Black Friday is almost upon us. Widely recognized as the busiest shopping day of the year, it’s the day when shoppers brave the crowds and the cold to save a few bucks on Christmas gifts. Sure it may be called …

Drive new traffic to your site. Secure more conversions. Retain existing customers. Manage your company’s reputation and customer service. Social media networks provide the means; you need to master the platform. At SMX Social Media Marketing, you’ll learn free and paid marketing... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Below is a collection of the 2011 Thanksgiving logos and themes from the search engine industry. Including Google’s logo , which went live a couple days ago, and logos from Yahoo, Bing, Dogpile, Ask.com, and others. Today will be a light coverage schedule on... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Thanksgiving recipe searches peak prior to Thanksgiving each year. “Thanksgiving turkey recipes” skyrocketed on Google (950 percent in the past 30 days) and Yahoo (968 percent in the past week). Here’s how Thanksgiving looks from...

Today is Thanksgiving, so naturally, there is a slight Thanksgiving theme to today’s edition of the daily infographic round-up. We’re counting football and the need to lose weight in that category. View more daily infographic round-ups here. Chow looks at …

Today’s video round-up is a special Thanksgiving edition. If you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, disregard (but I’m guessing you didn’t click onto this to begin with). View more daily video round-ups here. Holiday cooking safety PSA: Thanksgiving leftovers: DIY Holiday Card …

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! As has been Thanksgiving tradition, Google posted a special Google Doodle to mark the holiday in the U.S., with this year’s interactive and shareable logo arriving a couple days early. Thanksgiving is the long...

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Evokes Holiday Nostalgia In New Stop-Motion Animation Ads If you know that Hermey the elf longs to be a dentist, that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’s... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

You may recall a couple years ago when there was some controversy to erupt around some leaked emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit. Over 1,000 email exchanges between scientists from the institution were published, and many …

Cyber Monday is quickly approaching, and that means businesses offering deals online are gearing up for massive amounts of traffic, and hopefully massive amounts of money. Are you running Cyber Monday deals this year? Let us know in the comments. …

If you know that Hermey the elf longs to be a dentist, that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’s girlfriend is named Clarice, and if you can sing “Silver and Gold” as well as Yukon Cornelius, Bing’s new holiday ad campaign will be right up your alley. The Microsoft search... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Today’s video round-up looks at defending the earth from asteroids and what some would call the best DVD commentary ever. There’s also some other interesting stuff. View more daily video round-ups here. Defending the Earth from asteroids: Galaxy S2 ad …

Today Mike Blumenthal of Blumenthals.com posted about what appears to be a new addition to Google’s local results.  A specific query for “transmission servicing lexington ky” displayed the normal Google Places listings, with one exception: The grey icon is displayed next to a... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

The busy shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost upon us. If last year is a guide, retailers have upped their search advertising, shopping by mobile phone will rise, women will be doing most of the online shopping searching and shoppers are after offers, promotions and especially... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Almost two months after its public debut, Google Plus has seen both highs and lows. Although there was some controversy surrounding the success of its public launch, Google Plus has launched a number of new features, some of which have been met with great fervor, others with mild displeasure. Google Plus now seems to have [...]Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

Today’s infographic round-up looks at women gamers, how people spend their time online, and what an average day looks like on Facebook. View more infographic round-ups here. Women who game: What are people doing online? Flowtown – Social Media Marketing …

Over the past years adCenter performance history has been a bit hard to understand, let alone access. This has now changed with the new adCenter Multi-Metric Trend Graphs that will allow you to more easily understand your campaign performance. T...

First Britney Spears takes the top Google+ spot away from Google CEO Larry Page today. Now the president of the United States, Barack Obama, has opened an account: Is it really him? It’s actually a Google+ brand page for him, and not verified at the moment, but Steve Grove, head of community... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Small Business Saturday is just a few days away -- be sure you’re ready to take advantage of one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year! Small businesses are big advertisers on Bing and Yahoo! Search. We understand your importance to the economy...(read more)