On the 100th anniversary of his birth, Google Japan has a new Doodle dedicated to Japanese artist Taro Okamoto: Click to read the rest of this post…

Busy week in search, yet again. Google released their second of two algorithm updates, this one targets ‘content farms.’ Overstock was penalized by Google for a neat link building technique.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 25, 2011 Busy week in search…

Google is making use of its virtual tour abilities in Maps to provide Oscar fans with a walk through of the Kodak Theatre where the event is held and 3D models of ” the Red Carpet , Hollywood and Highland Center , and the Kodak Theatre .” The Academy Awards show is one of those major events that cross over many demographics and have an international following – like the Superbowl that took place just two weeks ago. YouTube already has some of the ads that will be playing – including the Ozzy Osbourne and Justin Beiber one from the Superbowl with an alternative ending chosen by Facebook voters. Click to read the rest of this post…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Forecloses On Content Farms With “Farmer” Algorithm Update In January, Google promised that it would take action against content farms that…

Google announced yesterday a new Google search view for the left hand panel named Recipe View. This view lets you quickly search for recipes of all kinds with special filters that help you narrow your search…

Matt Cutts is often the insider who lets us – John Q Public – know what’s going on inside the giant Google machine. He’s the one who told us that the search algorithm makes more than a change per day on average, that Google is focusing on preventing cloaking as part of its first quarter goals in 2011, and much more.

There’s little doubt that the AdWords interface from Google is both powerful and appealing; after all, that’s how Google has managed to achieve an estimated $27.4 billion per year in online advertising sales, eclipsing all competitors  combined .