Experian Hitwise today announced that "Facebook" was the top organic search term in the U.S. during the four weeks ending March 27, 2010. Overall, Facebook related terms accounted for eight out of 30 search terms across the three top 10 lists. Click to read the rest of this post.

Yesterday, The Official Google Blog talked about " Discovering pages 'similar to" ones that you like ." Today, Search Engine Watch invites you to start playing a new game. Click to read the rest of this post.

Later today, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will participate in the YouTube Facebook Digital Debate , adding a new social media dimension the UK election in 2010. Click to read the rest of this post.

One of the hot sessions at SES New York 2010 was entitled, "Search, PR and the Social Butterfly." If you missed it, you can retweet this: You can take social media to the boardroom! Click to read the rest of this post.

I grew up in Buffalo, New York, and Detroit, Michigan. So, I learned at an early age about the similarities and differences between these cities in the United States and their next-door neighbors in Ontario, Canada. That one of the reasons why I'm already planning to go to SES Toronto 2010. Click to read the rest of this post.

Okay, so the first time I interviewed the CEO of SiteTuners.com for a video entitled, "Optimizing Landing Pages - Tim Ash's Tips and... Footwork," I made him salsa dance. So, at SES New York 2010 , I cut the author of the bestselling book, Landing Page Optimization , a little slack. Click to read the rest of this post.

A few weeks ago, I got a chance to speak to Dean Stephens, President & COO of Healthline, about their semantic search engine. Today, Healthline announced that it has raised another $14 million in a third round of financing led by Investor Growth Capital )IGC( and including strategic financing from a joint venture between GE Capital's Media, Communications & Entertainment business and NBC Universal and Reed Elsevier Ventures. Click to read the rest of this post.

Macroglossa, an Italian search engine based on image comparison, is launching the alpha version of its "Engine Comparer Technology", theoretically pushing the limits of search by working solely on visual recognition. But, right now, it's only theoretically. Click to read the rest of this post.

Penry Price, Google's Vice President of Global Agency Development today announced changes in the search engine's relationship with advertising agencies on the Official Google Blog. No, Google isn't offering "cashback." Click to read the rest of this post.

If Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano doesn't ground my flight, I'll be flying to London to speak about "Video Optimisation" at the International Search Summit on May 13. It's a hot topic in the UK, as the latest comScore data shows. Click to read the rest of this post.

The top term in this week's UK election 2010 seems to be "hung Parliament." I'll translate this British phrase for Americans in a minute, but first let's look at the numbers. Click to read the rest of this post.

This is a test. Each student enrolling in a new Mini-MBA: Digital Marketing Executive Certificate Program this summer at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, will receive an Apple iPad tablet. This is only a test. Click to read the rest of this post.

Michael Learmonth of Advertising Age has just reported that "Reckitt Benckiser is pouring nearly $40 million into web video in 2010, thought to be the biggest single buy for the medium." Okay, I wish that I'd gotten this scoop, but I've got to tip my hat to Ad Age. Click to read the rest of this post.

Chief executives from Yahoo announced to FT blogger Joseph Menn , this afternoon, that they were going to jump into 'Social Search' this year. Click to read the rest of this post.

Following annoucements made at the Facebook F8 conference, Techcrunch reports that Google Developers are leaving Facebook due to substantial concerns over privacy. Click to read the rest of this post.

Search Engine Watch isn't the only Incisive Media website and blog paying close attention to the UK General Election. Over on the other side of the pond, you'll find stories in Computeractive, the Parlimentary Connections Blog, IFAonline, BusinessGreen.com, and more. Click to read the rest of this post.

Today, explorer Eric Larsen ) @ELexplore ( is due to reach the North Pole and will send the first ever tweet from there. Larsen has chronicled his triumphs and obstacles along the way, via Twitter, and his own blog, Save the Poles . Click to read the rest of this post.

Has the UK general election just experienced its first real "Twitter moment"? Well, colleagues on both sides of the pond have noticed that #nickcleggsfault is a trending topic on Twitter today. Click to read the rest of this post.

One of the big reasons marketers go to trade shows is to see new products. Well, Jamie O'Donnell of SEO-PR visited the expo hall at SES New York 2010. Here's some of what he saw. Click to read the rest of this post.

Now retailers and manufacturers can automatically feed full-text product reviews to Google.com and Google Product Search , via Bazaarvoice's Social Commerce platform . Click to read the rest of this post.