This is actually a really cool video from Google recently where a viewer asked Matt Cutts where they see Google in 5 years. With the lighting speed of this industry 5 years from now could look completely different from today and it most likely will. Matt states that he would like to see more of Google be open sourced and really get the community involved on the development.

In between the announcements about iPods, Apple TV, and a music-oriented social network, Apple and Google's mobile rivalry heated up a little more today. Steve Jobs, while discussing the success of iOS, also tossed out what was likely a veiled insult at Eric Schmidt and Android. Remember how Schmidt said in early August that 200,000 Android devices were being activated every day?

Just a quick note to say Ill be travelling down to Asia for Search Engine Strategies Hong Kong the week after next. Its the first time the event has been held there, so should be a fascinating immersion into all the online marketing activities in the region. Ive been honoured to be asked to speak on the keynote discussion panel on the second day Tuesday 14th September.

by Vera H-C Chan Is it Ansel Adams or Uncle Earl? Back in July, a man named Rick Norsigian claimed the photographic find of the decade at a Fresno, Calif., garage sale, where he paid only $45 for long-lost glass negatives from renowned photographer Ansel Adams . The story made international headlines, but naysayers, including Adams' own kin,

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced that it has acquired Nedstat, a leading provider of web analytics and innovative video measurement solutions for approximately $36.7 million. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nedstat offers world class technology that helps organizations optimize customer experiences and maximize the return on digital media investments.

Microsoft announced today that it is making some ad relevance improvements, namely, a temporary increase in Bing crawl rates. The adCenter team writes : Along with our consistent efforts to increase relevance for your adCenter campaigns,

Posted by willcritchlow I'd like to invite you to the London Pro SEO seminar we are running on the 25th and 26th October . With a 98% satisfaction rating and 95% of attendees recommending it to others , we were blown away by the positive feedback we received last year.

Do you want Google to tell you what you should be doing? Mr. Schmidt thinks so : "More and more searches are done on your behalf without you needing to type. I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions," he elaborates. " They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next . .

Websites do not typically just rank for the sake of ranking, especially if they are a new website in the search space. The Bing Webmaster blog gives some sound pieces of advice to keep your website running like a well oiled machine and keep you rankings climbing. "Check to see if your site employs a robots.txt file.

Posted by Dr. Pete Google's recent brand update has gotten a lot of buzz this past week. Previously, the best a single domain could hope for was one listing in the SERPs with possibly 1-2 indented listings. Now, a large brand can completely dominate the top 10 with a single website.

  Following on from last week's global advertising video , today we laser in on what advertisers' dreams we've delivered in EMEA. Check out our Bing Video Channel for more visual insight. We're also on YouTube too .

Not long ago we posted about some upcoming changes to the Microsoft adCenter Editorial Guidelines as part of the preparation for the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance implementation. In an effort to keep up with the promise of transparency made in.

In June, Google launched a new HTML5 resource site called HTML5 Rocks . They've now added a bunch of new content to it. On this page there are numerous resources for reference and tools. This page has tutorials. In addition to all of this, there is a new component of the site called HTML5 Studio .

While this development isn't likely to amuse everyone behind the BlackBerry Torch's launch, Apple fans may be glad to know that Microsoft acknowledged the iPhone's importance in a small way today, discussing the new Bing for Mobile iPhone app as it relates to shopping. This app is of course free,

Social media of all kinds are a source of huge amounts of fresh information about news and events, likes and dislikes. But the signal-to-noice ratio is not good: Much, maybe most, of the material posted is personal and it can be hard to find the pertinent information. You need help to sift and sort the items,