Google CEO Eric Schmidt addressed the Newspaper Association of America conference in San Diego this morning. It comes against the backdrop of the AP copyright controversy, rising tension between Google and newspapers and publisher frustrations with their own declining revenues. Some have accused Google of devaluing their content.
Schmidt’s talk was generally sunny and upbeat especially [...]

In about two months, Search Engine Land’s SMX Advanced search marketing conference returns to Seattle, running June 2 & 3. Parents are supposed to love their children equally, but I have to confess — of all our SMX events, this is my favorite one. In this post, I want to share more [...]

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve come across  some great link building discussions, techniques and Twitter tools I  wanted to share here.  I also wanted to mention a foundational linking tactic we’re using and seeing great results from. Let’s start with a valuable tip I found on one of the SEO forums .
The value of outbound links
The topic of outbound [...]

Google Operating System spotted that Google News started to add timelines to their news clusters. For example, if you search for obama in Google News and then click on the link “all ### news articles,” you will then be taken to the cluster of news items on that topic. That news cluster shows [...]

A week after Google pushed search suggestions globally, Google has added search suggestions to Google Image Search. Now, if you visit Google Image Search and start typing in a query, Google will offer you suggestions.
I tried typing in red, expecting red rose, which I got, but then I saw redtube, which is a pornography [...]