With the demise of Yahoo Site Explorer today, SEOs and online marketers will be wondering where to go now for free access to the invaluable information it provided over the past 6 years. The companies that sell this information as part of their ma.

Considering a global expansion in 2012? Extending your web presence internationally can be challenging, especially without local resources at your disposal. But, with the right preparations it can be done. Understanding the basic principles of Int.

MagiCubes.com, which is headquartered in Los Angeles, started in 1991 as an importer of trade show giveaways that were manufactured in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. The company created the original Magic Cubes, three-dimensional )3D( promotional p.

Google has decided to combine its payment-oriented services. Google Checkout users will be prompted to migrate to Google Wallet on their next login, while webmasters will be guided through a transition early next year. What the Transition Means .

The battle between promoters of HTML5 and Flash is trying to coattail on the current popularity of the Occupy movement with two websites: OccupyFlash.org and its counter OccupyHTML.org. OccupyFlash was the first site and claims that Flash "makes.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin donated $500,000 to Wikipedia this week during the company's annual fundraiser, VentureBeat reported. If you have been to Wikipedia this week you would have been hard pressed to avoid Founder Jimmy Wales personal plea.

Two adult entertainment companies have filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the operators of the .xxx top-level domain, and the administrator of the Domain Name System )DNS(, alleging violations related to the controversial TLD, AVN reported.

This story originally appeared on V3.co.uk: Rosalie Marshall wrote Facebook finds culprit behind porn spam attack Facebook has identified the group or individual responsible for an attack on its systems that spammed users with porn and vi.

In response to user requests, Google has added a tool that explicitly searches for exactly and only your search term. This verbatim search removes personalized, corrected, suggested, related, and non-inclusive results. The Verbatim Tool After .

Yahoo, which recently rolled out redesigned search results, is adding some new search options just in time for the holidays. Users can now do advanced searches for recipes, use Yahoo for quick comparison shopping, and get richer upd.

Details on Microsoft Socl are surfacing. The site will be a content discovery platform with strong social elements and partial integration with Facebook. It is currently in private testing but is nearing an invite-only beta. Socl has been the su.

Google's "These Go to 11" press conference marked the official launch of the Google Music program for U.S. users, opened the door to Google's long-awaited MP3 store, and unveiled several new music features for both consumers and artists. As we d.

SEO company BrightEdge has published a study in which they detail some statistics regarding Google+ Pages usage. Among the highlights: 61 percent of the world's top 100 brands have created Google+ Pages since its inception. 94 percent o.

As we move into planning mode for next year, many of you may be debating if you should bring your SEO program in-house. Bringing SEO in-house has pros and cons that you need to evaluate. Even though the SEO experience is unique to each business,.

The sepia-toned Google Doodle today honors the birthday of French inventor Louis Daguerre whose daguerreotype was the first successful form of modern photography. Daguerre was born November 18, 1787 and died July 10, 1851. Both an artist and phy.

The leading search and social marketing event, SES Chicago, is over and marketers are heading home after learning the latest strategies and stats on topics such as SEO, PPC, social, mobile, and video. Here's a roundup of SES Chicago 2011 coverage.

You'd think Google wouldn't want to antagonize another branch of the federal government. But yesterday Google led the protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act )SOPA( being discussed at the House Judiciary Committee. "Right from the start, the.

Bing has launched a new search feature that provides searchers a list of Editors' Picks for the searched-for topic. The company is starting with 140 topics, ranging from "free E-books" to "Photo Editing." "Editors' Picks won't affect the r.

Google announced that starting this week we will start to see mobile ad performance metrics in Google Analytics. A new visual toggle is being added to all AdWords reports, showing "All", "High-end Mobile" and.

Trapit, a content discovery engine that learns your preferences and behaviors, has entered its open beta stage. While it doesn't strictly fall into the realm of search, a Trapit co-founder indicates that Google and Trapit are on a collision course.