Editor's Note: Richard Kirk, Head of SEO at Performics, took issue with Gareth Owen's )Head of SEO at Steak( recent column on Search Engine Watch and asked if he could post a rebuttal. Given this is a thorny issue that really has divided the indus.

My exploration of LinkedIn advertising platform continues! My last few articles have focused on audience targeting for LinkedIn, as well as ad optimization tactics to improve ROI. In this article, we will explore a new feature just released for Li.

Web developers are great: without them, we wouldn't have, well' the web! But unfortunately, a lot of developers can have a bit of a blind-spot when it comes to SEO. While some on-site SEO features almost always come as standard now )ability.

The FTC has approved its settlement with Google that addresses improper privacy disclosure during the release of Buzz. The settlement mandates additional privacy procedures, including third-party privacy audits every other year for the next two de.

With over a billion pageviews per day, Google Image Search can be an excellent source of traffic. Of course, one has to ask themselves whether this traffic is beneficial or not and if so, then followup with an understanding of how to get their ima.

The Google Transparency Report has been updated to include data on Government requests for user information. The U.S. made requests for over 11,000 accounts in the first half of 2011 alone, making them the leader in user data requests. The Trans.

Did you know that the U.S. now has more wireless customer connections than people? There are currently estimated to be 327.6 million active wireless customer connections in the U.S. The nation's population is estimated by the U.S. Census Bur.

Comments to your YouTube videos can provide valuable feedback and additional information about your audience as well as your videos. Viewers will tell you what they like and don't like about your videos. But you need to have a bit of a thick skin .

This summer Google AdWords Call Metrics introduced $1 flat rate click-to-call charge on call tracking enabled ads delivered to smartphones. Now advertisers can bid for calls made via any Google ad. The significant change is that, now, what you bid.

Blogger users now have the option to switch their Blogger profiles over to Google+. Google is also testing a one-touch Add to Circles button in selected users' search results, as well. Google is trying to get more users onto the Google+ plat.

The Supreme Court of Canada's widely anticipated ruling on the Crookes v. Newton case found that hyperlinking does not constitute publication, unless a number of circumstances are satisfied. The decision to dismiss the appeal of Wayne Crooke.

Google is spending more money on lobbying than ever before, as legal woes continue to plague the search giant. By September 30, Google had already spent $5.9 million on lobbying. For all of 2010, Google spent $5.6 million on lobbying. This quart.

Groupon filed a civil complaint October 24 in an Illinois court accusing two former sales managers of taking trades secrets with them when they quit Groupon to join Google. Michael Nolan, who worked for Groupon for two years, and Brian Hann.

Google has made a change to the way advanced searches are done, much to the annoyance of numerous power users. Seems Google no longer is allowing use of the plus sign to indicate mandated inclusion in the search result offerings. In Query Refineme.

I'm not usually one for a conspiracy theory, unless it's contained within a decent yarn like "The Da Vinci Code", but over the last year in particular, I'm becoming increasingly convinced that Google wants to get rid .

All of us in international search will tell you that if you want to go international, then you'll have to be international. In other words: don't skimp out on localization and translation. Several businesses would like to implement s.

Microsoft's U.S. patent application, "Applying a Model of Persona to Search Results," outlines a search system that would allow users to search the web as their favorite celebrity. Other possible uses for the technology include s.

The Google MP3 store is set to launch in one to two weeks. The music store will include a song-sharing service that's integrated with Google+. At the time of launch, Google is likely to have licenses with only two of the four major labels. New I.

Google is working with potential partners to put together a bid for Yahoo. While Google could have plenty of motives for that bid, it may simply be joining the fray to ensure that competitors pay the maximum price for this major acquisition. Goo.

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