Buying ads based on a competitor’s name doesn’t violate trademark law, a court has ruled, overturning a lawsuit over AdWords and adCenter ads displaying trademarked names. A hearing between Network Automation, Inc

This week, I do a red eye version of the search recap. I first discuss Google’s advice on if you were hit by the Google Farmer/Panda Update.

Just as Google earlier promised 2011 would be its biggest hiring year ever, YouTube has announced a goal of growing its staff by 30 percent worldwide. With about 650 employees, that means YouTube is looking to add roughly 200 new employees

The search behavior associated with businesses trying to find an interactive agency is very different from other models that I’ve looked at in the past. Generally, informational searches dominate search behavior.

Local business owners who have claimed a Facebook Places Page can now get reporting on how many people are checking-in to their business, and how many are redeeming deals they’ve offered through Facebook. The new reports, announced today, can help business owners refine the deals… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

With much of the world’s focus on the tragic earthquake in Japan, Internet security watchers are warning about dangerous web pages showing up in some quake-related search results.

AdWords advertisers have long had the ability to use negative keywords to limit the situations when their ads will display, and now product listing ads — rolled out in November — will have this feature, too.

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), head of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, has announced that Google will face antitrust scrutiny due to its growing online dominance.

On February 24th, the Google Farmer Update touched down and it changed 12% of Google’s search results.

It’s hilarious how many truly awesome features we fail to notice even with the tools we use daily. I’ve been using Gmail for ages and have learned about the three features below just recently.