Earlier I wrote about the depature of Yahoo’s Srinija Srinivasan. Yahoo’s lost another person, and another big figure in search, that of Tim Mayer. Tim just tweeted, as shown above, that he’s enjoying his first “post-Yahoo” day. Tweeted using the Twitter account I personally set up for him ages ago, I might add! Who Didn’t He Work [...] *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Google has just rolled the new search history feature for US Google users. Nothing big here, just a small enhancement but could be pretty useful as it will allow you to quickly get back to sites you’ve been to as well as see items you have starred from your Android phone, iPhone or desktop searches [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.Google Rolls Out New Search History Feature

Today a U.S. federal appeals court ruled that AOL Inc cannot stop Advertise.com Inc (known to many in the search industry as ABCSearch) from using a brand name similar to Advertising.com, an AOL property and decade old ad network. This is a pretty interesting ruling, not only in the world of competitive advertising, as Advertise.com [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.AOL Overruled : Advertise.com vs. Advertising.com

This is the 14th post in the SEM Intermediate Series, a collection of posts intended for search engine marketing professionals looking for guidance in monitoring and adjusting the key performance indicators (KPIs) that determine the success of a PPC campaign. This series is a continuation of the SEM Beginner Series. If you haven't already read the SEM Beginner Series on dynamic text, dynamic text is a word, phrase or other information that is inserted into ad copy. It allows you to tailor ad copy ...

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, and the shopping section can be accessed just by clicking on "Shopping" from the homepage.  As for what it's supposed to do, the app is meant to provide a complete, start-to-finish shopping experience ...

Back in the mid-to-late 1990s, the most powerful person in search was arguably Yahoo’s Srinija Srinivasan. If Yahoo’s was the “gateway” to the web in the way some think Google is today, Srinivasan was the chief gatekeeper. And now after 15 years, she’s leaving Yahoo. Srinivasan was Yahoo’s “Ontological Yahoo,” among other titles including being a [...] *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Rupert Murdoch is excited about tablets. The Guardian has a piece quoting him as calling them "a perfect platform" for cheap and convenient, up-to-date News Corp. content. He says the company has "tens of thousands of readers" through apps for the Wall Street Journal, the Times and the Australian. Engadget reports that Apple's Lala music team may be working on a video streaming product for a launch sometime this year, based on findings from CNET. Gizmodo discusses an Apple iOS exploit that gives ...

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Twitter Celebrities We Seek The Most, According To Google There are plenty of celebrities on Twitter, and it easy to find lists of those who are most popular according to the number of [...] *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Localeze and TomTom have announced a partnership in which TomTom will have access to Localeze's 14 million U.S. local search business listings for categorized points of interest. TomTom will make this content available for location content and navigation apps developers and device manufacturers. "The number of GPS-enabled LBS subscribers is expected to take a big leap in coming years with market revenue reaching around US$ 9.8 Billion in 2013," a representative for Localeze tells WebProNews. "We ...

An online gaming brand that measures its popularity in terms of Google Alerts has begun to lay odds related to another dominant online force.  Bodog is taking bets on whether Facebook will first attract 1 billion users or make an initial public offering. Neither outcome's exactly considered outside the realm of possibility, which is a compliment to Facebook.  Indeed, as these matters go, both seem like pretty sure things, with an official statement from Bodog asking in reference to ...

The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Research Foundation and Xerox's Buck Consultants have released findings from a survey looking at employer-employee communication. Among the findings are that the most common communication vehicles organizations use to engage employees and foster productivity are email and intranets, 83% and 75% respectively. In addition, half of employers are communicating through Facebook, IM, and Twitter. "This year's respondents reported slight ...

eBay has launched a rewards program called eBay Bucks, which is free and open to all U.S. eBay users. Consumers can get 2% back on most items purchased through eBay's Marketplace with PayPal. The program was previously available in beta, but now it's widely available. Users will get reward certificates at the beginning of each calendar quarter for the amount of eBay Bucks accumulated in the previous quarter. You have 30 days to spend the eBay bucks. They will be automatically applied to purchases ...

There are plenty of celebrities on Twitter, and it easy to find lists of those who are most popular according to the number of people following them. But here’s a twist. Who are the most popular celebrities on Twitter that people are trying to find, in order to follow them? Below, a top ten list [...] *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Microsoft has launched an update to the Bing Maps interface today aimed at improving readability and aesthetics. The new interface uses cool colors, which Bing says creates a more visually appealing backdrop, helping content "pop" on the map, and provides clear differentiation for pushpins, labels, and traffic overlays. There are new labels with larger fonts for major streets. This eliminates the need for bolding, and less attractive glows while allowing users to quickly find locations in a ...

Bing Maps has been doing some cool stuff lately on the functionality side of things, but the look-and-feel has been pretty stagnant for about a year now — since Bing’s launch last summer. To remedy that, Bing has announced the full launch of its new Maps experience. Here’s what Bing Maps looked like in June 2009 [...] *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Today, Research in Motion (RIM) and AT&T launched the BlackBerry Torch, the first smartphone to feature the new BlackBerry 6, which was also unleashed today. "This is one of the most significant launches in RIM's history and we are proud to introduce the new BlackBerry Torch and BlackBerry 6 together with AT&T," said RIM President and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis. "With a new user interface, new browser and new handset design, the highly anticipated BlackBerry Torch and BlackBerry 6 deliver ...

SES San Francisco gets underway two weeks from today on August 17 and ClickZ's Connected Marketing Week starts the day before on August 16. So, if you are a local TV producer, newspaper editor, or business blogger, then you are starting to plan which speakers and sessions you might want to cover at The Moscone Center.Click to read the rest of this post...

Alex Chitu at Googler Operating System has spotted a new Google feature that should please a lot of users. Some accounts now have an option for multiple sign-in, meaning they can log in to more than one Google account from a single browser at the same time. This is likely more than just a test, because Google has information about the feature in its Help Center. It is probably just a matter of time until all users have the option. At this point, it looks like the only Google products that ...

Launched last week, Facebook Questions has a great opportunity to become the most popular question-and-answer destination on the web. With a built-in audience of 500 million users worldwide, Facebook could surpass Yahoo Answers and its 200+ million users in relatively quick order. But for all of its interesting features (see my article, Up Close With Facebook [...] *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Look around for link building advice and one of the most common pieces is to re-engineer the backlink profile of your competitors. The reasoning behind this is that if they’re ranking well (meaning above you, of course), they must be doing what Google likes, so why not copy it and see yourself shoot up in [...] *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***