Recently I decided to delve deeper into social media than I ever have. Trying to wrap my head around the actual value behind social, in its many forms, I began actively posting on Twitter – like a madman. My goal was simple: get more followers

The folks over at WebmasterWorld have just started noticing Microsoft’s new spider arriving. As expected, the new spider is named BingBot. BingBot will still obey all the rules of its predecessor, MSNBot, but now has a fancy new name.

Google instant caused a near freak out within the SEO world, but oddly there has not been a peep about Google instant and link building. Have a look at the below Google search results as of 9/28/2010. Exact Match Search Term Results “google instant and seo” 36,700 “google instant and ppc” 25,800 “google instant kills seo” 2,700 “google instant and link building” 0 What?

Google’s updated SEO Starter Guide , which outlines the best practices that will make it easier for search engines to crawl, index, and understand your site’s content, has arrived. New to this edition is a glossary to define terms throughout the guide (featuring a little cartoon Googlebot); more example images to help you understand the content; tips on optimizing your site for mobile devices; and clearer wording for better readability. Other major topics covered include SEO basics, site structure, optimizing content, dealing with crawlers, how to promote your site, and using webmaster tools

Reports are surfacing all around the web that Google is only showing the Top 10 results for some users. This means some people can’t see links to any further SERPs (i.e., they can’t click on to Page 2, 3, 4, etc.) at the bottom of the screen when searching from the Google.com site. Some SEOs are also reporting traffic hits.

If you’re looking to grow your Twitter following, it might help to have your name and avatar show up when Twitter shows logged in users “Who to follow” on Twitter.com.

News out yesterday was that bans on texting aren’t reducing car accidents. Well, luckily, Google CEO Eric Schmidt has the answer: computers should drive the cars.

Gmail users who are NOT a fan of the conversation view in their emails have the option to turn it off. Google’s Wiltse Carpenter (technical lead) took to the Gmail Blog to explain that, even though he is a fan of the feature, not everyone is

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked Bing yesterday, basically saying that Bing is better in numerous areas and that Google is trying to catch-up to their innovations.

Yesterday the news broke that AOL had acquired TechCrunch, the technology-oriented and web properties community. A lot of speculation has been going around as to what will happen to the soul of TC and all the people that work there