Last month, Search Engine Watch reported the merger of Microsoft Webmaster Tools and Yahoo Site Explorer. Bing recently announced new features to its Webmaster Tools that will show traffic stats from Yahoo directly in the Webmaster Tools reports. .

Google's Panda update has now launched around the world in all but three languages. Here's a look at some new statistics showing which websites in Germany, France, and Austria were hit and rewarded as a result of the expanded Panda rollout. .

The StumbleUpon random website browser has become a popular way to explore the web, having won more than 15 million loyal users. Now those stumblers may be using StumbleUpon in a whole new way - that looks surprising search-like. Going Spe.

Bing is continuing its commitment to an intuitive and comprehensive shopping interface with a large lineup of extra features on Bing Shopping. This includes easier filtering, a new filter option, better browse pages, and a Facebook share option. .

Google has finally reached a deal with a group of music publishers who filed a class-action lawsuit in 2007. The arrangement allows the use of copyrighted materials on YouTube, and Google will pay the royalties. YouTube's Legal Issues When Goo.

Google sitelinks, the SERP element that showcases popular sub-pages of major websites, has pushed forward with its format. The number and size of the sitelinks are increasing. How Sitelinks Are Changing We previously discussed the expanded sit.

Google has added a new free tool that lets you find related web content when you browse to select pages. The recommended links appear in a thin bar at the bottom of your browser. The New Google Tool Google has added a few extensions over the l.

The Independent Center for Privacy Protection )ULD( in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein has demanded local websites to remove their Facebook Pages and remove any Like buttons on their websites, ZDNet reported. The companies were tol.

SES San Francisco 2011 wrapped up Thursday. Much like Day 1 and Day 2, Day 3 offered marketers further education on social SEO, social search, paid search, and the future of search. Here's a roundup of coverage of Day 3 of SES San Francisco 2011. .

In the early spring, a MarketingSherpa article highlighting the 2011 SEO benchmark report revealed that 20 percent of organizations surveyed had no process for performing SEO and 46 percent of marketers only had an informal process they rando.

Day 2 of SES San Francisco picked up right where Day 1 ended. It was another day filled with educational sessions covering the entire landscape of search: SEO, PPC, social, and more. Here's a roundup of coverage of Day 2 of SES San .

Landing pages are frequently pushed to the back burner when creating digital marketing campaigns even though they can often have the single greatest impact on the campaign's success. This is particularly surprising considering landing pages .

When you scroll over Google's latest Doodle honoring 17th century mathematician Pierre de Fermat there is a message that states "I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this theorem, which this doodle is too small to contain." The statement p.

Susan Bratton's keynote kicked off the first day of the SES San Francisco conference, and what followed was a day jam-packed with sessions on SEO, PPC, social media, and more. Here's a roundup of coverage of Day 1 of SES San Francisco 2011. Co.

If the social media book fits; buy it, download it, read it and share it. This summer two noteworthy books hit the search and social scene: "The Social Media #ProBook" and "Killer Facebook Ads." The "Social Media ProBook" )#ProBook(, by Eloqua a.

As this column goes live, I'll be in )hopefully( sunny San Francisco delivering a presentation as part of the Getting Ready for Global Business session at the 2011 SES San Francisco conference. Together with fellow speakers Motoko Hunt, th.

Google has made two notable changes to Analytics: Session IDs are now calculated somewhat differently and referrals from Google Image Search now count as search traffic. The New Definition of a Session To get an accurate idea of how a site vis.

Susan Bratton, co-founder and CEO of Digital Life Media, opened SES San Francisco 2011 this morning with her keynote Conversion Triggers. Packed with tools and real-life persuasion marketing lessons, her presentation included a particularly sexy c.

Susan Bratton, co-founder and CEO of Digital Life Media, opened SES San Francisco 2011 this morning with her keynote Conversion Triggers. Packed with tools and real-life persuasion marketing lessons, her presentation included a particularly sexy c.

Google's recently released local advertisement tool, AdWords Express, has revealed what may be a deadly flaw: Users who advertise via Express will have their ad displayed instead of their organic listing on blended search results. Background of .