SMX West 2011 is now over and it was a great conference.

You are headed to an important business meeting or to meet your girlfriend’s parents for the first time and you print out directions using Google Maps…

Okay it may be rudimentary, but if all the mentions of Charlie Sheen are too much for you, then the browser plugin for Chrome and Firefox will redact all mentions and photos of him for you. Called Tinted Sheen , the site states: “Sorry Charlie, but it is time to leave the Internet and go back to your porn family. Let this be the hangover cure for the #winning buzz from which everyone is still recovering.”

Austin’s beloved Amy’s Ice Cream got a shout-out from Google’s Marissa Mayer at the SXSW Interactive conference today, as the new head of local shared her vision for a future enabled by the search company’s technologies. In the scenario Mayer described, she was at… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

The 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan early today, followed by the tsunami, left the country in a massive state of disarray – one that Google jumped in to help immediately.

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…

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…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How Potential Clients Search For An Interactive Agency The search behavior associated with businesses trying to find an interactive agency is very different from… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

The rich are getting richer, thanks to Google’s Panda Update. The Online Publishers Association, boasting members such as ESPN, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, estimates that Google’s latest algorithm change has shifted $1 billion in annual revenue to larger web properties, according to CNNMoney.com . Click to read the rest of this post…

The rich are getting richer, thanks to Google’s Panda Update. The Online Publishers Association, boasting members such as ESPN, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, estimates that Google’s latest algorithm change has shifted $1 billion in annual revenue to larger web properties, according to CNNMoney.com . Click to read the rest of this post..