The list of companies suing up Google just got a new member in GraphOn Corp., a  developer of server-based application publishing and web-enabling software solutions. GraphOn has charged Google with infringement of four its owned patents. Filing their complaint in US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas, GraphOn complains that Google has infringed on their U.S. Patent Nos.  6,324,538 )the '538 patent(, 6,850,940 )the '940 patent(, 7,028,

Sometimes it seems that you cannot go a day without reading a story about the economic challenges faced by our country. On one day the headline news is the declining housing market, the next it is a debate about if we are or are not in a recession, and the next it is about the latest financial company that needs to be bailed out. But what does that mean if you are a search marketer?

If you haven't heard, we are having a party on Monday the 18th to benefit two very worthy charities.  We are going to split the proceeds from the event 50/50 between the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and The Children's Hospital .  I'd like to tell you a bit about why we are supporting the Children's Hospital. I'm hopi ng this post will make you want to support the Children's Hospital, too. I am the proud father of three beautiful little children,

Some blog sites are reporting that Google has added the Adsense for feeds option in their Adsense accounts' Setup menu. Checking out my Adsense account validated these reports. Right after the Adsense for Content and Adsense for Search options in the Adsense Setup menu is a new option labeled "Adsense for Feeds". Google says it allows users to place relevant ads in feeds Google manages for them.

I have already looked into ways to increase crawl rate for those who suspect their site is worth more frequent bot visits. However from time to time I come across forum threads where webmasters complain that )Google( bot seems too active at their pages eating too much bandwitch .

A site can't be created in a minute; even if you prepare content beforehand, you need time to carefully upload it, settle all technical issues, make sure everything is working fine, etc.

Being a search marketer and avid link builder, yesterday I ran across a blog which was perfect for contributing a quality post to on behalf of client, so I looked around the blog to find their contact information to build a relationship with the blogger. Building a trusted relationship with a blogger; exchanging emails, discussing the world of blogging, giving a little SEO advice and asking to contribute a post,

It looks like Microsoft is revving up its Live Search Webmaster Center to put it back in shape after releasing the tool out of beta. Aside from the new features that we covered a couple of days ago, the Webmaster Center tool is reviving its Backlink checker to give more information on referring links. Of course, we all know how important these information are for webmasters trying to work their way to the top of the Live Search SERPs for their sites targeted keyword.

Reputation management is a too hot topic to be left out of discussion here, especially for your own names. If you love searching for your name )either out of vanity or for business purposes(, you will enjoy playing with the following online identity searching and tracking tools : 1. Twitter Search )previously known as Summize( searches for your name mentions at Twitter .

Yahoo has released its Fire Eagle service out-of-beta which means that anyone who has an existing Yahoo account can now take their locations to various web services with full control on how and where their location data is shared.

SEOs come across this problem very often: what is the best way to get rid of lots of website pages without loosing rankings or getting into any sort of penalties ? The problem may be associated with: moving the site to a new domain; changing a CMS; optimization process )for the sake of better crawl rate and usability(; etc.

New data from Hitwise showed that Google is still leading the major search engine pack gaining 2% increase in July's share of US searches from previous month. Comparing the current data with that of last year, Google has posted a 10% in share of US searches in the same month last year. Overall Google has accounted for 70.77% share of all the searches conducted by Americans in July.

As Google launches Knol, its weapon to battle Wikipedia, many ask themselves if Google will dominate its own search results, which in search, already dominates the market.   Forbes.com posted a very interesting article )I believe it came from PaidContent.org â€" want to cite the right source,( " Iteration #419: Is Google A Content Company ?" which poses a great question, maybe a great threat to many.

There must have been a rather large shortage of tech & search news yesterday as it seems a GMail hiccup by Google shut the service down or a little while, and the end result was global coverage of the event . This goes to show how many small to large businesses actually use a webmail application like Google GMail and are totally dependent on a third party free service to handle their secure and urgent company mailings.

Whether you want to sell your website or you are just willing to know how much you have potentially earned so far, you might be curious to know how much your website is currently worth. Like with selling a business, trying to determine your website price is really hard to do: so many factors might come into play: your own money, time and labor invested in it; your site statistics )income, traffic and traffic sources, inbound links, popularity, etc(; the site potential )e.g.

33 reasons why you should stay up late and go to the IM Charity Party at SES San Jose: 1. Networking happens AFTER the sessions are over. The best place to meet your future client/SEO/agency is at the hotel bar or at one of the conference parties 2. You might meet fookin' dave naylor and buy him a beer 3. You may be able to witness Greg and Barbara Boser in the midst of a twitter hoax 4. You may find out Jennifer Slegg's favorite Disney characters. 5.

Google likes spam . Sounds surprising? Well, actually it does! Of all the spam that is generated, Google seems quite comfortable with 5% of the lot. Now we all know that spam is bad, right? Wikipedia says, "In the last few years, and due to the advent of the Google AdSense Web advertising program, scraper sites have proliferated at an amazing rate for spamming search engines. Open content sites such as Wikipedia are a common source of material for scraper sites.

A number of search engines and web portals track world's hottest trends and get updated on a regular basis )instantly, daily or weekly(: What's HOT in search? Google hottest trends )updates throughout the day(; Yahoo buzz allows to see the daily buzz score )=" the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read "( and the move )i.e.

According to eWeek.com , former Google engineers have launched a new search engine that could index even more sites than that of Google. The name of the search engine is Cuil )pronounced "cool"( and has already gone live. Cuil is said to index sites online faster and cheaper than that of Google, but that is yet to be seen. Can a new engine in the market really compete against Google? Yahoo which is the 2 nd largest search engine in the U.S.

Those who have been watching closely while Google and Yahoo iron out some kinks in their search ad deal would be glad to know that the two search engines have partially disclosed some information about it. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Google and Yahoo have made publicly available the contract governing their advertising agreement,