I’m going to be traveling for the next few weeks. I’ll be at three different conferences: February 28th – March 4th: TED . I’ll be attending, plus doing a short (three-minute) audience member talk about my 30 day challenges .

The impact of Google’s latest search ranking algorithm update is starting to show. While Mahalo is getting a bunch of the press, the ezine article aggregators seem to be the ones most heavily hit — along with some of the business directory sites. And apparently, eHow is a high-quality site in Google’s eyes.

The Google Mobile team announced a new feature in local search that factors in the hours a business is open. Over the past year, Google has added a sidebar full of options for searching what’s near you or other various options to narrow down your search options. Now they’re bringing it to mobile search, too.

On Thursday, Google announced a major change to its search algorithm, designed to weed out shallow and low-quality content from its top search results. Content farms were seen by many as the target.

If you’re thinking about working in the search engine optimization (SEO) industry, now is a good time to get started. Starting salaries have increased 17.5 percent versus last year, according to a salary guide prepared by executive recruitment firm Crandall Associates. Base salary for SEO specialists is $59,000 (up from $50,300 in 2010); average salary is $75,000 (up from $73,500); and the high is $87,300 (up from $85,100)

If you’re thinking about working in the search engine optimization (SEO) industry, now is a good time to get started. Starting salaries have increased 17.5 percent versus last year, according to a salary guide prepared by executive recruitment firm Crandall Associates. Base salary for SEO specialists is $59,000 (up from $50,300 in 2010); average salary is $75,000 (up from $73,500); and the high is $87,300 (up from $85,100).

Here’s a recap of this week’s columns and news stories for the week of Feb.

Posted by randfish One of the people I admire and respect most in the technology, startup world is Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson . A little more than a year ago, I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Fred in his New York offices, just as SEOmoz was

It’s that time of year again! The lists are out and the voting has begun. No, I’m not talking about the Academy, I’m talking about the search engines