Today Google announced a dramatic change in the format of search results coming to your browser in a steady roll-out across English results. The change is called Google Search Plus the World which will present users logged in to Google with search results mingled with a myriad of socially derived results from friends on Google Plus. Haven't we Seen this For a While Now?

Today Google's Engineering Director Scott Huffman released the first of )hopefully many( monthly updates announcing the changes Google has implemented in its algorithms . Here is a run down of what was announced along with my thoughts on each and how they will/may effect the average website: Related query results refinements: Sometimes we fetch results for queries that are similar to the actual search you type.

Today Foursquare announced their own social button to add to websites and it seems this is one many businesses should pay attention to. Yes, that's right, another button to add to your site' What is Foursquare's new "Save" button for and how does it work? Foursquare's new save button is meant for websites of businesses with physical locations )such as shops, restaurants, tourist activities, etc.

At the most recent Victoria Web Marketing Meetup we had a full house as Gil Namur, President and Creator of the popular ezine LifeasaHuman.com presented his secrets behind building his successful website. The reason Gil was chosen to speak was because our Meetup membership showed great interest on WordPress and he had a mountain of knowledge to share after creating LifeasaHuman.com on the WordPress platform using StudioPress and taking it from zero traffic to 200,

The Google we know and love is getting a significant navigation overhaul. Introducing the new Google Toolbar: Click here to view the embedded video. In short, the bulk of the navigation will now appear in a drop-down menu which will appear whenever you hover over the Google logo. The area which once had the toolbar will now be a static area for searching the specific Google application you are currently utilizing and to see any Google Plus notices as they arrive.

To all of our friends, family, colleagues and clients the Staff at StepForth Web Marketing would like to wish you a phenomenal, turkeylicious Thansgiving Holidays!! Happy American Thanksgiving!! is a post from: StepForth Web Marketing Inc. No related posts.

At the most recent Victoria Web Marketing Meetup we had a full house as Gil Namur, President and Creator of the popular ezine LifeasaHuman.com presented his secrets behind building his successful website. The reason Gil was chosen to speak was because our Meetup membership showed great interest on WordPress and he had a mountain of knowledge to share after creating LifeasaHuman.com on the WordPress platform using StudioPress and taking it from zero traffic to 80,

A friend of mine recently asked me to comment on why I felt so strongly the rel="author" attribute would play a large role in the future of search rankings. In order to answer his question I felt I needed to take this a step further and explain how rel="author" appears to fit into a much grander plan Google is implementing around personal profiles. Please note, what I have shared with you below is merely my opinion based on experience, analysis,

The top web browser at this moment, otherwise known as the browser with the most market share online, is easily found using some really handy and freely available tools which I have listed starting a few lines below. That said, why bother? What is the use of knowing what browsers are the most popular? Browser compatibility is usually the reason.

The head of Google's webspam prevention team, Matt Cutts was kind enough to conduct an impromptu 45 minute live Google questions and answers video chat on YouTube in September which I decided was so chalk full of content it would make a great article; it just took me a lot longer than I had expected to get done! Anyway, I tie it up with a fun ode to a future Movember Matt.

Yesterday Google formally announced it is acquiring Motorola for $12.5 billion dollars in an effort to stem off intellectual property lawsuits from companies such as Apple, Oracle and Microsoft; here is the official investor's notice to Google owners and here is the live blogging record from the press conference. The rest of this post will examine some of the benefits of this acquisition through related links and other external information. In a way,

Thanks to Steve Woodruff it recently came to my attention that LinkedIn has a setting activated by default allowing it to "use my name, photo in social advertising." Below is a screenshot of this setting in my LinkedIn profile. First, I should state I understand this is a means of increasing social engagement and connection-making within LinkedIn . What I find problematic is LinkedIn's flagrant disregard for our privacy by making such a setting default.

In the latest Victoria Web Marketing Meetup we chose to do a night featuring live reviews of websites owned by attendees. The idea was to answer any pressing questions for at least 3 site owners while educating )or refreshing( the rest of the Meetup crowd.

The following is a quick heads up to any designers out there who may, like me, wish to protect what little hair they have left from being pulled out. It turns out the Google +1 )aka "PlusOne"( button conflicts with the Javascript onMouseMove)event(. This is not my cup of tea but I know our in-house programmer has a headache from this and there is a handy thread at Google for interested parties to follow who may be facing the same issue.

Learn how to create a list of links that are benefiting your competitors so you can obtain them as well. This competitor analysis tutorial focuses on the incoming links portion of offsite SEO competitor analysis. Taught by search engine optimization )SEO( industry veteran Ross Dunn )of WebmasterRadio.FM's SEO 101 Radio Show ( this tutorial will provide you with the tools and tactics you need to improve your competitiveness in search engine rankings.

It is not often I jump on our blog and tell people to read another blog but this is a worthwhile exception! Ekatarina Walter, a social media strategist at Intel, wrote an article for Mashable )an amazing blog if you don't know of it already( discussing the top 10 tips for posting on your Brand's Facebook page . If you have any interest in using Facebook for your company or you are using it but you feel a bit in the dark )most of us do( then you really need to read this!

Every day simpletons who think they are very clever visit our web site marketing blog and post completely useless, and often amusing comments. Their goal is to get links back to their website )or their clients( by making the post look personalized and legitimate. Sadly, they are almost always painfully daft, nonsensical, grammatically retarded posts.

I got your attention with that title didn't I!? No, it isn't actually a book I wrote' I wish! That said, it is a great book I just bought from Marketing Sherpa and I am really looking forward to reading it. Although I have been practicing web marketing for 14 years I have absolutely no illusions that I know everything )far from it(. As a result,

If you have any connection to the online marketing space then you know MySpace has been on the way out for a couple of years now. Well, apparently the situation is far worse than popularly known!

Tonight join StepForth's CEO and SEO Specialist, Ross Dunn as he discusses the best ways to merge social media with search engine optimization for best effect. Ross is only one of the speakers - read on for the official advertisement for this event to raise money for the BC Cancer Foundation. How much would it be worth to you or your business if you could be known as "the best" in your industry?