Earlier this month the world of search learned of Marissa Mayer ’s move inside Google from the VP of search to the head of Google’s location-based and local services. She had long been in that a role and as one of the more public faces of the company, many were surprised to learn she would be leaving that position.

Today Yahoo! and Microsoft announced that they have completed a major search alliance milestone in both the U.S. and Canada. Starting today, Microsoft Advertising adCenter will power 100% of the paid search advertisements on both Bing and Yahoo! owned and operated properties and publisher networks in the U.S

The BlueGlass Florida conference will be held at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, FL (outside of Ft. Lauderdale) in only 5 days, and we’re looking at another sold out event with amazing speakers , an intimate setting, three meals a day, and intense networking

Small businesses on average spent $2,327 on paid search advertising in Q3 2010, an increase of 43 percent over Q3 2009, according to Webvisible . This is a slower year-over-year (YoY) growth rate compared to previous quarters. YoY spending grew by 159 percent in Q2 2010, 91 percent in Q1 2010, and 111 percent in Q4 2009.

Ever since Google has introduced Instant search , there have been numerous attempts to replicate the behavior and style and apply it to other search sites.

I’ve been attending WebmasterWorld’s Pubcon conference in Las Vegas for at least 6 years although I didn’t liveblog that first one for some reason. In fact I first interviewed Pubcon founder, Brett Tabke , in 2005

I ignored the opportunity to link build with infographics for far too long. As an engineer turned search engine professional, the idea of creating art scared me. I prefer complicated puzzles and problems over design, but after seeing so many others succeed I decided to go all in

There are three threads at WebmasterWorld and dozens at Google Webmaster Help in the past week or so, all discussing ranking changes at Google and sites that were doing well in Google, no longer doing well. To me, it sounds…

As many of you know, this site lives off of watching and reporting on the various SEO/SEM forums on the web. Much of that has watching has, over the years, been on the Google owned and operated forums. In the…

The Google Operating System blog has a picture of a possible maps experiment for testing how users interact with the layers available in Google Maps. The new buttons seem to be cleaner and easier to read and use.