People love lists. Publishers love lists too because they sell copies of traditional print newspapers and magazines and, online, they generate lots of clicks and page views. For example, the HuffingtonPost has become a veritable archive of slideshows: “the 10 best places to live,” the “hottest beach bods of the summer” and so on

As we posted earlier today, most SEOs say their referrals haven’t changed since Google Instant launched. That is a good thing, and it complies a lot on what Conductor reported, where search behavior seems to be pretty much the same…

Interclue is a nice FireFox addon that lets you preview the linked page content. But it does not only that. In facti it could be a cool Google search companion

Earlier this month, Sphinn (disclosure, I am extremely involved with the company behind Sphinn) dropped user voting on stories and the industry revolted. It was a big deal for a couple days and now you don’t hear much about it….

Here’s another Google Maps oddity, tipped to us by “emallaich” earlier this week: Louisville doesn’t appear in Google Maps. The city is there — Louisville, Kentucky — but you won’t see the name “Louisville” used anywhere to identify the city. Start with a search on Google.com for louisville kentucky: That’s where Louisville is, so it’s not that *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Here’s another Google Maps oddity, tipped to us by “emallaich” earlier this week: Louisville doesn’t appear in Google Maps.

One of the major things I was worried about when Google Instant launched was how would it impact AdWords advertiser campaigns.

Mine can’t. I’ve tried talking to my mom about metadata and her eyes glaze over and she gets distinctly frosty at too much talk of search engines and content discovery strategies.

Mine can’t. I’ve tried talking to my mom about metadata and her eyes glaze over and she gets distinctly frosty at too much talk of search engines and content discovery strategies

Mobile searchers have different goals, motivations, and limitations than desktop searchers. What are things you should consider before building and optimizing a website for mobile searchers