Paul Allen, that guy from Ancestry.com with the Google+ user base estimating algorithm that has proven freakishly accurate in past months, believes the social network grew 30 percent between September 20 and 22. During this time, Google+ left thei.

Google News ranking factors have long been shrouded in mystery. However, a recent report aims to penetrate that shroud by compiling survey data from content optimizers who work at top news outlets. Here's what the report shows. Summary of the Co.

Recent changes to Google's search ranking algorithms and highly publicized search penalization of well-known brands, have caused much angst in the SEO community. However, Google's changes to its algorithms aren't new. Seas.

I'm always looking for a new YouTube case study. I consume YouTube case studies the way other people consume Lay's potato chips )"betcha can't eat just one"(. And I've just devoured the "Ask the Ceiling Ti.

Q4 is here, and with it come the expectations of online retailers for a very merry PPC season. At the peak of the holiday shopping season, we typically see click volume nearly double and revenue double or even triple. So 'tis the season to t.

Bing now offers a more visual discount deal search experience with Bing Deals. Meanwhile, Bing also showcased its first HTML5-powered video home page. Also, Bing has teamed with Conduit on making Conduit apps findable through Bing search. The Ne.

Google and The Jim Henson Company have collaborated to honor the 75th birthday of the late Jim Henson. An interactive Google Doodle on Google's home page today features six original characters that you can control with your mouse and keyboar.

While other ongoing stories are still... ongoing, four weeks ago the much awaited release of Mesh to the full Second Life grid happened. It was right on time, according to Rod Humble's previously given timeline for release. Though "right .

I've read the latest press release from "comScore Video Metrix, which says that 180 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in August 2011 for an average of 18 hours per viewer. In other words, 85.8 percent of the U.S.

Aided by higher revenue per deal and increased voucher sales, Google has already surpassed its August revenue and could double it by the end of the month. Offers is also closing the gap in markets where it competes with Groupon and LivingSocial. .

Now that the news about a new social layer on the web and Facebook's sense of direction is out, news apps are coming out of the woodwork. Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post are just a few of the American media compa.

Google's foray into the fashion world isn't coming to an end, but they are taking what traffic they have left from Boutiques.com and will point it to a newly redesigned Google Product Search. Last year, when Google acquired Like.comf.

A ruling has been made on the Interflora trademark case in the UK. The ruling could impact the restrictions on bidding for trademarked terms in Google AdWords. While Interflora won the case, some bidding permissions have also been granted. The I.

Twitter has picked up a year-old startup known as Julpan. This service will help Twitter surface relevant results in the stream. Equally important, though, is the acquisition of the Julpan engineering team, which includes renowned engineer Ori All.

With the recent WordPress security vulnerabilities, hacked themes, exploits, and all sorts of madness floating around, it was only a matter of time before search engines started to pipe in and penalize "vulnerable" sites. If your sit.

Ever since Groupon filed its s-1 to go public, there's been relentless backlashing against the adoration that followed its initial rise to prominence. The model's sustainability has been called into question in the face of financial transparency, .

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and guests including Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and Zuckerberg-doppelgänger Andy Samberg unveiled the third major evolution of Facebook today at the f8 developer conference. Pretty, shiny, flashy new Facebook aims .

Digital marketing agency Web Liquid has released a comprehensive report that pits five top social media monitoring tools against one another. Paring a list of 40 tools down to just five enterprise-level platforms with cross-channel coverage, they .

Bing and Decide. You've heard the slogan. You've noticed the extra results for things like shopping, restaurants, or even finding deals. Bing is taking decisions a step further into actions with the introduction of Action Buttons in search re.

At the Microsoft financial analyst meeting held earlier this month, Microsoft's Qi Lu presented an argument for how Bing would become profitable - over the course of the next several years. Bringing Bing to the Black Microsoft&rsqu.