Archive for February, 2011

Bing Adds Tiles to Search Results

2011/02/23

Bing is rolling out a new “tiles” feature in its SERPs. Bing Director Stefan Weitz revealed the arrival of the new “visual indicator” in an interview with SEOmoz .

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SES London 2011 – Day 2 Coverage #SESUK

2011/02/23

Here’s a roundup of today’s live blogging and coverage of SES London 2011 . If I missed your site’s coverage, please make sure to leave a note in the comments.

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YouTube Negotiating to Stream Live NBA, NHL Games

2011/02/23

Last September, Google’s YouTube property started streaming live broadcasts. Since that time, they have begun showing numerous live events including IPL Cricket matches , conversations with the President of the United States and even a 24-hour Conan O’Brien marathon event. This morning, Bloomberg reported Google is in talks with the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League to broadcast live games

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Should You Host Images On Your Domain or Flickr For Best Traffic Potential?

2011/02/23

A WebmasterWorld thread has a new conversation around an old SEO topic…

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Google Calendar: Missing Data Fiasco Finally Resolved

2011/02/23

Imagine logging into your calendar to check your agenda for the day. When you login you see absolutely nothing — no events, no calendar entries, or notes. That’s exactly what happened to numerous Google Calendar users today.

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The Group Buying Effect

2011/02/23

Group buying and daily deals have increased exponentially in the past year or two- and they will only grow larger. The benefits on both side of group buying a daily deals are what have made this become to wildly popular.

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Forrester Research Publishes 1st Report On Enterprise SEO Automation Tools

2011/02/23

Today, Forrester Research unveiled a 6- page report on the utility of SEO automation tools for use in larger enterprises. Six vendors were covered in the landscape report, including Altruik, BrightEdge, Conductor, Covario, SEOmoz PRO, and Yield Software. The report mainly covers key issues in..

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Obscure Belgian Case Threatens To Open Copyright “Pandora’s Box” For Google In Europe

2011/02/23

A 2006 Belgian case that found Google in breach of copyright law for indexing newspaper headlines and snippets without permission is now on appeal and approaching conclusion a little over four years later. In 2007 Google was ordered to pay fines and remove links and/or obtain permission from the… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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A Successful Example Of Conversion Content Marketing

2011/02/23

In a recent presentation on conversion content marketing, I walked through several excellent examples of “the new microsite.” I thought I’d share one of my favorites with you here.

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Google Drops Facebook Sync On Nexus S: Google/Facebook Battle Continues

2011/02/23

TechCrunch reports Google has intentionally dropped the phonebook data sync from Facebook. The reason Google cites is because Facebook contacts “cannot be exported from the device” and thus do not allow users to “control their data” as freely as Google would like. This topic…

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