google Caffeine
• Google Temporarily Pulling Google Caffeine Sandbox
• Google Calls Yahoo-Microsoft’s Explanation Of Search Scale “Bogus”
• Which Internet Yellow Pages Site Has The Best Rankings?
• Google Tops In Search Satisfaction According To Pre-Bing Survey
• Best Search Engine In Canada? Hitwise Says It’s Bing
• Yahoo’s Social Plan: Twitter, Twitter, & More Twitter?
• Dear Fox News: SEO Is Not Search Engine Scamming (Unless You’re Scamming Yourself)
• Live Blogging Yahoo’s Product Call
• Yahoo’s New Search Clothes — But Will It Help? (Probably Not)
• Google Now Using You To Provide Traffic Data To Maps
• Bing Continues With Fake Referrers: What Part Of Stop Don’t They Understand?
• Last Call To Speak At SMX East
• Debunking The Italian Newspapers’ Antitrust Allegations Against Google
• Google Expanding Access To Wave Soon, First “Hands-On” Impressions
• Microsoft’s Lu A Formidable Search Foe For Google
• Danny Sullivan’s Preview Of Search Engine Land’s SMX East 2009 Search Marketing Conference In New York
• Of Living URLs, Newspaper Rankings & California Fires

100% Organic

• Link Economics 101: A Prerequisite For Advanced SEO
• 3 Things I Learned About Business On My Summer Vacation

Ask: Business Issues

• Ask.com Mocks Yahoo With Employee Poaching Sign
• Gulli Leaves Ask.com For Microsoft Bing, Finally Has “Resources”

Ask: Employees

• Antonio Gulli Leaves Ask.com After 4 Years
• Gulli Leaves Ask.com For Microsoft Bing, Finally Has “Resources”

Ask: Promotions

• Ask.com Mocks Yahoo With Employee Poaching Sign

Brand Aid

• The Affiliate Industry Strives To Clean Up Its Act
• Brand Building Through Search & Social Media

Business Issues: Acquisitions & Investments

• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing

Facebook

• Done Deal: Facebook Buys FriendFeed
• Facebook Begins New Search Rollout
• 10 SEO Tips For Maximizing Facebook Visibility

Features: Analysis

• Googlebot Makes An Appearance In Web Analytics Reports
• Yahoo Makes Delicious.com Cool Again
• Ads Don’t Always Sell What They Are Created To Sell
• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing
• Revisionist History: Bartz Claims Yahoo Was Never A Search Engine
• Can Bing Change The Culture Of Online Search?
• ‘Augmented Reality’ Is Also A Form Of Search
• Yahoo’s Social Plan: Twitter, Twitter, & More Twitter?
• A Golden Opportunity For Brands To Join The Local Search Party
• The Curious Case Of Google’s Bizarre UK Search Results
• Debunking The Italian Newspapers’ Antitrust Allegations Against Google
• Google Expanding Access To Wave Soon, First “Hands-On” Impressions

Features: General

• Dear Fox News: SEO Is Not Search Engine Scamming (Unless You’re Scamming Yourself)
• Yahoo’s New Search Clothes — But Will It Help? (Probably Not)
• Danny Sullivan’s Preview Of Search Engine Land’s SMX East 2009 Search Marketing Conference In New York
• Of Living URLs, Newspaper Rankings & California Fires

Google: AdSense

• Google AdSense To Change Default Font Styles
• Google To Improve Contextual Targeting Of AdSense Ads

Google: AdWords

• ShoeMoney Vs. Google Employee Case Settled
• Google Launches Content Powered YouTube Promoted Video Ads
• Google Shifts Search Ads Closer To Free Results
• Google Tests Top Right AdWords Product Ad
• How To Be A PPC Pansy: 5 Tips To Weaken Your Campaigns
• Google Adds Keyword Forecasting To Insights For Search Tool
• Google: Conversion Rates About The Same No Matter Ad Position
• Google AdWords Has Their Own Flavor Of Sitelinks
• Google AdWords Continues To Test New Product Ad Formats
• Two Months Later, Google Releases AdWords API v2009 (Beta) To All
• Boost Quality Scores With These Simple Tips

Google: Analytics

• Googlebot Makes An Appearance In Web Analytics Reports

Google: APIs

• Two Months Later, Google Releases AdWords API v2009 (Beta) To All

Google: Apps For Your Domain

• Google Kicks Off “Going Google” Ad Campaign

Google: Book Search

• French Upset Over Google Library Deal, Lawyer-Author Files New Arguments Against Book Search Settlement
• Microsoft, Yahoo, & Amazon Will Fight Google Book Settlement

Google: Business Issues

• Google’s CEO, Schmidt, Resigns From Apple’s Board
• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing
• Google’s Working On New File System
• Google Calls Yahoo-Microsoft’s Explanation Of Search Scale “Bogus”
• Google Tops In Search Satisfaction According To Pre-Bing Survey
• “Skank” Blogger To Sue Google For $15M For Revealing Identity To Liskula Cohen
• BT/Yahoo Portal Now Powered By … Not Yahoo, Not Bing, Google!
• Debunking The Italian Newspapers’ Antitrust Allegations Against Google

Google: Critics

• French Upset Over Google Library Deal, Lawyer-Author Files New Arguments Against Book Search Settlement
• Debunking The Italian Newspapers’ Antitrust Allegations Against Google

Google: Earth

• Is That The Loch Ness Monster? On Google Earth?

Google: Employees

• Google’s CEO, Schmidt, Resigns From Apple’s Board
• ShoeMoney Vs. Google Employee Case Settled

Google: Gadgets

• Marissa Mayer On iGoogle’s New “Social Gadgets”
• Google Expanding Access To Wave Soon, First “Hands-On” Impressions

Google: General

• Google’s Working On New File System
• Report: MicroHoo “Penetration” Near Google’s, Google Users Most “Loyal”
• Google Tops In Search Satisfaction According To Pre-Bing Survey
• Report: A “Caffeine” Infusion Would Mean Ranking Changes On Google

Google: Gmail

• Google Expanding Access To Wave Soon, First “Hands-On” Impressions

Google: Health

• Google Answers Your Health Questions With Health OneBox

Google: iGoogle

• Marissa Mayer On iGoogle’s New “Social Gadgets”
• Google Rolls Out Social Gadgets Quickly
• Google Expanding Access To Wave Soon, First “Hands-On” Impressions

Google: Legal

• ShoeMoney Vs. Google Employee Case Settled
• French Upset Over Google Library Deal, Lawyer-Author Files New Arguments Against Book Search Settlement
• “Skank” Blogger To Sue Google For $15M For Revealing Identity To Liskula Cohen
• Google’s Mortgage Quotes Mystery

Google: Logos

• Google’s Doodle For The Perseids Meteor Shower
• Google’s Next Doodle, Hans Christian Ørsted Birthday
• 400 Years Ago Galileo Invented The Telescope, Thanks Google
• The ASCII Version Of The Google Logo
• Google Logo Remembers Michael Jackson’s Birthday

Google: Maps & Local

• Google Maps Plots Attractions, Points Of Interest
• Marissa Mayer On iGoogle’s New “Social Gadgets”
• Google Pitches Benefits, Ease Of Using Google Maps
• Google Adds More User Photos to Street View
• Google Local Business Center Adds Coupon Link & Bulk Upload Verification
• Google Now Using You To Provide Traffic Data To Maps
• Google Ties Street View To Local Business Listings

Google: Marketing

• Google Kicks Off “Going Google” Ad Campaign
• Guess Who Is The Top Global Brand Again? You Got It! Google
• Google Pitches Benefits, Ease Of Using Google Maps

Google: Mobile

• Google Maps Plots Attractions, Points Of Interest
• Google Buys Video Compression Company On2
• ‘Augmented Reality’ Is Also A Form Of Search
• Google Now Using You To Provide Traffic Data To Maps
• Google Mobile Search Adds Universal Flavor To Arabic & Hebrew Searchers

Google: News

• Google News Archive Now Four Times As Large
• Debunking The Italian Newspapers’ Antitrust Allegations Against Google
• Of Living URLs, Newspaper Rankings & California Fires

Google: Offices

• Fire At Google’s London Office

Google: OneBox, Plus Box & Direct Answers

• Google Answers Your Health Questions With Health OneBox

Google: Orkut

• Marissa Mayer On iGoogle’s New “Social Gadgets”

Google: Outside US

• Yahoo Acquires Arab Portal, Bing Gets Backdoor Into Deal
• Google Now Using You To Provide Traffic Data To Maps
• The Curious Case Of Google’s Bizarre UK Search Results
• Google’s Mortgage Quotes Mystery
• Google Mobile Search Adds Universal Flavor To Arabic & Hebrew Searchers
• Fire At Google’s London Office

Google: Partnerships

• Google’s Mortgage Quotes Mystery
• BT/Yahoo Portal Now Powered By … Not Yahoo, Not Bing, Google!

Google: Search Customization

• Google’s Search Suggestions Change On Second Search
• Google Caffeine: Google’s New Search Engine Index

Google: Security

• Google’s Working On New File System

Google: SEO

• Google Webmaster Central Wants Your Help Videos
• Google Caffeine: Google’s New Search Engine Index
• Two Tools To Compare Google With Google Caffeine
• Google Adds Keyword Forecasting To Insights For Search Tool
• Google’s Matt Cutts Video Presentation On SEO
• Google’s One line Sitelinks Now Support HTML Anchors

Google: Street View

• Google: Come See The Softer Side Of Street View
• Swiss Govt. Not So Neutral On Google Street View
• Google Ties Street View To Local Business Listings

Google: TV

• Google Buys Video Compression Company On2

Google: Universal Search

• Report: A “Caffeine” Infusion Would Mean Ranking Changes On Google
• Google Mobile Search Adds Universal Flavor To Arabic & Hebrew Searchers

Google: User Interface

• Google Adds “Prices From The Page” Search Option
• Google’s One line Sitelinks Now Support HTML Anchors
• Google Testing Navigational Search Elements

Google: Web History & Search History

• Google’s Search Suggestions Change On Second Search

Google: Web Search

• Google Adds “Prices From The Page” Search Option
• Google’s Search Suggestions Change On Second Search
• Two Tools To Compare Google With Google Caffeine
• Google Temporarily Pulling Google Caffeine Sandbox
• Best Search Engine In Canada? Hitwise Says It’s Bing
• Google’s One line Sitelinks Now Support HTML Anchors
• Google Testing Navigational Search Elements
• Google Still No. 1 Search Engine On Earth; Search Activity Way Up, comScore Says

Google: Webmaster Central

• Google Webmaster Central Wants Your Help Videos

Google: YouTube & Video

• Google Launches Content Powered YouTube Promoted Video Ads
• Google Buys Video Compression Company On2
• YouTube Emphasizes Search In New Design

How To: Analytics

• The What, Whys & Hows Of Multiple Metric Optimization
• How To Choose A Web Analytics Solution

How To: PPC

• How To Maximize The Impact Of Your Top Performing Keywords
• How To Be A PPC Pansy: 5 Tips To Weaken Your Campaigns

How To: SEM

• Practical Points For Perfecting Press Releases
• How To Construct Rational Landing Page Tests

How To: SEO

• 10 SEO Tips For Maximizing Facebook Visibility
• Of Living URLs, Newspaper Rankings & California Fires

In House

• Creating Synergies With Organic & Paid Search
• Yes, I Belong In This Meeting: The Broad Scope Of In-House SEO

In The Trenches

• How To: Excel At Excel For SEM Applications, Part 6
• 9 Problems With Paid Search, 9 Real Tactics To Solve Them

Industrial Strength

• How To Handle An SEO Setback
• When Big Brands Meet Social Media – Part 2
• Boost Quality Scores With These Simple Tips

Just Behave

• Optimizing For Re-finding Search Behavior
• The Importance Of Knowing Your Customers’ Language
• The Dark Side Of Usability: When Business Goals & User Goals Collide
• Commercial Intent & Web Search Behaviors

Legal: Copyright

• French Upset Over Google Library Deal, Lawyer-Author Files New Arguments Against Book Search Settlement
• Microsoft, Yahoo, & Amazon Will Fight Google Book Settlement

Legal: General

• Report: 90% Of Bing’s Internet Pharmacies Search Ads Lead To Rogue Sites
• French Upset Over Google Library Deal, Lawyer-Author Files New Arguments Against Book Search Settlement

Legal: Privacy

• Google Now Using You To Provide Traffic Data To Maps

Legal: Security

• Report: 90% Of Bing’s Internet Pharmacies Search Ads Lead To Rogue Sites
• Caution: Searching For Jessica Biel May Be Dangerous To Your Computer’s Health

Legal: Trademarks

• ShoeMoney Vs. Google Employee Case Settled

Let’s Get Social

• Stop Saying Sorry, Start Getting Really Social
• 5 Microblogging Sites That Aren’t Twitter
• The Social Media Promotion Checklist For Internet Marketers

Link Week

• Tell Me Why I Should Click & Link
• A Case Study: Using Contests To Build Links
• My Favorite Link Building Lie

Locals Only

• Can Locally-Focused Display Ads Make The Phone Ring?
• Three Ways To Optimize Business For Local Search Via Online Newspapers
• Microhoo Changes Local Search Landscape For Small Biz
• Matching Mobile Ads To Consumer Intent

Microsoft & Yahoo Search Deal

• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing
• Revisionist History: Bartz Claims Yahoo Was Never A Search Engine
• BT/Yahoo Portal Now Powered By … Not Yahoo, Not Bing, Google!

Microsoft: adCenter

• Report: 90% Of Bing’s Internet Pharmacies Search Ads Lead To Rogue Sites
• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing
• After Buying Performics From Google, Publicis Buys Razorfish From Microsoft

Microsoft: Bing

• Can Yahoo Really Compete In Search By “Owning The Interface”?
• Report: 90% Of Bing’s Internet Pharmacies Search Ads Lead To Rogue Sites
• Can Bing Change The Culture Of Online Search?
• Microsoft Doubles Up On Cashback To Give Bing A Boost
• Bing’s Paid Click Share Still Rising: Report
• Report: MicroHoo “Penetration” Near Google’s, Google Users Most “Loyal”
• Hitwise Report: Bing Shopping On Rise Following Double Cashback
• Google Tops In Search Satisfaction According To Pre-Bing Survey
• Best Search Engine In Canada? Hitwise Says It’s Bing
• Microsoft Releases New MSN Toolbar, Now Powered By Bing
• Wolfram Alpha Updates Its Progress; Also Has Deal With Bing?
• Yahoo Acquires Arab Portal, Bing Gets Backdoor Into Deal
• Bing Continues With Fake Referrers: What Part Of Stop Don’t They Understand?
• Microsoft’s Lu A Formidable Search Foe For Google
• Microsoft Now Promoting Cashback Program With TV Ads

Microsoft: Bing Maps & Local

• ‘Augmented Reality’ Is Also A Form Of Search

Microsoft: Bing Mobile

• ‘Augmented Reality’ Is Also A Form Of Search

Microsoft: Bing SEO

• Bing Continues With Fake Referrers: What Part Of Stop Don’t They Understand?

Microsoft: Bing Shopping & Cashback

• Hitwise Report: Bing Shopping On Rise Following Double Cashback
• Microsoft Now Promoting Cashback Program With TV Ads

Microsoft: Business Issues

• Can Yahoo Really Compete In Search By “Owning The Interface”?
• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing
• After Buying Performics From Google, Publicis Buys Razorfish From Microsoft
• Google Calls Yahoo-Microsoft’s Explanation Of Search Scale “Bogus”
• Google Tops In Search Satisfaction According To Pre-Bing Survey
• BT/Yahoo Portal Now Powered By … Not Yahoo, Not Bing, Google!
• Gulli Leaves Ask.com For Microsoft Bing, Finally Has “Resources”

Microsoft: Employees

• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing
• Microsoft’s Lu A Formidable Search Foe For Google
• Gulli Leaves Ask.com For Microsoft Bing, Finally Has “Resources”

Microsoft: General

• Can Yahoo Really Compete In Search By “Owning The Interface”?
• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing

Microsoft: Marketing

• Microsoft Doubles Up On Cashback To Give Bing A Boost
• Microsoft Now Promoting Cashback Program With TV Ads

Microsoft: Outside US

• After Buying Performics From Google, Publicis Buys Razorfish From Microsoft
• Yahoo Acquires Arab Portal, Bing Gets Backdoor Into Deal

Microsoft: Partnerships

• After Buying Performics From Google, Publicis Buys Razorfish From Microsoft
• Facebook Begins New Search Rollout
• Wolfram Alpha Updates Its Progress; Also Has Deal With Bing?
• Yahoo Acquires Arab Portal, Bing Gets Backdoor Into Deal
• BT/Yahoo Portal Now Powered By … Not Yahoo, Not Bing, Google!
• Microsoft’s Lu A Formidable Search Foe For Google

Paid Search

• PPC Lessons From The Catalog Industry
• 5 Tips For Getting Good Paid Search Clients
• Seven Common Mistakes That Cause New Advertisers To Fail
• Google’s Bid Simulator Tool: So Transparent, It’s Deflationary?
• Be Careful When Evaluating Paid Search Tests

Search Ads: Contextual

• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing

Search Ads: General

• Ads Don’t Always Sell What They Are Created To Sell
• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing

Search Ads: Mobile Search

• Micro-Hoo: The Details Emerge With SEC Filing

Search Engines: Answer Search Engines

• Wolfram Alpha To Enable API, Open Data To Others

Search Engines: Buzz Search Engines

• Twitter Gets More Serious About Search

Search Engines: Cuil

• Cuil Jumps On The Real-Time Search Bandwagon

Search Engines: Disasters

• California Wildfires: August & September 2009 Edition

Search Engines: Help Engines

• Bizmore: Like Yahoo Answers For Small Business

Search Engines: Mobile Search Engines

• ‘Augmented Reality’ Is Also A Form Of Search

Search Engines: Real Time Search

• Done Deal: Facebook Buys FriendFeed
• Twitter Gets More Serious About Search
• Collecta Adds Social Sharing, Other Features

Search Engines: Shopping Search Engines

• Hitwise Report: Bing Shopping On Rise Following Double Cashback

Search Engines: Social Search Engines

• 10 SEO Tips For Maximizing Facebook Visibility

Search Engines: Wolfram Alpha

• Wolfram Alpha Updates Its Progress; Also Has Deal With Bing?
• Wolfram Alpha To Enable API, Open Data To Others

Search Headlines

• Hitwise Report: Bing Shopping On Rise Following Double Cashback

Search In Pictures

• Search In Pictures: Yahoo Sand Castle, SMX São Paulo & Yahoo Park
• Search In Pictures: Bing Pong, Ask 3D Signatures & Yahoo Brands
• Search In Pictures: Google Holy Water, Yahoo Frisbees & Celebrating Onam

Search Marketing: Landing Pages

• How To Construct Rational Landing Page Tests

Search Marketing: Local Search Marketing

• A Golden Opportunity For Brands To Join The Local Search Party

Search Marketing: Search Term Research

• How To Maximize The Impact Of Your Top Performing Keywords

SEM Industry: Community

• Ask.com Mocks Yahoo With Employee Poaching Sign
• Dear Fox News: SEO Is Not Search Engine Scamming (Unless You’re Scamming Yourself)

SEM Industry: Conferences

• SES San Jose Day One Live Blog Coverage
• Being There Is Better: 10 Reasons To Attend SMX East – October 5-7 In NYC
• SES San Jose Day Two Live Blog Coverage
• New to Search Engine Marketing? Your SMX East Dream Agenda
• SES San Jose Day Three Live Blog Coverage
• Google’s Matt Cutts Video Presentation On SEO
• Last Call To Speak At SMX East
• Notes to Self: A PPC Professional’s SMX East Dream Agenda
• SMX East Rate Increases Sept 12 – Register Today & Save
• Danny Sullivan’s Preview Of Search Engine Land’s SMX East 2009 Search Marketing Conference In New York

SEM Industry: General

• Dear Fox News: SEO Is Not Search Engine Scamming (Unless You’re Scamming Yourself)

SEM Tools: Web Analytics

• How To Choose A Web Analytics Solution

SEO: Blogs & Feeds

• 10 SEO Tips For Maximizing Facebook Visibility

SEO: General

• Dear Fox News: SEO Is Not Search Engine Scamming (Unless You’re Scamming Yourself)
• Search Ranking Factors Shows How Little SEO Has Changed
• Report: A “Caffeine” Infusion Would Mean Ranking Changes On Google

SEO: Local

• Which Internet Yellow Pages Site Has The Best Rankings?

Small Is Beautiful

• A Closer Look At Local Search Ranking Factors
• You Don’t Own Your Own Business Details Anymore
• What Is The Potential For Growth In SMB Online Marketing?

Stats: comScore

• Google Tops In Search Satisfaction According To Pre-Bing Survey
• Google Still No. 1 Search Engine On Earth; Search Activity Way Up, comScore Says

Stats: General

• Bing’s Paid Click Share Still Rising: Report

Stats: Hitwise

• Best Search Engine In Canada? Hitwise Says It’s Bing

Stats: Popularity

• Guess Who Is The Top Global Brand Again? You Got It! Google
• Report: MicroHoo “Penetration” Near Google’s, Google Users Most “Loyal”
• Hitwise Report: Bing Shopping On Rise Following Double Cashback
• Google Tops In Search Satisfaction According To Pre-Bing Survey
• Google Still No. 1 Search Engine On Earth; Search Activity Way Up, comScore Says

Stats: Relevancy

• Google Tops In Search Satisfaction According To Pre-Bing Survey
• Best Search Engine In Canada? Hitwise Says It’s Bing

Stats: Search Behavior

• Google Still No. 1 Search Engine On Earth; Search Activity Way Up, comScore Says

Strictly Business

• 8 Core Elements For Attribution Modeling Beyond The Last Click
• Tips for Turning Unintended Traffic Into Ambassadors
• Two Types of SEO Content Critical To B2B Marketers

Toolbars & Add-Ons

• Microsoft Releases New MSN Toolbar, Now Powered By Bing

Toolbars & Add-Ons: Firefox Browser

• Microsoft Releases New MSN Toolbar, Now Powered By Bing

Twitter

• Twitter Gets More Serious About Search
• Yahoo’s Social Plan: Twitter, Twitter, & More Twitter?

Video Search

• Is Searching For Porn Too Easy With Bing?
• Online Video Growth Creates Consumer Engagement Opportunities
• Will The TVAnywhere Initiative Miss The Point?

Yahoo: Business Issues

• Can Yahoo Really Compete In Search By “Owning The Interface”?
• WSJ: Yahoo Getting Unfair Shake In Wake Of Search Deal
• Ask.com Mocks Yahoo With Employee Poaching Sign
• Google Calls Yahoo-Microsoft’s Explanation Of Search Scale “Bogus”
• Yahoo’s Social Plan: Twitter, Twitter, & More Twitter?
• Yahoo Acquires Arab Portal, Bing Gets Backdoor Into Deal
• BT/Yahoo Portal Now Powered By … Not Yahoo, Not Bing, Google!

Yahoo: Delicious

• Yahoo Makes Delicious.com Cool Again

Yahoo: Employees

• Can Yahoo Really Compete In Search By “Owning The Interface”?
• Doug Cutting Leaving Yahoo

Yahoo: Finance

• Live Blogging Yahoo’s Product Call

Yahoo: Flickr

• Yahoo Enhances Flickr Search

Yahoo: General

• Revisionist History: Bartz Claims Yahoo Was Never A Search Engine
• WSJ: Yahoo Getting Unfair Shake In Wake Of Search Deal

Yahoo: Mail

• Live Blogging Yahoo’s Product Call

Yahoo: Marketing

• Revisionist History: Bartz Claims Yahoo Was Never A Search Engine

Yahoo: Outside US

• Yahoo Acquires Arab Portal, Bing Gets Backdoor Into Deal

Yahoo: Partnerships

• BT/Yahoo Portal Now Powered By … Not Yahoo, Not Bing, Google!

Yahoo: Search

• Yahoo Testing New Search Results Layout
• Can Yahoo Really Compete In Search By “Owning The Interface”?
• Revisionist History: Bartz Claims Yahoo Was Never A Search Engine
• WSJ: Yahoo Getting Unfair Shake In Wake Of Search Deal
• Report: MicroHoo “Penetration” Near Google’s, Google Users Most “Loyal”
• Google Tops In Search Satisfaction According To Pre-Bing Survey
• Live Blogging Yahoo’s Product Call
• Yahoo’s New Search Clothes — But Will It Help? (Probably Not)
• Yahoo Adds Products, Businesses, Events, Discussions & News To SearchMonkey

Yahoo: Search Ads

• Yahoo Search Ad Pricing Changes Coming Soon

Yahoo: Search Monkey

• Can Yahoo Really Compete In Search By “Owning The Interface”?
• Yahoo Adds Products, Businesses, Events, Discussions & News To SearchMonkey

Yahoo: User Interface

• Yahoo Testing New Search Results Layout
• Can Yahoo Really Compete In Search By “Owning The Interface”?

Search Month is an exclusive monthly newsletter for Search Engine Land premium members that recaps stories covered on Search Engine Land from the previous month. Below are top stories organized by topic that happened over the past month. Each topic (or Search Engine Land column) is also a link, where you can click through and drill into the Search Engine Land members library to find other stories in that area. Because some stories are listed in more than one category, you may see them repeated.

Top News

• Bing Adds Twitter Smart Answers
• Google Expands Universal Search To More Phones In More Countries
• What Ads Types Are Most “Helpful”? Search Ads Follow Newspapers, TV
• US Justice Dept. Formally Confirms Google Books Inquiry
• Google, Yahoo, Bing & Others Do 4th Of July Logos
• Land Grab: Google Expands Real Estate Listings
• Yahoo Search Pad To Launch Tomorrow
• “Help Engine” Aardvark Makes Twitter An Onramp For Q&A
• The Google Operating System Is Real: Google Chrome OS Announced.
• Google OS Reactions: The Positive, Negative & The Paranoid
• What Is Real Time Search? Definitions & Players
• Hitwise: Bing Both Grows & Drops In June; Google Still Tops
• Google Adds Photos To Some Location-Based Search Results
• Report: Search Ad Spending Stabilizes While Bing Gains On Google, Yahoo
• At One Month, Bing Says Unique Users Up; Compete Says Barely Any Gain In Searches
• Report: Google Has Nothing To Fear From Bing Itself
• Bing & Twitter Mesh With BingTweets
• comScore: Bing Barely Gaines Share In June 2009
• What Happened To Google’s ‘Commitment To Transparency’?
• Google Announces “Favorite Places” Amid SMB Sales Event
• Google Has “Stabilized,” Reports $5.5 Billion In Q2 Revenues
• Twitter’s Delicate Dance With Google, Microsoft, & Others
• Who Does Twitter Love? Breaking Down The Twitter Suggested Users List
• Is Twitter Sending You 500% To 1600% More Traffic Than You Might Think?
• SMX East Pre-agenda Rate Expires this Friday, July 24 – Don’t Miss Out – Register Today!
• Search The Moon With Google Earth For Moon
• Yahoo’s New Homepage Gets Personal, Tests Search Filters
• Is Yahoo Trying To Sell Small Biz & HotJobs?
• Twitter 101: Twitter’s First Major Outreach To Business Users
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week
• Microsoft Hopes To Improve Bing With Page Hunt Game
• It’s Finally Official, Microsoft & Yahoo Make A Deal, Yahoo Gives Up On Search
• Live Blogging The MSFT – YHOO Search Deal Press Conference
• Microsoft-Yahoo Deals 2008 & 2009, Side-By-Side
• Micro-Hoo Details: Q&A With Mehdi & Schneider
• A Search Eulogy For Yahoo
• The Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal, In Simple Terms
• What Site Owners, Web Developers & SEOs Should Know About The Yahoo Microsoft Deal
• What Micro-Hoo Might Mean For Local Search

100% Organic

• The Collusion Of Editorial & Advertising; Plus: Cheap Ways To Buy Exposure
• The Social Media Underground
• Is Most Of SEO Just A Boondoggle?
• Enterprise Search: Focus On The Business Goals
• Blending Free & Paid Content To Maximize Visibility And Profit

AOL: General

• AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: “The Model Is Disney”
• AOL Value Sinks: Google Sells 5 Percent Interest For $283M

AOL: MapQuest

• AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: “The Model Is Disney”

AOL: Search Marketplace

• AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: “The Model Is Disney”

Ask: Business Issues

• Ask.com’s IAC Revenue Drops 10%, Revenue Per Query Down

Bing Maps & Local

• What Micro-Hoo Might Mean For Local Search

Bookshelf

• Want Solid SEM Benchmarks? This Report Has Them By The Boatload

Brand Aid

• 5 SEO Tips For Nabbing International Search Real Estate
• Has Google’s New Trademark Policy Caused A Spike In Use?
• 7 Tips To Boost Brand Reputation In Search Via Corporate Responsibility

Business Issues: Acquisitions & Investments

• Bing + Yahoo: What Does It Mean For Users?

Features

• Keyword Bidding Counterpoint: It’s Not Automation That’s The Problem

Features: Analysis

• What Ads Types Are Most “Helpful”? Search Ads Follow Newspapers, TV
• US Justice Dept. Formally Confirms Google Books Inquiry
• What Is Real Time Search? Definitions & Players
• Hitwise: Bing Both Grows & Drops In June; Google Still Tops
• At One Month, Bing Says Unique Users Up; Compete Says Barely Any Gain In Searches
• How Multiple Marketing Channels Impact PPC Performance
• Google Versus News Organizations: What’s Fair?
• comScore: Bing Barely Gaines Share In June 2009
• Google To Newspapers: Robots.Txt You
• Google Announces “Favorite Places” Amid SMB Sales Event
• Google Street View’s UK Charm Offensive Hits Coronation Street, Stonehenge
• Who Does Twitter Love? Breaking Down The Twitter Suggested Users List
• Giving Credit To Keywords Where Credit Is Due
• Is Twitter Sending You 500% To 1600% More Traffic Than You Might Think?

Features: General

• Legistalker: What Happens In DC Doesn’t Have To Stay In DC
• “Help Engine” Aardvark Makes Twitter An Onramp For Q&A
• Google OS Reactions: The Positive, Negative & The Paranoid
• What Is Real Time Search? Definitions & Players
• Dear Senator (and Texas Gubernatorial Candidate) Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Here’s A Free Crash Course On SEO

Google: AdSense

• Google Gets Into “Addressable TV” With Visible World
• Google Gets Its Affiliates On, Summit-Style
• Google AdSense Radio Ads & Microsoft Bing Travel TV Commercial

Google: AdWords

• Google Pitches New Small Business Customers, Ignores Existing Ones
• Best Practices For Auditing An SEM Account
• Google Announces “Favorite Places” Amid SMB Sales Event
• Has Google’s New Trademark Policy Caused A Spike In Use?
• Google AdWords To Add Addresses On Ads: Location Extensions
• Google Gets Into “Addressable TV” With Visible World
• Google Rolling Out Bid Simulator
• Google Removes “Beta” Label From New AdWords Interface

Google: Apps For Your Domain

• Microsoft Fights Google Apps With Free, Web-based Office
• Developer Impressions Of Google Wave: “Real-Time Email On Crack”

Google: Base

• Google Expands Mobile Product Search & Adds Suggestions

Google: Blog Search

• Google Blog Search Sees Twitter Trends & Raises With Blog Search ‘Hot Queries’

Google: Book Search

• Google Book Search Now With Cloud Tag
• Google Book Search Lawsuit Gets Conference Treatment
• US Justice Dept. Formally Confirms Google Books Inquiry

Google: Browsers

• Google’s Founders & CEO Didn’t See Eye To Eye On Chrome

Google: Business Issues

• Google Pitches New Small Business Customers, Ignores Existing Ones
• Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” Value, Not As Prominent At Google
• Microsoft Fights Google Apps With Free, Web-based Office
• Twitter’s Delicate Dance With Google, Microsoft, & Others
• Google Increases Lobbying Spend
• AOL Value Sinks: Google Sells 5 Percent Interest For $283M

Google: Chrome

• The Google Operating System Is Real: Google Chrome OS Announced.
• Google OS Reactions: The Positive, Negative & The Paranoid
• Google’s Founders & CEO Didn’t See Eye To Eye On Chrome
• Developer Impressions Of Google Wave: “Real-Time Email On Crack”

Google: Content Central

• Google OS Reactions: The Positive, Negative & The Paranoid

Google: Critics

• US Justice Dept. Formally Confirms Google Books Inquiry
• Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” Value, Not As Prominent At Google
• Google Seeks Privacy Counsel With Gov’t Ties
• Google Increases Lobbying Spend

Google: Docs & Spreadsheets

• Google Search’s View PDF Link May Go To Google Docs

Google: Earth

• Search The Moon With Google Earth For Moon

Google: Employees

• Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” Value, Not As Prominent At Google
• Get Google’s Matt Cutts To Answer Your Questions
• Google Seeks Privacy Counsel With Gov’t Ties

Google: Images

• Google Image Search Makes SafeSearch Toggle Switch Quicker
• Google Adds Creative Commons Filter To Advanced Image Search
• Google’s New Report Offensive Images Feature
• Google Expands “Search Options” For Web & Image Search

Google: Labs

• Developer Impressions Of Google Wave: “Real-Time Email On Crack”

Google: Legal

• Google Book Search Lawsuit Gets Conference Treatment
• US Justice Dept. Formally Confirms Google Books Inquiry
• Google Seeks Privacy Counsel With Gov’t Ties
• Google Increases Lobbying Spend
• AOL Value Sinks: Google Sells 5 Percent Interest For $283M

Google: Logos

• Search The Moon With Google Earth For Moon

Google: Maps & Local

• Google Expands Universal Search To More Phones In More Countries
• Land Grab: Google Expands Real Estate Listings
• Google Pitches New Small Business Customers, Ignores Existing Ones
• Google Expands ‘My Location’ On The Desktop, Tests Search Layers In Maps
• Google Adds Photos To Some Location-Based Search Results
• Google Announces “Favorite Places” Amid SMB Sales Event
• Google Maps Adds Multiple Search Support & Layers To Mobile
• Google Street Views Allows Zooming In On Panoramio Photos

Google: Marketing

• Google Pitches New Small Business Customers, Ignores Existing Ones
• Google Posts List Of All Its Official Twitter Accounts
• Google Announces “Favorite Places” Amid SMB Sales Event
• Google Street View’s UK Charm Offensive Hits Coronation Street, Stonehenge
• Google Gets Its Affiliates On, Summit-Style
• Google AdSense Radio Ads & Microsoft Bing Travel TV Commercial

Google: Mobile

• Google Expands Universal Search To More Phones In More Countries
• Google Expands Mobile Product Search & Adds Suggestions
• Google Voice For Mobile: One Number To Rule Them All
• Google For iPhone Adds “My Location” Feature
• Report: ChaCha Voice Search Beats Google, Yahoo/Vlingo In Accuracy, Reliability
• Google Maps Adds Multiple Search Support & Layers To Mobile
• Google Latitude Reaches iPhone, But It’s Limited

Google: News

• Google News No Longer Wants Newsmaker’s Comments
• Google Versus News Organizations: What’s Fair?
• Google To Newspapers: Robots.Txt You

Google: Other

• The Google Operating System Is Real: Google Chrome OS Announced.
• Google OS Reactions: The Positive, Negative & The Paranoid
• Google Sets & Squared: Powerful Keyword Research Tools

Google: Partnerships

• Google OS Reactions: The Positive, Negative & The Paranoid
• AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: “The Model Is Disney”
• AOL Value Sinks: Google Sells 5 Percent Interest For $283M
• Google Gets Into “Addressable TV” With Visible World

Google: Product Search

• Google Expands Mobile Product Search & Adds Suggestions

Google: Search Customization

• What Happened To Google’s ‘Commitment To Transparency’?

Google: SEO

• Get Google’s Matt Cutts To Answer Your Questions
• Twitter’s Delicate Dance With Google, Microsoft, & Others

Google: Street View

• Google Street View’s UK Charm Offensive Hits Coronation Street, Stonehenge

Google: Toolbar

• Google Toolbar For IE Adds “Advanced” Translation

Google: Translate

• Google Toolbar For IE Adds “Advanced” Translation

Google: TV

• Google Gets Into “Addressable TV” With Visible World

Google: User Interface

• Google Sublinks As Sub Listings Being Tested
• Google Search’s View PDF Link May Go To Google Docs
• What Happened To Google’s ‘Commitment To Transparency’?
• Developer Impressions Of Google Wave: “Real-Time Email On Crack”
• Google Expands “Search Options” For Web & Image Search
• Google’s “Show More Results” Link Goes Contextual

Google: Voice Search

• Report: ChaCha Voice Search Beats Google, Yahoo/Vlingo In Accuracy, Reliability

Google: Web History & Search History

• What Happened To Google’s ‘Commitment To Transparency’?

Google: Web Search

• Google Sublinks As Sub Listings Being Tested
• Yahoo Serves 5 Million Streams Of Michael Jackson Memorial, Most In Yahoo History
• Google Search’s View PDF Link May Go To Google Docs
• What Happened To Google’s ‘Commitment To Transparency’?
• Google Expands “Search Options” For Web & Image Search
• Google’s “Show More Results” Link Goes Contextual

Google: Webmaster Central

• Get Google’s Matt Cutts To Answer Your Questions
• Google Announces Minor Updates To Webmaster Tools

How To: Links

• How To Research, Create And Distribute Highly-Linkable Content

How To: PPC

• Best Practices For Auditing An SEM Account
• Google Sets & Squared: Powerful Keyword Research Tools

How To: SEM

• 8 Dimensions Of Excellent Landing Pages

How To: SEO

• Using User Generated Content To Enhance Conversion-Driven SEO
• Dear Senator (and Texas Gubernatorial Candidate) Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Here’s A Free Crash Course On SEO

How To: Twitter

• 3 Aggregation Tools For Tracking Tweets

In House

• Su Content Es Mi Content: Leveraging In-House Content For SEO
• Do You Sound Like A Broken Record? Get Used To It…
• SEO BS: Avoiding And Responding To The Big Surprise

In The Trenches

• How To: Excel At Excel For SEM Applications, Part 4
• How To Excel At Excel For SEM Applications, Part 5: Master Pivot Tables

Industrial Strength

• Bing’s Impact: 3 Things Search Marketers Need To Know
• Leveraging Competitive Intelligence For Link Building Campaigns
• When Big Brands Discover Social Media Marketing

Just Behave

• The 3 SEO/SEM Conference Personas
• Search is a Darwinian Game
• How User Behavior Influences Search Results
• Bing + Yahoo: What Does It Mean For Users?

Legal: Clickfraud

• Click Fraud Rise Or Fall? Click Fraud 22.9% Or 12.7%

Legal: Copyright

• US Justice Dept. Formally Confirms Google Books Inquiry
• Google Versus News Organizations: What’s Fair?

Legal: Crawling & Indexing

• US Justice Dept. Formally Confirms Google Books Inquiry

Legal: General

• Google Versus News Organizations: What’s Fair?

Legal: Privacy

• IxQuick Changes Name To Startpage
• Google Seeks Privacy Counsel With Gov’t Ties

Let’s Get Social

• In Tweet We Trust?
• 7 Ways To Act Like An Animal On Twitter
• 3 Aggregation Tools For Tracking Tweets
• Why You Should Get Involved With Social Shopping: E-commerce 2.0

Link Building

• Why You Should Care About Link Spikes

Link Building: General

• Are You Helping Facebook Outrank You For Your Brand Name?
• Leveraging Competitive Intelligence For Link Building Campaigns

Link Building: Paid Links

• Are You Helping Facebook Outrank You For Your Brand Name?

Link Week

• Why You Should Care About Link Spikes
• When Your Link Portfolio Is Devalued
• How To Research, Create And Distribute Highly-Linkable Content
• Betting On The Link Building Boondoggle Bonanza

Locals Only

• Matching Local Advertising to Consumer Intent
• Should You Geotag Pages For Local SEO?
• Yellow Reflects on Chrome

Microsoft & Yahoo Merger

• It’s Finally Official, Microsoft & Yahoo Make A Deal, Yahoo Gives Up On Search
• Live Blogging The MSFT – YHOO Search Deal Press Conference
• Microsoft-Yahoo Deals 2008 & 2009, Side-By-Side
• Micro-Hoo Details: Q&A With Mehdi & Schneider
• A Search Eulogy For Yahoo
• The Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal, In Simple Terms
• What Site Owners, Web Developers & SEOs Should Know About The Yahoo Microsoft Deal

Microsoft: adCenter

• Microsoft Misses Earnings, Yahoo Board Meets About Potential Microsoft Search Deal
• Reports: Micro-Hoo Search Deal Coming Within 24 Hours
• It’s Finally Official, Microsoft & Yahoo Make A Deal, Yahoo Gives Up On Search
• Micro-Hoo Details: Q&A With Mehdi & Schneider

Microsoft: APIs

• Micro-Hoo Details: Q&A With Mehdi & Schneider

Microsoft: Bing

• Bing Adds Twitter Smart Answers
• Microsoft Lets You Bing Inside Your Hotmail
• At One Month, Bing Says Unique Users Up; Compete Says Barely Any Gain In Searches
• Bing’s Impact: 3 Things Search Marketers Need To Know
• Report: Google Has Nothing To Fear From Bing Itself
• Bing & Twitter Mesh With BingTweets
• Bing: It’s The Relevancy, Stupid
• Bing To Ramp Up MSNBot 2’s Workload
• Bing Wants Your Jingle On Google’s YouTube
• Microsoft Misses Earnings, Yahoo Board Meets About Potential Microsoft Search Deal
• Microsoft Hopes To Improve Bing With Page Hunt Game
• Micro-Hoo Details: Q&A With Mehdi & Schneider
• What Site Owners, Web Developers & SEOs Should Know About The Yahoo Microsoft Deal

Microsoft: Business Issues

• Google OS Reactions: The Positive, Negative & The Paranoid
• Microsoft Looking To Sell Razorfish, Good Move
• Microsoft Fights Google Apps With Free, Web-based Office
• Twitter’s Delicate Dance With Google, Microsoft, & Others
• Reports: Yahoo & Microsoft Very Close On Search Deal
• Microsoft Misses Earnings, Yahoo Board Meets About Potential Microsoft Search Deal
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week
• Reports: Micro-Hoo Search Deal Coming Within 24 Hours
• It’s Finally Official, Microsoft & Yahoo Make A Deal, Yahoo Gives Up On Search
• Live Blogging The MSFT – YHOO Search Deal Press Conference
• Micro-Hoo Details: Q&A With Mehdi & Schneider
• What Micro-Hoo Might Mean For Local Search

Microsoft: Employees

• Microsoft Misses Earnings, Yahoo Board Meets About Potential Microsoft Search Deal

Microsoft: General

• Google OS Reactions: The Positive, Negative & The Paranoid

Microsoft: Live Search SEO

• Bing To Ramp Up MSNBot 2’s Workload

Microsoft: Marketing

• comScore: Bing Barely Gaines Share In June 2009
• Bing Wants Your Jingle On Google’s YouTube
• Google AdSense Radio Ads & Microsoft Bing Travel TV Commercial

Microsoft: Partnerships

• Microsoft Misses Earnings, Yahoo Board Meets About Potential Microsoft Search Deal
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week
• Reports: Micro-Hoo Search Deal Coming Within 24 Hours
• It’s Finally Official, Microsoft & Yahoo Make A Deal, Yahoo Gives Up On Search

Microsoft: Tellme

• Report: ChaCha Voice Search Beats Google, Yahoo/Vlingo In Accuracy, Reliability

Paid Search

• Automated Keyword Bidding? More Like Automated Money Sink
• Gaining Buy-In for Your PPC Account Plans
• 5 Ways To Track Phone Calls Generated From PPC Clicks
• Geekynomics? Finding The Hidden Government Within Google’s Magic Money Machine

Search & Society: General

• Search The Moon With Google Earth For Moon

Search Ads

• Keyword Bidding Counterpoint: It’s Not Automation That’s The Problem

Search Ads: General

• Report: Search Ad Spending Stabilizes While Bing Gains On Google, Yahoo
• How Multiple Marketing Channels Impact PPC Performance
• Giving Credit To Keywords Where Credit Is Due
• Keyword Bidding Counterpoint: It’s Not Automation That’s The Problem

Search Advertising

• Keyword Bidding Counterpoint: It’s Not Automation That’s The Problem

Search Engines: Answer Search Engines

• Hunch Doing ‘Pretty Well,’ Co-Founder Says
• “Help Engine” Aardvark Makes Twitter An Onramp For Q&A

Search Engines: Buzz Search Engines

• FriendFeed Joins The Real-Time Search Race

Search Engines: Events Search Engines

• Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Search Engines: Experimental

• Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Search Engines: Facebook

• Yahoo Serves 5 Million Streams Of Michael Jackson Memorial, Most In Yahoo History

Search Engines: Government Search Engines

• Legistalker: What Happens In DC Doesn’t Have To Stay In DC

Search Engines: Help Engines

• “Help Engine” Aardvark Makes Twitter An Onramp For Q&A

Search Engines: Meta Search Engines

• IxQuick Changes Name To Startpage
• Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Search Engines: Mobile Search Engines

• Report: ChaCha Voice Search Beats Google, Yahoo/Vlingo In Accuracy, Reliability

Search Engines: Outside USA

• Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Search Engines: Photo & Image Search

• Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Search Engines: Real Estate

• Land Grab: Google Expands Real Estate Listings

Search Engines: Real Time Search

• What Is Real Time Search? Definitions & Players
• Video Of Danny Sullivan, Matt Cutts & Others On Real Time Search
• Bing & Twitter Mesh With BingTweets
• Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should
• Collecta Upgrades Video, Image Results

Search Engines: Travel Search Engines

• Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Search Engines: Twitter

• Bing Adds Twitter Smart Answers
• Google Posts List Of All Its Official Twitter Accounts
• Bing & Twitter Mesh With BingTweets
• Twitter’s Delicate Dance With Google, Microsoft, & Others
• Who Does Twitter Love? Breaking Down The Twitter Suggested Users List
• Is Twitter Sending You 500% To 1600% More Traffic Than You Might Think?
• 3 Aggregation Tools For Tracking Tweets
• Twitter 101: Twitter’s First Major Outreach To Business Users
• Search At Core Of New Twitter Home Page

Search Engines: Video Search Engines

• Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Search Engines: Word Of Mouth & Buzz Search Engines

• FriendFeed Joins The Real-Time Search Race

Search Headlines

• Alan Rimm-Kaufman Passes Away After Courageous Bout With Leukemia

Search In Pictures

• Search In Pictures: Yahoo Flight Attendants, Google Street View Fleet & Stormtrooper
• Search In Pictures: Google Headband, Hand Stamps & Life Size Map Pins
• Search In Pictures: Google DC Comics, Elliott Yamin @ Yahoo & Google Moon
• Search In Pictures: Yahoo Sneakers, Google Affiliate Network Party & BingHoo Deal Signed

Search Marketing

• Keyword Bidding Counterpoint: It’s Not Automation That’s The Problem

Search Marketing: General

• What Ads Types Are Most “Helpful”? Search Ads Follow Newspapers, TV
• Report: Search Ad Spending Stabilizes While Bing Gains On Google, Yahoo

Search Marketing: Landing Pages

• 8 Dimensions Of Excellent Landing Pages

Search Marketing: Search Term Research

• Google Sets & Squared: Powerful Keyword Research Tools

SEM Industry

• Alan Rimm-Kaufman Passes Away After Courageous Bout With Leukemia

SEM Industry: Conferences

• SEMPO Institute Adds Summer Sessions
• Why You Need to Attend SMX East – and Why You Should Register Today!
• Two Free SMN Webcasts Next Week: Offline Marketers & Search, PPC & Trademarks
• SMX East Pre-agenda Rate Expires this Friday, July 24 – Don’t Miss Out – Register Today!
• Last Chance to Get Lowest Rate for SMX East – Pre-agenda Expires Tomorrow July 24
• “10 Features of a Good Advertising Analytics Solution”
  SMN Webcast Tomorrow
• SMX Sao Paulo Next Week – Register Now!
• SMX East Agenda Posted: All the Search Marketing Topics for All Skill Levels
• SMN Webcast August 4: Andrew Goodman On PPC Campaign Automation

SEM Industry: Organizations

• SEMPO Institute Adds Summer Sessions

SEM Industry: Stats

• What Ads Types Are Most “Helpful”? Search Ads Follow Newspapers, TV
• Report: Search Ad Spending Stabilizes While Bing Gains On Google, Yahoo
• Want Solid SEM Benchmarks? This Report Has Them By The Boatload

SEM Tools

• Google Rolling Out Bid Simulator

SEM Tools: URL Shorteners

• Is Twitter Sending You 500% To 1600% More Traffic Than You Might Think?

SEM Tools: Web Analytics

• Is Twitter Sending You 500% To 1600% More Traffic Than You Might Think?

SEO

• What Site Owners, Web Developers & SEOs Should Know About The Yahoo Microsoft Deal

SEO: Spamming

• Dear Senator (and Texas Gubernatorial Candidate) Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Here’s A Free Crash Course On SEO

Small Is Beautiful

• It’s All About Local Organic Domination
• Local Search Marketing: More Than Just Google
• How Many Categories Should A Local Business Have?

Social Media Marketing

• Using User Generated Content To Enhance Conversion-Driven SEO
• 7 Ways To Act Like An Animal On Twitter

Stats: Compete

• Hitwise: Bing Both Grows & Drops In June; Google Still Tops
• At One Month, Bing Says Unique Users Up; Compete Says Barely Any Gain In Searches
• comScore: Bing Barely Gaines Share In June 2009
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week

Stats: comScore

• comScore: Bing Barely Gaines Share In June 2009
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week

Stats: General

• What Ads Types Are Most “Helpful”? Search Ads Follow Newspapers, TV
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week

Stats: Hitwise

• Hitwise: Bing Both Grows & Drops In June; Google Still Tops
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week

Stats: Popularity

• Hitwise: Bing Both Grows & Drops In June; Google Still Tops
• At One Month, Bing Says Unique Users Up; Compete Says Barely Any Gain In Searches
• comScore: Bing Barely Gaines Share In June 2009

Stats: Relevancy

• What Ads Types Are Most “Helpful”? Search Ads Follow Newspapers, TV
• Citigroup Study Says Google More Relevant Than Bing

Stats: Search Behavior

• Yahoo Serves 5 Million Streams Of Michael Jackson Memorial, Most In Yahoo History
• Report: Google Has Nothing To Fear From Bing Itself
• How Multiple Marketing Channels Impact PPC Performance
• Bing: It’s The Relevancy, Stupid
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week

Stats: Size

• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week

Strictly Business

• Improving B2B Search Advertising Results via Ad Scheduling
• 6 Steps To Building A Successful B2B Search Content Strategy
• Twitter Search Tips For B2B Marketers
• How Social Media Monitoring Can Benefit B2B

Video Search

• Yahoo!’s Rich Ads In Search – Are Video Ads Golden?
• What Is The Role Of Video For Yellow Page Publishers?

Yahoo: Answers

• Yahoo Dominates The Web, Just Not In Search

Yahoo: APIs

• What Site Owners, Web Developers & SEOs Should Know About The Yahoo Microsoft Deal

Yahoo: Business Issues

• Yahoo Dominates The Web, Just Not In Search
• Twitter’s Delicate Dance With Google, Microsoft, & Others
• Reports: Yahoo & Microsoft Very Close On Search Deal
• Yahoo Q2 Revs: $1.57B, Down 13 Percent But Profit Up 8 Percent
• Is Yahoo Trying To Sell Small Biz & HotJobs?
• It’s Finally Official, Microsoft & Yahoo Make A Deal, Yahoo Gives Up On Search
• Live Blogging The MSFT – YHOO Search Deal Press Conference
• What Micro-Hoo Might Mean For Local Search

Yahoo: Display Ads

• Is Yahoo Trying To Sell Small Biz & HotJobs?
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week

Yahoo: Finance

• Yahoo Dominates The Web, Just Not In Search

Yahoo: General

• Yahoo’s New Homepage Gets Personal, Tests Search Filters
• Is Yahoo Trying To Sell Small Biz & HotJobs?
• Yahoo Buys Xoopit To Advance “Smarter Inbox” Strategy

Yahoo: Images

• Yahoo Adds Travel Photo Tours To Image Search

Yahoo: Mail

• Yahoo Dominates The Web, Just Not In Search
• Yahoo Buys Xoopit To Advance “Smarter Inbox” Strategy

Yahoo: Maps & Local

• Yahoo Improves Local Search Results With More Business Info
• What Micro-Hoo Might Mean For Local Search

Yahoo: Mobile & Go

• Report: ChaCha Voice Search Beats Google, Yahoo/Vlingo In Accuracy, Reliability
• Yahoo! Syncs Mobile Homepage With PC

Yahoo: Other

• Is Yahoo Trying To Sell Small Biz & HotJobs?

Yahoo: Partnerships

• Is Yahoo Trying To Sell Small Biz & HotJobs?
• Microsoft Misses Earnings, Yahoo Board Meets About Potential Microsoft Search Deal
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week
• Reports: Micro-Hoo Search Deal Coming Within 24 Hours
• It’s Finally Official, Microsoft & Yahoo Make A Deal, Yahoo Gives Up On Search
• Micro-Hoo Details: Q&A With Mehdi & Schneider

Yahoo: Publisher Network

• Is Yahoo Trying To Sell Small Biz & HotJobs?

Yahoo: Search

• Yahoo Search Pad To Launch Tomorrow
• Yahoo Serves 5 Million Streams Of Michael Jackson Memorial, Most In Yahoo History
• Yahoo Dominates The Web, Just Not In Search
• Yahoo’s New Homepage Gets Personal, Tests Search Filters
• Microsoft Misses Earnings, Yahoo Board Meets About Potential Microsoft Search Deal
• Reports: Micro-Hoo Search Deal Coming Within 24 Hours
• It’s Finally Official, Microsoft & Yahoo Make A Deal, Yahoo Gives Up On Search
• Micro-Hoo Details: Q&A With Mehdi & Schneider
• Yahoo Improves Local Search Results With More Business Info

Yahoo: Search Ads

• Yahoo!’s Rich Ads In Search – Are Video Ads Golden?
• Microsoft Misses Earnings, Yahoo Board Meets About Potential Microsoft Search Deal
• Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week
• Reports: Micro-Hoo Search Deal Coming Within 24 Hours
• It’s Finally Official, Microsoft & Yahoo Make A Deal, Yahoo Gives Up On Search
• Micro-Hoo Details: Q&A With Mehdi & Schneider

Yahoo: Search Monkey

• Yahoo’s New Homepage Gets Personal, Tests Search Filters
• What Site Owners, Web Developers & SEOs Should Know About The Yahoo Microsoft Deal

Yahoo: Site Explorer

• What Site Owners, Web Developers & SEOs Should Know About The Yahoo Microsoft Deal

Yahoo: User Interface

• Yahoo’s New Homepage Gets Personal, Tests Search Filters

Yahoo: Video

• Yahoo Serves 5 Million Streams Of Michael Jackson Memorial, Most In Yahoo History

Search Month is an exclusive monthly newsletter for Search Engine Land premium members that recaps stories covered on Search Engine Land from the previous month. Below are top stories organized by topic that happened over the past month. Each topic (or Search Engine Land column) is also a link, where you can click through and drill into the Search Engine Land members library to find other stories in that area. Because some stories are listed in more than one category, you may see them repeated.

Top News

• Microsoft’s New Bing Search Engine Now Live In “Preview”
• Google Local Business Center Adds Detailed Analytics
• Study: Google Tracking 88% Of Domains In Study
• Website Guilty Over Google’s Automated Snippet
• Google Positions As Amazon Competitor For EBook Market
• SMX Advanced Day 1: Live Blogging & Coverage
• Google Loses “Backwards Compatibility” On Paid Link Blocking & PageRank Sculpting
• Live Blogging SMX Keynote With Microsoft’s Qi Lu
• Google Squared Is Now Live
• The Bing TV Commercials
• Satya Nadella Keynote At Bing Search Summit
• Bid Simulator Comes To Google AdWords
• Google Gets “Pole Position” On The Pre
• Did Bing Leapfrog Yahoo? Not Exactly
• Twitter’s Real Time Spam Problem
• Remember That AdSense Publisher That Sued Google & Won? Well, He Lost
• Keyen Farrell Countersues Jeremy Schoemaker, Claiming Defamation
• Bartz Continues Torpedoing Yahoo Search
• Russian Roulette: McAfee Details Web’s Riskiest Search Terms
• Schmidt: Bing Can’t Buy Search Love With Ads; Gotta Earn It
• Google Adds Reconsideration Request Status Updates
• What AdWords Customers Need To Know About $20 Million Settlement
• Google Adds Change of Address To Notify Google Of Domain Change
• Google SearchWiki: You Can ‘Check Out,’ But Your Results Don’t Leave
• Hunch: A Real Decision Engine
• Hunch: Your “Personal Decision Maker”
• Yahoo! Announces Common Tag: Like The Meta Keywords Tag, But Even Better
• PageRank Sculpting Is Dead! Long Live PageRank Sculpting!
• Bing: comScore sees Gains; Compete Sees Same Old, Same Old
• Google Fires Back At Bing, Launches “Explore Google Search”
• Microsoft’s Search Engine Optimization Advice for Bing
• Collecta And CrowdEye Join The “Real Time” Search Club
• Google Flipper: A Visual Version Of News?
• Google Street View Bike Does Santa Monica, Universities & More
• Why You Can’t See The Great Pacific Garbage Patch On Google Earth
• iPhone’s Spotlight Search
• Google’s Matt Cutts On “Over Optimization”
• Google AdSense for Mobile Applications Goes Into Public Beta
• How Twitter Might Send Far More Traffic Than You Think
• Google Takes On Tourism With City Tours Experiment
• Kayak Says Bing Isn’t Playing Air Fair, Hakia Sees Near Mirror Image
• 26 People Who Mislead You On Twitter
• Jeff Goldblum Is NOT Dead (Despite What Google Says)
• Focus Group Study Offers Good & Bad News For Bing
• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search
• Google Tests Dropping Off Country Specific Search?
• OPA Study Reaffirms Display Ads Drive Search

100% Organic

• Can The SEO Industry Switch To A Pay-for-Performance Pricing Model?

AOL: General

• Happy Father’s Day From Google & Others

AOL: Local

• MapQuest Launches iPhone App With Innovative Local Search Features

AOL: MapQuest

• MapQuest Launches iPhone App With Innovative Local Search Features

AOL: Mobile

• MapQuest Launches iPhone App With Innovative Local Search Features

AOL: Video

• AOL’s Truveo Relaunches As Improved Video Search Destination

Ask: General

• Happy Father’s Day From Google & Others

Ask: Web Search

• Russian Roulette: McAfee Details Web’s Riskiest Search Terms
• Ask.com Expands AnswerFarm Q&A Database

Bing Travel

• Kayak Says Bing Isn’t Playing Air Fair, Hakia Sees Near Mirror Image

Brand Aid

• PPC Recession Strategy: 7 Reasons To Keep Bidding On Your Brand Terms
• Display URL: Traffic Tricks Used By Brand Hijackers

Features: Analysis

• Microsoft’s New Bing Search Engine Now Live In “Preview”
• An Insider’s Look At SMX Advanced: Greg Sterling
• Google Positions As Amazon Competitor For EBook Market
• Google Loses “Backwards Compatibility” On Paid Link Blocking & PageRank Sculpting
• Did Bing Leapfrog Yahoo? Not Exactly
• Borrell Shines Light On “Local SEM” Churn
• Bartz Continues Torpedoing Yahoo Search
• Schmidt: Bing Can’t Buy Search Love With Ads; Gotta Earn It
• Yahoo Improves EU Mapping, Does It Still See Maps As Strategic?
• Hunch: Your “Personal Decision Maker”
• Yahoo! Announces Common Tag: Like The Meta Keywords Tag, But Even Better
• PageRank Sculpting Is Dead! Long Live PageRank Sculpting!
• Bing: comScore sees Gains; Compete Sees Same Old, Same Old
• Google Fires Back At Bing, Launches “Explore Google Search”
• Microsoft’s Search Engine Optimization Advice for Bing
• Wired: Facebook Trying To Dominate Web, Marginalize Google (Run For Your Lives!)
• How Twitter Might Send Far More Traffic Than You Think
• 26 People Who Mislead You On Twitter
• Focus Group Study Offers Good & Bad News For Bing
• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search
• Google: We’re Not Really That Big But If We Are, We Aren’t Bad
• OPA Study Reaffirms Display Ads Drive Search

Features: General

• Google Local Business Center Adds Detailed Analytics
• Satya Nadella Keynote At Bing Search Summit
• Twitter’s Real Time Spam Problem
• Google “Freshness” Factor May Mean Big Implications For Retailers
• Why You Can’t See The Great Pacific Garbage Patch On Google Earth
• Former Live Search Director Launches Oyster.com, Hotel Review Site

Google Squared

• Google Squared Is Now Live

Google: AdSense

• Remember That AdSense Publisher That Sued Google & Won? Well, He Lost
• Google AdSense for Mobile Applications Goes Into Public Beta

Google: AdWords

• Google Updates AdWords Editor (Version 7.5.1)
• Google’s New AdWords Interface Coming To Many Advertisers
• Bid Simulator Comes To Google AdWords
• Borrell Shines Light On “Local SEM” Churn
• Keyen Farrell Countersues Jeremy Schoemaker, Claiming Defamation
• What AdWords Customers Need To Know About $20 Million Settlement
• Google AdWords Testing “Opportunities” Tab?
• Google Enables Importing “Goals” Into AdWords For Easier Conversion Tracking
• Google To Test New Product Ads
• Google Export Adviser Beta
• AdWords Conversion Tracking: How To Optimize Your Account 10x Quicker
• YouTube To Launch “Call-To-Action Overlay” Ads
• Google Releases AdWords API v2009 (Beta)

Google: Analytics

• Study: Google Tracking 88% Of Domains In Study
• Google Analytics To Speak Bing Soon
• Google Analytics Now Considers Bing A Search Engine
• Google Enables Importing “Goals” Into AdWords For Easier Conversion Tracking

Google: APIs

• Google Releases AdWords API v2009 (Beta)

Google: Book Search

• Google Positions As Amazon Competitor For EBook Market
• DOJ Increases Scrutiny Of Google Book Settlement
• Google Book Search Adds Seven New Features

Google: Business Issues

• Study: Google Tracking 88% Of Domains In Study
• Schmidt: Bing Can’t Buy Search Love With Ads; Gotta Earn It

Google: Critics

• Google Positions As Amazon Competitor For EBook Market
• Google’s Anti-Trust Argument: We’re Part Of The Advertising Galaxy, Not The Search Solar System
• Schmidt: Bing Can’t Buy Search Love With Ads; Gotta Earn It
• DOJ Increases Scrutiny Of Google Book Settlement
• NY Post: “Fear Grips Google” — Really?
• China, Censorship & Google Redux
• Wired: Facebook Trying To Dominate Web, Marginalize Google (Run For Your Lives!)
• Google Wants The Web To Go Faster
• Google: We’re Not Really That Big But If We Are, We Aren’t Bad

Google: Docs & Spreadsheets

• Google Wants The Web To Go Faster

Google: Earth

• Why You Can’t See The Great Pacific Garbage Patch On Google Earth

Google: General

• Schmidt: Bing Can’t Buy Search Love With Ads; Gotta Earn It
• China, Censorship & Google Redux
• Google Wants The Web To Go Faster
• Focus Group Study Offers Good & Bad News For Bing

Google: iGoogle

• Yet Another Mobile iGoogle For iPhones & Android

Google: Images

• Google Images Quietly Adds Creative Commons Filter
• Google Researchers Create Landmark Image Search Engine

Google: Internet Access

• Google Wants The Web To Go Faster

Google: Labs

• Google Takes On Tourism With City Tours Experiment

Google: Legal

• Website Guilty Over Google’s Automated Snippet
• Google Positions As Amazon Competitor For EBook Market
• Remember That AdSense Publisher That Sued Google & Won? Well, He Lost
• What AdWords Customers Need To Know About $20 Million Settlement
• DOJ Increases Scrutiny Of Google Book Settlement
• Google: We’re Not Really That Big But If We Are, We Aren’t Bad

Google: Logos

• Google Celebrates 25 Years Of Tetris With Doodle
• Google Goes Rainbow For Gay-Related Searches
• Happy Father’s Day From Google & Others

Google: Maps & Local

• Has Google Maps Switched From PageRank to “BizRank”?
• Google Local Business Center Adds Detailed Analytics
• Google Gets “Pole Position” On The Pre
• Borrell Shines Light On “Local SEM” Churn
• Keyen Farrell Countersues Jeremy Schoemaker, Claiming Defamation
• Clean Up Your Local Data!
• Voice Search Now On Google Maps For Android
• Why You Can’t See The Great Pacific Garbage Patch On Google Earth
• Google Maps Let’s You Discover “What’s Here”
• Google Takes On Tourism With City Tours Experiment

Google: Marketing

• Google Fires Back At Bing, Launches “Explore Google Search”

Google: Mobile

• Google’s Android Coming To Netbooks Via Acer
• Google Gets “Pole Position” On The Pre
• Yet Another Mobile iGoogle For iPhones & Android
• Google AdSense for Mobile Applications Goes Into Public Beta

Google: News

• Wikipedia As News Source? In Latest Google Testing, Yes
• Google Flipper: A Visual Version Of News?
• It’s Official: Wikipedia Is A Google News Source
• Google News Hyperlinks Author Names
• Jeff Goldblum Is NOT Dead (Despite What Google Says)
• Yahoo News Was Top Destination For Michael Jackson News

Google: Other

• Google’s Android Coming To Netbooks Via Acer
• Google Voice Bracing For Expansion

Google: Outside US

• China, Censorship & Google Redux
• Google Wants The Web To Go Faster
• Google Tests Dropping Off Country Specific Search?

Google: Parodies

• Funny: “Googling With Bing”

Google: SearchWiki

• Google SearchWiki: You Can ‘Check Out,’ But Your Results Don’t Leave

Google: Security

• Russian Roulette: McAfee Details Web’s Riskiest Search Terms
• The Bogus Google Give-Away

Google: SEO

• Borrell Shines Light On “Local SEM” Churn
• Google Adds Reconsideration Request Status Updates
• PageRank Sculpting Is Dead! Long Live PageRank Sculpting!
• Google “Freshness” Factor May Mean Big Implications For Retailers
• Google Now Indexing Flash From External Files
• Google Truncating Display URLs In Search Results
• Google’s Matt Cutts On “Over Optimization”
• Google Gives Presentation On Search Engine Optimization
• Jeff Goldblum Is NOT Dead (Despite What Google Says)
• Google Slides On Ranking Issues

Google: Street View

• Google Street View Bike Does Santa Monica, Universities & More

Google: TV

• NBC Debuts “Addressable Advertising” With Microsoft Ads Platform

Google: User Interface

• Google SearchWiki: You Can ‘Check Out,’ But Your Results Don’t Leave
• Google Truncating Display URLs In Search Results
• Google Showing Facebook Friends On Profile URLs
• Google Tests Dropping Off Country Specific Search?

Google: Voice Search

• Voice Search Now On Google Maps For Android

Google: Web Search

• Website Guilty Over Google’s Automated Snippet
• Russian Roulette: McAfee Details Web’s Riskiest Search Terms
• How Google Suggestions Should Handle Adult Related Sites?
• Google Fires Back At Bing, Launches “Explore Google Search”
• Google “Freshness” Factor May Mean Big Implications For Retailers
• Google Truncating Display URLs In Search Results
• Google Showing Facebook Friends On Profile URLs
• Google Wants The Web To Go Faster
• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search
• Google Tests Dropping Off Country Specific Search?

Google: Webmaster Central

• Google Adds Reconsideration Request Status Updates
• Google Adds Change of Address To Notify Google Of Domain Change
• New Google Webmaster Tools Now Live For All Users
• Google Wants Your Feedback On Webmaster Central

Google: YouTube & Video

• YouTube Leads Surge Of Online Video Watching In April
• Useful Search Options Comes To Google Video
• YouTube To Launch “Call-To-Action Overlay” Ads

How To: Links

• How To Use Long-Tailed Keyphrases in Your Linking Campaign
• The Link Builder’s Guide To Analyzing SERP Dominators For Link Opportunities

How To: PPC

• How To: Excel At Excel For SEM Applications, Part 2
• Using Predictive Modeling In Seasonal Search Campaigns
• Beginners Guide To Creating Mobile AdWords Campaigns
• AdWords Conversion Tracking: How To Optimize Your Account 10x Quicker

How To: SEM

• Fine Tuning Your Search Campaign To Today’s Economic Environment
• Affiliates: Trusted Allies Or Conniving Cannibals?

How To: SEO

• A Case Study In Changing URL Structure
• Google Adds Change of Address To Notify Google Of Domain Change
• PageRank Sculpting Is Dead! Long Live PageRank Sculpting!
• Five Steps To Leveraging Great Content For Better Rankings
• Microsoft’s Search Engine Optimization Advice for Bing
• SEO Tips For Building Your Personal Brand

In House

• The Ebb and Flow of SEO

In The Trenches

• How To: Excel At Excel For SEM Applications, Part 2
• How To: Excel At Excel For SEM Applications, Part 3

Industrial Strength

• Plan For The Long Run With Data-Driven SEO
• Attribution & The Customer Lifecycle: What Search Marketers Need To Know
• Clean Up Your Local Data!
• Riding The Rail: Plenty Of Time To Ponder Search

Just Behave

• Bing A Google-Killer? Get Real
• The Impact Of The Internet On Human Behavior

Legal: Clickfraud

• Microsoft Taking Click Fraud Battle To Court

Legal: Copyright

• Report: How The Internet Has Changed Music Consumption

Legal: Crawling & Indexing

• Website Guilty Over Google’s Automated Snippet

Legal: General

• Google’s Anti-Trust Argument: We’re Part Of The Advertising Galaxy, Not The Search Solar System

Legal: Patents

• DOJ Increases Scrutiny Of Google Book Settlement

Legal: Privacy

• Study: Google Tracking 88% Of Domains In Study

Legal: Trademarks

• Keyen Farrell Countersues Jeremy Schoemaker, Claiming Defamation
• Affiliates: Trusted Allies Or Conniving Cannibals?

Let’s Get Social

• Will Digg’s New Share Feature Pollute Twitter?
• The 6 Types Of Annoying Social Media Promoters
• The Toolbar Factor: Engagement’s Role in Social Voting

Link Building

• Understanding Federated Link Building: A Primer With Examples

Link Building: General

• Google Loses “Backwards Compatibility” On Paid Link Blocking & PageRank Sculpting
• Five Steps To Leveraging Great Content For Better Rankings

Link Building: Paid Links

• Google Loses “Backwards Compatibility” On Paid Link Blocking & PageRank Sculpting

Link Week

• Using Competitors To Build Links
• How To Use Long-Tailed Keyphrases in Your Linking Campaign
• Understanding Federated Link Building: A Primer With Examples
• The Link Builder’s Guide To Analyzing SERP Dominators For Link Opportunities
• Are You Link Building Or Just Keeping Up With The Joneses?

Locals Only

• Has Google Maps Switched From PageRank to “BizRank”?
• The Best Call Is A Local One
• Idearc’s Bankruptcy: Why? A Former Employee’s View
• Next Great Thing: Bing Draws On IYP Connection

Microsoft: adCenter

• Satya Nadella Keynote At Bing Search Summit
• Google’s Anti-Trust Argument: We’re Part Of The Advertising Galaxy, Not The Search Solar System
• NBC Debuts “Addressable Advertising” With Microsoft Ads Platform

Microsoft: Bing

• Microsoft’s New Bing Search Engine Now Live In “Preview”
• The Big Bing Reaction
• Internet Explorer 6 Forces Bing As Default Search Provider
• Live Blogging SMX Keynote With Microsoft’s Qi Lu
• The Bing TV Commercials
• Satya Nadella Keynote At Bing Search Summit
• Bing A Google-Killer? Get Real
• Did Bing Leapfrog Yahoo? Not Exactly
• Google Analytics To Speak Bing Soon
• Hitwise UK: “People Actually Using Bing”
• Hulu Hosting ‘Bing-A-Thon’ Tonight
• Google’s Anti-Trust Argument: We’re Part Of The Advertising Galaxy, Not The Search Solar System
• comScore: Bing May Have Had Promising First Week
• Russian Roulette: McAfee Details Web’s Riskiest Search Terms
• Schmidt: Bing Can’t Buy Search Love With Ads; Gotta Earn It
• Translation: A New Instant Answer From Bing
• Bing Zaps Commercials On The Daily Show (& More Shows Coming Soon)
• NY Post: “Fear Grips Google” — Really?
• Microsoft Makes It Easier To Filter Out Unsafe Images In Bing
• Bing: comScore sees Gains; Compete Sees Same Old, Same Old
• Google Fires Back At Bing, Launches “Explore Google Search”
• Microsoft’s Search Engine Optimization Advice for Bing
• Happy Father’s Day From Google & Others
• Wired: Facebook Trying To Dominate Web, Marginalize Google (Run For Your Lives!)
• Focus Group Study Offers Good & Bad News For Bing
• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search

Microsoft: Business Issues

• Schmidt: Bing Can’t Buy Search Love With Ads; Gotta Earn It
• Microsoft Taking Click Fraud Battle To Court

Microsoft: Live Search

• Can Microsoft Retain The Bing-Curious?

Microsoft: Live Search News

• Yahoo News Was Top Destination For Michael Jackson News

Microsoft: Marketing

• The Bing TV Commercials
• Hulu Hosting ‘Bing-A-Thon’ Tonight
• Schmidt: Bing Can’t Buy Search Love With Ads; Gotta Earn It
• Bing Zaps Commercials On The Daily Show (& More Shows Coming Soon)
• Funny: “Googling With Bing”

Microsoft: Other

• Google’s Android Coming To Netbooks Via Acer

Microsoft: Partnerships

• NBC Debuts “Addressable Advertising” With Microsoft Ads Platform
• Wired: Facebook Trying To Dominate Web, Marginalize Google (Run For Your Lives!)

Paid Search

• Paid Search Ad Testing: Manage To ROI Or CTR?
• Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due
• Beginners Guide To Creating Mobile AdWords Campaigns
• The Long Tail of Paid Search Account Effort

Search & Society

• Report: How The Internet Has Changed Music Consumption

Search & Society: General

• Stephen Colbert Does Send-Up Of Twitter & Jeff Goldblum Death Rumor

Search Ads: General

• Fine Tuning Your Search Campaign To Today’s Economic Environment
• OPA Study Reaffirms Display Ads Drive Search

Search Engines: Answer Search Engines

• Hunch: A Real Decision Engine
• Ask.com Expands AnswerFarm Q&A Database

Search Engines: Audio Search Engines

• Report: How The Internet Has Changed Music Consumption

Search Engines: Cuil

• Cuil Maplines: A Good Idea That Needs Work

Search Engines: Facebook

• Wired: Facebook Trying To Dominate Web, Marginalize Google (Run For Your Lives!)
• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search

Search Engines: Hakia

• Kayak Says Bing Isn’t Playing Air Fair, Hakia Sees Near Mirror Image

Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines

• Borrell Shines Light On “Local SEM” Churn
• Google Maps Let’s You Discover “What’s Here”

Search Engines: Mobile Search Engines

• Taptu Offers Search Engine For iPhone; 40 Percent Of iPhone Users Online More With Mobile
• iPhone’s Spotlight Search

Search Engines: News Search Engines

• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search
• Yahoo News Was Top Destination For Michael Jackson News

Search Engines: Open Directory Project

• DMOZ (Open Directory Project) Turns 11 Years Old Today

Search Engines: Other Search Engines

• Collecta And CrowdEye Join The “Real Time” Search Club
• iPhone’s Spotlight Search

Search Engines: Shopping Search Engines

• Shopping Search 2.0: Finding Deals & Coupons On Twitter

Search Engines: Travel Search Engines

• Former Live Search Director Launches Oyster.com, Hotel Review Site
• Kayak Says Bing Isn’t Playing Air Fair, Hakia Sees Near Mirror Image

Search Engines: Twitter

• Twitter’s Real Time Spam Problem
• Twitter To Offer “Verified Accounts”
• Clean Tweets: New Add-On Zaps Twitter Spam
• Collecta And CrowdEye Join The “Real Time” Search Club
• How Twitter Might Send Far More Traffic Than You Think
• Shopping Search 2.0: Finding Deals & Coupons On Twitter
• 26 People Who Mislead You On Twitter
• Jeff Goldblum Is NOT Dead (Despite What Google Says)
• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search
• Stephen Colbert Does Send-Up Of Twitter & Jeff Goldblum Death Rumor

Search Engines: Video Search Engines

• AOL’s Truveo Relaunches As Improved Video Search Destination

Search Engines: Wikipedia

• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search

Search Engines: Wolfram Alpha

• Wolfram|Alpha’s First Production Update
• WolframAlpha Goes Halfway On iPhone Mobile Search

Search Features: Shortcuts

• Translation: A New Instant Answer From Bing
• Google Fires Back At Bing, Launches “Explore Google Search”

Search Features: Tagging

• Yahoo! Announces Common Tag: Like The Meta Keywords Tag, But Even Better

Search In Pictures

• Search In Pictures: Bing Trucks, Cerf At Governo de Minas & Yahoo Sweets
• Search In Pictures: Sum of Google, Bing Fortune Cookie & Search Schwag
• Search In Pictures: Yahoo Cast, Bing Messiah Girls, & XL Google Rubic Cube
• Search In Pictures: King Albert II, Yahoo Girls & Pamela’s Pegman Piñata

Search Marketing: Branding

• Affiliates: Trusted Allies Or Conniving Cannibals?

Search Marketing: Search Term Research

• Fine Tuning Your Search Campaign To Today’s Economic Environment
• Five Steps To Leveraging Great Content For Better Rankings
• Using Predictive Modeling In Seasonal Search Campaigns

Search Month

• Search Month: May 2009 Search News, In Review

SEM Industry: Community

• Happy Father’s Day From Google & Others
• Two Special Training Workshops Added To SMX East

SEM Industry: General

• Can The SEO Industry Switch To A Pay-for-Performance Pricing Model?

SEM Tools

• Google Export Adviser Beta

SEM Tools: URL Shorteners

• How Twitter Might Send Far More Traffic Than You Think

SEM Tools: Web Analytics

• Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due
• Google Analytics Now Considers Bing A Search Engine
• How Twitter Might Send Far More Traffic Than You Think

SEO: Domain Names & URLs

• A Case Study In Changing URL Structure

SEO: Duplicate Content

• Google Loses “Backwards Compatibility” On Paid Link Blocking & PageRank Sculpting

SEO: Flash

• Google Now Indexing Flash From External Files

SEO: General

• Microsoft’s Search Engine Optimization Advice for Bing

SEO: Local

• Clean Up Your Local Data!

SEO: Redirects & Moving Sites

• A Case Study In Changing URL Structure

SEO: Spamming

• Google Loses “Backwards Compatibility” On Paid Link Blocking & PageRank Sculpting
• Twitter’s Real Time Spam Problem
• Russian Roulette: McAfee Details Web’s Riskiest Search Terms
• Clean Tweets: New Add-On Zaps Twitter Spam

Small Is Beautiful

• How To Handle Negative Reviews Of Your Business
• Do SMBs Still Need The Middleman To Advertise?
• Do-It-Yourself SEO Advice For SMBs

SMX & SMN Alerts

• SMX East Returns to NYC Oct. 5-7 – Registration Open
• Two Special Training Workshops Added To SMX East

Social Media Marketing

• Will Digg’s New Share Feature Pollute Twitter?
• SEO Tips For Building Your Personal Brand

Stats: Compete

• Did Bing Leapfrog Yahoo? Not Exactly
• Bing: comScore sees Gains; Compete Sees Same Old, Same Old

Stats: comScore

• YouTube Leads Surge Of Online Video Watching In April
• Did Bing Leapfrog Yahoo? Not Exactly
• Bing: comScore sees Gains; Compete Sees Same Old, Same Old

Stats: General

• Study: Google Tracking 88% Of Domains In Study
• Satya Nadella Keynote At Bing Search Summit
• Russian Roulette: McAfee Details Web’s Riskiest Search Terms
• OPA Study Reaffirms Display Ads Drive Search

Stats: Hitwise

• Did Bing Leapfrog Yahoo? Not Exactly
• Hitwise UK: “People Actually Using Bing”
• Bing: comScore sees Gains; Compete Sees Same Old, Same Old
• Yahoo News Was Top Destination For Michael Jackson News

Stats: NetRatings

• Did Bing Leapfrog Yahoo? Not Exactly
• Bing: comScore sees Gains; Compete Sees Same Old, Same Old

Stats: Popularity

• Did Bing Leapfrog Yahoo? Not Exactly
• comScore: Bing May Have Had Promising First Week
• Google Analytics Now Considers Bing A Search Engine
• Taptu Offers Search Engine For iPhone; 40 Percent Of iPhone Users Online More With Mobile
• Bing: comScore sees Gains; Compete Sees Same Old, Same Old

Stats: Relevancy

• Satya Nadella Keynote At Bing Search Summit
• Blind Search White Labels Search Results For Comparison

Stats: Search Behavior

• Satya Nadella Keynote At Bing Search Summit
• Taptu Offers Search Engine For iPhone; 40 Percent Of iPhone Users Online More With Mobile
• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search
• OPA Study Reaffirms Display Ads Drive Search

Stats: Size

• Taptu Offers Search Engine For iPhone; 40 Percent Of iPhone Users Online More With Mobile

Strictly Business

• Capturing the Value of Content Marketing
• Benefits Of Geo-Targeting A National PPC Campaign
• PPC Segmentation: 4 Tips To Better Target Customers

Toolbars & Add-Ons

• Internet Explorer 6 Forces Bing As Default Search Provider
• The Toolbar Factor: Engagement’s Role in Social Voting

Toolbars & Add-Ons: Firefox Browser

• Internet Explorer 6 Forces Bing As Default Search Provider

Video Search

• Video Search Face-Off: Bing vs. Google

Yahoo: Business Issues

• Yahoo Hires Software Exec For Top Communications Job
• Bartz Continues Torpedoing Yahoo Search
• Yahoo Improves EU Mapping, Does It Still See Maps As Strategic?

Yahoo: Display Ads

• Yahoo Debuts SMB DIY Display Ad Builder

Yahoo: Employees

• Yahoo Hires Software Exec For Top Communications Job
• Bartz Continues Torpedoing Yahoo Search
• Yahoo Hires Morse As CFO
• Yahoo Improves EU Mapping, Does It Still See Maps As Strategic?

Yahoo: General

• Happy Father’s Day From Google & Others

Yahoo: Mail

• Yahoo Adds Apps & Widgets To Mail, My Yahoo & More

Yahoo: Maps & Local

• Yahoo Improves EU Mapping, Does It Still See Maps As Strategic?

Yahoo: My Yahoo

• Yahoo Adds Apps & Widgets To Mail, My Yahoo & More

Yahoo: News

• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search
• Yahoo News Was Top Destination For Michael Jackson News

Yahoo: Partnerships

• Yahoo Debuts SMB DIY Display Ad Builder

Yahoo: Publisher Network

• Yahoo Debuts SMB DIY Display Ad Builder

Yahoo: Search

• Yahoo Search June 2009 Update
• Did Bing Leapfrog Yahoo? Not Exactly
• Russian Roulette: McAfee Details Web’s Riskiest Search Terms
• Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search

Yahoo: Search Ads

• Yahoo Debuts SMB DIY Display Ad Builder

Yahoo: Search Monkey

• Yahoo! Announces Common Tag: Like The Meta Keywords Tag, But Even Better
• Yahoo Supports Even More Structured Data In SearchMonkey

Yahoo: SEO

• Yahoo Search June 2009 Update

Yahoo: Shortcuts

• Google Fires Back At Bing, Launches “Explore Google Search”

Search Month is an exclusive monthly newsletter for Search Engine Land premium members that recaps stories covered on Search Engine Land from the previous month. Below are top stories organized by topic that happened over the past month. Each topic (or Search Engine Land column) is also a link, where you can click through and drill into the Search Engine Land members library to find other stories in that area. Because some stories are listed in more than one category, you may see them repeated.

Top News

• Google Giving Away 250,000 Google Profile Business Cards
• Sorry, Tom Curley: Don’t Expect A Google Ranking Boost For The AP
• Impressive: The Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine”
• An Insider’s Look At SMX Advanced: Matt Van Wagner
• Google Earth Publication Of Japanese Historical Maps Causes Outcry
• Google Starts To Leverage Latitude Location Through New Apps
• Why Hasn’t Google Cleared, Fired Or Suspended Accused AdWords Employee?
• Yet Another Anti-Trust Inquiry For Google (& Apple)
• Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Attacks Google, Stumbles Into His Own Cesspool
• Previewing SMX London: The Speakers Speak!
• Google Testifies Before Senate About State Of Journalism
• Twitter Search To Crawl Links & Add Ranking Algorithm
• Live Search Mobile Adds Videos & Baseball Scores
• Google Does TV Ads, To Push Chrome Browser In Commercials
• An Insider’s Look At SMX Advanced: Michelle Robbins
• Fights In The Google Monopoly Debate Miss Key Points
• Happy Mother’s Day Logos From Google & Other Search Engines
• Google News Improves Story Display: Cites News, Blogs, Quotes & More
• Live Blogging Google Searchology 2009
• Google Is A Scraper Site, Says National Association Of Realtors
• Google Search Now Supports Microformats and Adds “Rich Snippets” to Search Results
• Ask CEO Safka to Depart
• Google Searchology 2009: The Big Recap
• New York Times To Restore Links To IHT Stories In Coming Weeks
• Feeling Sick? Google Begins Asking Some Searchers Who Look For Illness-Related Terms
• SMX London Keynote Preview: Brian Fetherstonhaugh
• Up Close With Google Squared & Some Wolfram Alpha Thoughts
• Google To Allow Trademarks To Be Used In AdWords Copy In US
• Quietly, Google Updates Its Blog Search Algorithm
• Wolfram Alpha Live Review: The Un-Google
• Bit.ly Adds At-A-Glance Click Counts
• Only Two Weeks Until SMX Advanced – Register Today!
• Google Finds No Data Misuse In Shoemoney Trademark Case
• Wolfram Alpha Is Already Monetizing Search Results
• Yahoo: We’re Moving From Web Of Pages To Web Of Objects
• Forget Kumo — Will Microsoft’s New Search Engine Launch Soon As Bing?
• Ads & Links & More Coming To Google Suggest
• An Insider’s Look At SMX Advanced: Chris Elwell
• Google Enables Simpler SearchWiki Notes Sharing
• Google’s Yellow Memorial Day Ribbon & Logos From Other Search Engines
• Twitter’s Biz Stone: Thoughts On Repositioning Twitter, Search Ads, The Twitter Ecosystem & More
• Microsoft To Spend $80 Million Advertising New “Bing” Search Engine
• SMX Advanced Next Week – Less Than 30 Tickets Left
• Google Holodeck: StreetView In 360 Degrees
• Live Blogging The Google I/O Keynote
• Bartz Talks About MSFT Deal, Google & More At D7 Conference
• Sergey Brin On Newspapers, Breaking “Page’s Law” & Bing As Name Of Microsoft’s New Search Engine
• Microsoft’s Bing Vs Google: Head To Head Search Results
• State Of Search: Google Will Stay Strong Despite Bing & Yahoo
• Meet Bing, Microsoft’s New Search Engine
• Did Google Cleverly Upstage Microsoft’s Bing?
• Google I/O: New Advances In The Searchability of JavaScript and Flash, But Is It Enough?
• Open Letter To Google & The AP: Reveal The Licensing Terms

100% Organic

• Successful SEM Means Original Thinking
• What?! A Search-Hostile Site That Still Ranks Well
• 85 Reasons Why Website Designers/Developers Keep SEOs in Business
• Does Including A Physical Address On Your Website Help Rankings?

About Search Engine Land

• Congrats Barry Schwartz On New Baby Girl!

Ask: Ask 3D

• Ask CEO Safka to Depart

Ask: Business Issues

• Ask CEO Safka to Depart

Ask: General

• Happy Mother’s Day Logos From Google & Other Search Engines
• Ask CEO Safka to Depart
• Google’s Yellow Memorial Day Ribbon & Logos From Other Search Engines

Ask: Promotions

• Desperate Or Cool? Ask.com Gets Full Home Page Skin Ads

Brand Aid

• A Social Media Reality Check: Time To Get Serious
• How To Protect Your Brand Under Google’s New Trademark Policies

Features: Analysis

• Sorry, Tom Curley: Don’t Expect A Google Ranking Boost For The AP
• Impressive: The Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine”
• Why Hasn’t Google Cleared, Fired Or Suspended Accused AdWords Employee?
• Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Attacks Google, Stumbles Into His Own Cesspool
• Google Does TV Ads, To Push Chrome Browser In Commercials
• Fights In The Google Monopoly Debate Miss Key Points
• New York Times To Restore Links To IHT Stories In Coming Weeks
• Up Close With Google Squared & Some Wolfram Alpha Thoughts
• Google To Allow Trademarks To Be Used In AdWords Copy In US
• Wolfram Alpha Live Review: The Un-Google
• Yahoo: We’re Moving From Web Of Pages To Web Of Objects
• Forget Kumo — Will Microsoft’s New Search Engine Launch Soon As Bing?
• Yahoo Trying To Make Display More Like Search
• Twitter’s Biz Stone: Thoughts On Repositioning Twitter, Search Ads, The Twitter Ecosystem & More
• Microsoft To Spend $80 Million Advertising New “Bing” Search Engine
• Bartz Talks About MSFT Deal, Google & More At D7 Conference
• State Of Search: Google Will Stay Strong Despite Bing & Yahoo
• Google I/O: New Advances In The Searchability of JavaScript and Flash, But Is It Enough?
• Open Letter To Google & The AP: Reveal The Licensing Terms

Features: General

• Live Blogging Google Searchology 2009
• An Insider’s Look At SMX Advanced: Jeffrey Rohrs
• Google Is A Scraper Site, Says National Association Of Realtors
• Google Search Now Supports Microformats and Adds “Rich Snippets” to Search Results
• Google Searchology 2009: The Big Recap
• Feeling Sick? Google Begins Asking Some Searchers Who Look For Illness-Related Terms
• Quietly, Google Updates Its Blog Search Algorithm
• AdQuants: Top Local Search Advertisers Are Traffic Resellers
• Live Search? Kumo? Bing? Put Your Questions To Microsoft’s Dr. Qi Lu At SMX Advanced
• Google Holodeck: StreetView In 360 Degrees
• Live Blogging The Google I/O Keynote
• Sergey Brin On Newspapers, Breaking “Page’s Law” & Bing As Name Of Microsoft’s New Search Engine
• Meet Bing, Microsoft’s New Search Engine

Google: Accounts & Profiles

• Google Giving Away 250,000 Google Profile Business Cards

Google: Acquisitions

• Google CEO: We Considered Buying A Newspaper

Google: Ad Planner

• Google Asks Publishers For Site Metrics With Ad Planner

Google: AdSense

• Google Asks Publishers For Site Metrics With Ad Planner
• How To Protect Your Brand Under Google’s New Trademark Policies
• Image Ads Come To Google AdSense Link Units

Google: AdWords

• An Update On ShoeMoney Vs. Google Employee Trademark Case
• Google Starts To Leverage Latitude Location Through New Apps
• Why Hasn’t Google Cleared, Fired Or Suspended Accused AdWords Employee?
• AdWords Bid Management: Advanced Tactics
• Google AdWords Opens Up Trademarked Bidding To Most Countries
• Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Attacks Google, Stumbles Into His Own Cesspool
• Google Asks Publishers For Site Metrics With Ad Planner
• Google’s Anti-Trust Problem Appears Very Real
• AdWords Tests Quick Links To Product Results
• Ben Edelman Accuses Google Of Conversion Inflation Fraud
• Google Employee Required To Hand Over AdWords Account Details
• Google To Allow Trademarks To Be Used In AdWords Copy In US
• Google Finds No Data Misuse In Shoemoney Trademark Case
• Google Offering “Expert Advice” To Some AdWords Advertisers
• How Will Google’s Recent Trademark Changes Affect You?
• How To Protect Your Brand Under Google’s New Trademark Policies

Google: Analytics

• Google Analytics Adding Two Advanced Features

Google: APIs

• Did Google Cleverly Upstage Microsoft’s Bing?
• Google I/O: New Advances In The Searchability of JavaScript and Flash, But Is It Enough?

Google: Audio Ads

• Why Google Radio Ads Failed

Google: Blog Search

• Google To ‘Integrate’ Microblogging?
• Quietly, Google Updates Its Blog Search Algorithm

Google: Business Issues

• Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Attacks Google, Stumbles Into His Own Cesspool
• The Next Decade: Can Google Stay On Top?
• Fights In The Google Monopoly Debate Miss Key Points
• Google’s Searchology Event: An “Insider’s Perspective On Search”
• Why Google Radio Ads Failed
• New Google Blog Targets YouTube’s Big Brands & Advertisers
• Google CEO: We Considered Buying A Newspaper
• Open Letter To Google & The AP: Reveal The Licensing Terms
• Another Googler Joins The Obama Administration

Google: Chrome

• Google Does TV Ads, To Push Chrome Browser In Commercials
• Live Blogging The Google I/O Keynote

Google: Code Search

• Live Blogging The Google I/O Keynote
• Live Blogging Google Wave

Google: Critics

• Google Earth Publication Of Japanese Historical Maps Causes Outcry
• Why Hasn’t Google Cleared, Fired Or Suspended Accused AdWords Employee?
• Yet Another Anti-Trust Inquiry For Google (& Apple)
• Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Attacks Google, Stumbles Into His Own Cesspool
• Google Testifies Before Senate About State Of Journalism
• The Next Decade: Can Google Stay On Top?
• Fights In The Google Monopoly Debate Miss Key Points
• Google’s Anti-Trust Problem Appears Very Real
• Google Is A Scraper Site, Says National Association Of Realtors
• Google And Other Tech Firms Brace For More Anti-Trust Scrutiny
• Google Woos Brits With Bike-Based Street View Project
• Germans Threaten Sanctions Over Google Street View
• Sergey Brin On Newspapers, Breaking “Page’s Law” & Bing As Name Of Microsoft’s New Search Engine

Google: Earth

• Google Earth Publication Of Japanese Historical Maps Causes Outcry

Google: Employees

• Why Hasn’t Google Cleared, Fired Or Suspended Accused AdWords Employee?
• The Next Decade: Can Google Stay On Top?
• Google Finds No Data Misuse In Shoemoney Trademark Case
• Google Using Algorithm To Find Potential Defectors
• Another Googler Joins The Obama Administration

Google: Finance

• Google Search, Video & Finance Testing Interface Changes

Google: General

• The Next Decade: Can Google Stay On Top?
• Google Promotes New “Small Business Network”
• Google Services Go Down For Many
• Larry Page Embraces “Real-Time” Search
• Live Blogging The Google I/O Keynote
• Sergey Brin On Newspapers, Breaking “Page’s Law” & Bing As Name Of Microsoft’s New Search Engine
• State Of Search: Google Will Stay Strong Despite Bing & Yahoo
• Google’s New Wave Of Ambition
• Did Google Cleverly Upstage Microsoft’s Bing?

Google: Gmail

• Google Adds Search Box Inside Gmail
• Gmail Goes Offline Again
• Gmail: All Your Emails Are Belong To Us
• Google Services Go Down For Many
• Google’s New Wave Of Ambition

Google: Groups

• Google Promotes New “Small Business Network”

Google: Health

• Feeling Sick? Google Begins Asking Some Searchers Who Look For Illness-Related Terms

Google: Images

• Google Image Search Testing Result Based Search Refinements
• Google Testing More Inline Images In Web Search Results

Google: Internet Access

• Google Promotes New “Small Business Network”

Google: Labs

• Google’s New Wave Of Ambition

Google: Legal

• Small Business Owner Sues Google & Others Over ‘Android’ Name
• An Update On ShoeMoney Vs. Google Employee Trademark Case
• Google Sued For Infringing On All Texas Trademark Owners
• Greece Bans Google Street View, Google Says ‘No, You Didn’t’
• Google Promotes New “Small Business Network”
• Google Employee Required To Hand Over AdWords Account Details
• Germans Threaten Sanctions Over Google Street View

Google: Logos

• Happy Mother’s Day Logos From Google & Other Search Engines
• Vote For Second Annual Google 4 Doodle Competition
• Google’s Missing Link Fossil Logo
• Christin Engelberth Wins Google 4 Doodle 2009 Competition
• Google’s Yellow Memorial Day Ribbon & Logos From Other Search Engines

Google: Maps & Local

• Google Starts To Leverage Latitude Location Through New Apps
• Google Promotes New “Small Business Network”
• Germans Threaten Sanctions Over Google Street View

Google: Marketing

• Google: I’ll One Up That Newcomer
• Google Does TV Ads, To Push Chrome Browser In Commercials
• Live Blogging Google Searchology 2009
• Google Searchology 2009: The Big Recap
• Google Promotes New “Small Business Network”
• Live Blogging The Google I/O Keynote
• Sergey Brin On Newspapers, Breaking “Page’s Law” & Bing As Name Of Microsoft’s New Search Engine
• Did Google Cleverly Upstage Microsoft’s Bing?

Google: Mobile

• Small Business Owner Sues Google & Others Over ‘Android’ Name
• Dell Looking At Android For Netbook OS
• The Next Decade: Can Google Stay On Top?
• Google Adds Barcode Scanning to Product Search (Android-only)
• Google’s New Wave Of Ambition

Google: News

• Sorry, Tom Curley: Don’t Expect A Google Ranking Boost For The AP
• Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Attacks Google, Stumbles Into His Own Cesspool
• The Next Decade: Can Google Stay On Top?
• Google News Improves Story Display: Cites News, Blogs, Quotes & More
• Did Google Really Consider Buying a Piece of the NY Times?
• Google Continues Its Overhaul of Google News
• Sergey Brin On Newspapers, Breaking “Page’s Law” & Bing As Name Of Microsoft’s New Search Engine
• Open Letter To Google & The AP: Reveal The Licensing Terms

Google: OneBox, Plus Box & Direct Answers

• Yahoo Search Adds Team Shortcuts & Google Adds Tennis One Box

Google: Orkut

• Google’s New Wave Of Ambition

Google: Other

• Dell Looking At Android For Netbook OS
• Did Google Cleverly Upstage Microsoft’s Bing?

Google: Outside US

• Larry Page Embraces “Real-Time” Search
• Google’s New Wave Of Ambition

Google: Partnerships

• Google CEO: We Considered Buying A Newspaper

Google: Personalized Search

• Google Enables Simpler SearchWiki Notes Sharing

Google: Product Search

• Google Adds Barcode Scanning to Product Search (Android-only)

Google: SearchWiki

• Google Enables Simpler SearchWiki Notes Sharing

Google: Security

• Hackers Take Control Of Google Morocco For Several Hours

Google: SEO

• Sorry, Tom Curley: Don’t Expect A Google Ranking Boost For The AP
• Google’s Searchology Event: An “Insider’s Perspective On Search”
• Live Blogging Google Searchology 2009
• Google Search Now Supports Microformats and Adds “Rich Snippets” to Search Results
• Google Searchology 2009: The Big Recap
• Google Holodeck: StreetView In 360 Degrees
• Google I/O: New Advances In The Searchability of JavaScript and Flash, But Is It Enough?

Google: Street View

• Greece Bans Google Street View, Google Says ‘No, You Didn’t’
• Google Woos Brits With Bike-Based Street View Project
• Germans Threaten Sanctions Over Google Street View
• Google Holodeck: StreetView In 360 Degrees

Google: TV

• Google Does TV Ads, To Push Chrome Browser In Commercials

Google: Universal Search

• The Next Decade: Can Google Stay On Top?

Google: User Interface

• Google Search, Video & Finance Testing Interface Changes
• Feeling Sick? Google Begins Asking Some Searchers Who Look For Illness-Related Terms
• Did Google Let The Search Cat Out Of The Bag?
• Ads & Links & More Coming To Google Suggest
• Google Testing More Inline Images In Web Search Results

Google: Voice Search

• Yahoo Adds Voice Search To iPhone App

Google: Web Search

• Google Adds Search Box Inside Gmail
• Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Attacks Google, Stumbles Into His Own Cesspool
• Google Search, Video & Finance Testing Interface Changes
• Google’s Searchology Event: An “Insider’s Perspective On Search”
• Live Blogging Google Searchology 2009
• Google Is A Scraper Site, Says National Association Of Realtors
• Google Search Now Supports Microformats and Adds “Rich Snippets” to Search Results
• Google Searchology 2009: The Big Recap
• Feeling Sick? Google Begins Asking Some Searchers Who Look For Illness-Related Terms
• Google Services Go Down For Many
• Did Google Let The Search Cat Out Of The Bag?
• Ads & Links & More Coming To Google Suggest
• Google Search Click Tracking Changed
• Google Testing More Inline Images In Web Search Results
• Yahoo Search Adds Team Shortcuts & Google Adds Tennis One Box
• State Of Search: Google Will Stay Strong Despite Bing & Yahoo

Google: Webmaster Central

• Google Webmaster Tools Gets Major Overhaul
• Google I/O: New Advances In The Searchability of JavaScript and Flash, But Is It Enough?

Google: YouTube & Video

• Google Search, Video & Finance Testing Interface Changes
• New Google Blog Targets YouTube’s Big Brands & Advertisers

How To: Links

• 10 Goals For Link Building Campaigns: Moving Beyond “Get More Links”

How To: PPC

• AdWords Bid Management: Advanced Tactics
• Attribution Alchemy: Mining Your Sales Funnel
• How To Pitch A Performance Search Engine Marketing Agency
• How Will Google’s Recent Trademark Changes Affect You?
• How To Protect Your Brand Under Google’s New Trademark Policies
• How To: Excel at Excel for SEM Applications, Part 1

How To: SEM

• Search + Display Advertising = Reduced Cost Per Acquisition

How To: SEO

• How To Optimize Feeds To Maximize Your Exposure In Shopping Engine Results
• A Guide To Video Search Marketing For Small Businesses
• Google Search Now Supports Microformats and Adds “Rich Snippets” to Search Results
• How To Optimize For Conversion In Organic Search Results
• Does Including A Physical Address On Your Website Help Rankings?
• Keyword Research: Listen To Your Customers!

In House

• Need A Culture Shift? Build An SEO Taser!

In The Trenches

• Beyond Keywords: Multi-Variable PPC Targeting
• Is Your Paid Search Account Structure Optimal?
• How To: Excel at Excel for SEM Applications, Part 1

Industrial Strength

• What Yahoo Buzz Tells Us About Ourselves
• Attribution Alchemy: Mining Your Sales Funnel
• 14 Key Requirements For A Search Friendly CMS

Just Behave

• Designing For The Subconscious Mind
• Search Behavior: The 4th Building Block Of Search Engine Optimization
• Is Your Web Site Credible?
• Digital Literacy And Digital Diligence

Legal: Clickfraud

• Does Including A Physical Address On Your Website Help Rankings?

Legal: Copyright

• Sorry, Tom Curley: Don’t Expect A Google Ranking Boost For The AP
• Open Letter To Google & The AP: Reveal The Licensing Terms

Legal: Crawling & Indexing

• Sorry, Tom Curley: Don’t Expect A Google Ranking Boost For The AP
• Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Attacks Google, Stumbles Into His Own Cesspool
• Google Is A Scraper Site, Says National Association Of Realtors
• Open Letter To Google & The AP: Reveal The Licensing Terms

Legal: General

• Yet Another Anti-Trust Inquiry For Google (& Apple)
• Google And Other Tech Firms Brace For More Anti-Trust Scrutiny

Legal: Privacy

• Greece Bans Google Street View, Google Says ‘No, You Didn’t’

Legal: Trademarks

• Small Business Owner Sues Google & Others Over ‘Android’ Name
• An Update On ShoeMoney Vs. Google Employee Trademark Case
• Why Hasn’t Google Cleared, Fired Or Suspended Accused AdWords Employee?
• Google AdWords Opens Up Trademarked Bidding To Most Countries
• Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Attacks Google, Stumbles Into His Own Cesspool
• Google Sued For Infringing On All Texas Trademark Owners
• Google Employee Required To Hand Over AdWords Account Details
• Google To Allow Trademarks To Be Used In AdWords Copy In US
• Google Finds No Data Misuse In Shoemoney Trademark Case
• How Will Google’s Recent Trademark Changes Affect You?
• How To Protect Your Brand Under Google’s New Trademark Policies

Let’s Get Social

• Using Infographics in Social Media to Promote Content and Visualize Data
• Will Marketing Kill Social Media?
• Beyond Voting: Why Editorially Driven Social News Sites Matter

Link Building: General

• 10 Goals For Link Building Campaigns: Moving Beyond “Get More Links”

Link Week

• Cool New Link Tools And… SEO Discounts!
• How A Twitter Reputation Algorithm Needs To Work
• The Importance Of Link Development Metrics

Locals Only

• Using Analytics For Local Search Optimization
• Tapping Twitter To Talk To Your Customers
• Pay-For-Call: Moving Clicks To Live Sales Leads

Microsoft: adCenter

• Microsoft Completes adCenter Upgrade

Microsoft: adCenter Content Ads

• Microsoft Completes adCenter Upgrade

Microsoft: Bing

• Microsoft’s Bing Vs Google: Head To Head Search Results
• State Of Search: Google Will Stay Strong Despite Bing & Yahoo
• Meet Bing, Microsoft’s New Search Engine
• Ballmer On Bing
• Did Google Cleverly Upstage Microsoft’s Bing?

Microsoft: Business Issues

• Microsoft Announces 3,000 New Layoffs
• Dell Looking At Android For Netbook OS
• Microsoft To Spend $80 Million Advertising New “Bing” Search Engine
• Bartz Talks About MSFT Deal, Google & More At D7 Conference
• Ballmer On Bing
• Did Google Cleverly Upstage Microsoft’s Bing?

Microsoft: Employees

• Microsoft Announces 3,000 New Layoffs

Microsoft: General

• Happy Mother’s Day Logos From Google & Other Search Engines
• Microsoft To Spend $80 Million Advertising New “Bing” Search Engine
• Did Google Cleverly Upstage Microsoft’s Bing?

Microsoft: Live Search

• Goodbye To Microsoft’s SearchPerks, “Search & Give” Programs
• Microsoft Aiming For ‘More Disruption’ In Search
• MSN Overhauls City Guides, Integrates With Live Search
• Microsoft Shutting Down QnA, Questions & Answers Site
• Microsoft Kumo Features Being Tested In The Wild?
• Forget Kumo — Will Microsoft’s New Search Engine Launch Soon As Bing?
• Google’s Yellow Memorial Day Ribbon & Logos From Other Search Engines
• Microsoft To Spend $80 Million Advertising New “Bing” Search Engine
• Live Search Adds Sports Stats & Scores
• Microsoft’s Bing Vs Google: Head To Head Search Results
• Ballmer On Bing
• Did Google Cleverly Upstage Microsoft’s Bing?

Microsoft: Live Search Local

• Microsoft Adds Photosynth To Virtual Earth
• MSN Overhauls City Guides, Integrates With Live Search

Microsoft: Live Search Mobile

• Live Search Mobile Adds Videos & Baseball Scores

Microsoft: Marketing

• Goodbye To Microsoft’s SearchPerks, “Search & Give” Programs
• Microsoft Kumo Features Being Tested In The Wild?
• Forget Kumo — Will Microsoft’s New Search Engine Launch Soon As Bing?
• Microsoft’s Bing Vs Google: Head To Head Search Results
• State Of Search: Google Will Stay Strong Despite Bing & Yahoo

Microsoft: Other

• Microsoft Aiming For ‘More Disruption’ In Search
• Microsoft Shutting Down QnA, Questions & Answers Site

Microsoft: Other Search

• Microsoft’s Bing Vs Google: Head To Head Search Results

Microsoft: Photosynth

• Microsoft Adds Photosynth To Virtual Earth

Paid Search

• PPC-Man Drowning… Too… Many… Keywords…
• PPC Agencies: Not One Size Fits All
• Important Questions You Should Ask About Where Search Is Headed
• How Will Google’s Recent Trademark Changes Affect You?

Search Ads: General

• AdWords Bid Management: Advanced Tactics
• SEMPO Partners With Yellow Pages Publisher Yellowbook
• How To Pitch A Performance Search Engine Marketing Agency
• Search + Display Advertising = Reduced Cost Per Acquisition

Search Engines: Answer Search Engines

• Impressive: The Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine”
• Microsoft Shutting Down QnA, Questions & Answers Site
• Up Close With Google Squared & Some Wolfram Alpha Thoughts

Search Engines: Buzz Search Engines

• Larry Page Embraces “Real-Time” Search

Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines

• SEMPO Partners With Yellow Pages Publisher Yellowbook
• New Local Engine Yellowspaces Debuts
• AdQuants: Top Local Search Advertisers Are Traffic Resellers

Search Engines: Mobile Search Engines

• Yahoo Streamlining Mobile Experiences, Discontinues “Smartphone App”

Search Engines: Open Directory Project

• Don’t Forget About Us, The Web Directories

Search Engines: Shopping Search Engines