Google has launched Google Instant Search for Google Place search results. To see this yourself, conduct a search on Google and then click on “Places” in the left-hand panel.

Google and Bing are constantly working on integrating the social and search results. Social media becoming the voice of the people cannot be ignored or neglected. Twitter is  the most popular micro blogging platform as of today .Twitter is a large network and  has the potential to supplement your SEO activities .  If the tweets from your account are focused and topical then it surely helps you to establish your online reputation and build a brand online.

This question has been very often discussed. Yet, we are getting back to it again and again. Let’s try to crear up some confusions

A HighRankings Forum thread asks a really nice question on how much SEO advice and guidance do you give away for free before asking the prospective client to sign a contract or pay you…

Referrals via phone calls have historically been challenging for marketers to assess by promotion channel, although special tracking phone numbers set up to count calls have arisen to satisfy the need. Unfortunately, using different numbers per channel can impair local SEO, and lack of an… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

The SES New York 2011 conference wrapped up last week on the heels of one of the biggest Google updates in recent years. And although there was enough Panda talk to make a passerby think we might all be zookeepers, there were other themes running through the conference as well including content, paid strategies and tools, tools, tools. Here’s a quick recap: Panda: The Aftermath, as it was called essentially recapped what TopRank and other content advocates have been saying along

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We’re finalizing the speaker lineup for SMX Advanced London, and there are still a few openings.

Posted by randfish NOTE: All of the slide decks in this post are free to download and distribute, as are any of the stats/graphics in them (please reference the source if you do). Hopefully they’ll be helpful learning tools and will make your deck-building processes easier than mine have been! The past few weeks have been a whirlwind for me, and they’re not slowing down anytime soon.

Here’s a recap of this week’s columns and news stories for the week of March 20 to 26, as reported by Search Engine Watch , as well as search news and tips from around the web. Click to read the rest of this post…