Google Music launched to the public this week, as you probably know by now. The company has now launched the Google Music App for Google TV. “The app syncs with your Google Music account in the cloud, so there is …

PotPieGirl, the one who posted the latest Google quality raters handbook has come back with a new post on Google Raters – Who Are They? She looks into a discussion forum devoted to these quality raters, where they discuss day to day topics that come up for the job. She points out one post... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

#OWS and #occupywallstreet has been some of the hottest leading trends on Twitter these past couple of months. As both support and resentment towards the movement builds, so does the presence and size of “Occupy Wall Street”. What’s been the …

Earlier this week BrightEdge released data on early adoption of Google+ pages by brands. It also offered a comparison with Facebook. The SEO firm said that 61 percent of the top 100 brands in the US have Google+ Pages, in the little over a week since the doors were officially opened. By contrast 93... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Facebook announced some updates to Facebook Credits. These include: new payments methods, a new policy, updated documentation and a breaking change for the Credits callback. First off, new payments methods that have been added include: ELV (Germany) MyCard Mobile (HongKong, …

Today, Google is celebrating one of the early pioneers of photography with a Doodle that resembles the daguerreotype. Today is the birthday of French artist and scientist Louis Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype process. He would be 224 years old. …

As we move into planning mode for next year, many of you may be debating if you should bring your SEO program in-house. Bringing SEO in-house has pros and cons that you need to evaluate. Even though the SEO experience is unique to each business,...

Matthew Stibbe is CEO and writer-in-chief at Articulate Marketing, where he helps high-clients such as Microsoft, HP, Symantec and NetJets communicate clearly with their customers. He is also the founder of TurbineHQ.com, the easy way to take care of office paperwork online, including an employee database, expenses, holiday and sickness management and other admin chores. He writes about writing, business and technology on his blog, Bad Language, and about flying on Golf Hotel Whiskey and the Forbes ...

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The sepia-toned Google Doodle today honors the birthday of French inventor Louis Daguerre whose daguerreotype was the first successful form of modern photography. Daguerre was born November 18, 1787 and died July 10, 1851. Both an artist and phy...

Yesterday afternoon, the popular local reviews service Yelp filed official paperwork for a 2012 initial public offering (IPO). Although Yelp has not determined the number of shares to be sold or the price per share, the company is hoping to raise $100 million. The IPO, which will be led by Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Jefferies, [...]Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

In an earlier SES Chicago session, customer reviews were discussed in detail, as were the amazing results advertisers received; higher conversion rates with larger purchase amounts when user reviews were included within the landing page and site content. Years ago when I dove into SEO, product comparisons were a highly utilized strategy for building out content and gaining visibility among competing keywords. Though product comparison pages are not uncommon within the online marketing world, ...

Microsoft adCenter today is releasing Negative Exact Match as part of the series of upgrades and improvements adCenter is delivering for its customers this Fall. The change comes at an opportune time — right before the holiday season begins. AdCenter’s negative-keyword handling has been near... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Jetpacks. Need I say more? I want one. I want one. I want one. I want one. The only problem is that my “path to ownership” includes a couple of lottery wins or some sort of felony. This water-powered jetpack …

SecureData commissioned a survey by Vanson Bourne Omnibus, asking 100 IT managers (in large UK enterprises of more than 1,000 employees) of financial services, manufacturing, retail, distribution/transport and commercial companies about the security risks of “Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) …

Following up on our recent announcements about the release of our new adCenter user interface , Desktop release and Import Campaign Beta feature, we’re excited to share yet another important update with you: the negative keyword functionality has...(read more)

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Wolfram Alpha Offers New Twist On Flight Search: Literal Answers To What Planes Are Overhead You may not love this as much as I do, but that’s okay. Wolfram... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Back in August, Facebook launched the ability to share larger photos, and that load times were twice as fast. Today, the company announced some further speed improvements. In a new update to that original announcement on the Official Facebook Blog, …

Skype announced today that it has launched Skype 5.4 Beta for Mac and Skype 5.7 Beta for Windows, which allow you to conduct Facebook-to-Facebook calls from within Skype. “This new development in the Skype-Facebook partnership is the latest example of …