Google has introduced a new version of AdSense aimed at making ads more relevant on search-oriented sites like a travel search engine, a job search site, or a product search site. AdSense Custom Search Ads are targeted based upon the keyword terms searched upon by the site’s users — the… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

The New York Times launched its paywall globally today, and I’ve been putting the barrier through its paces. Visits from search engines like Google, for convoluted reasons, are limited to five per day. But as it turns out, visits from any Google site — search or not — appear..

The launch of Disco – Google Slide’s group messaging app for smartphones seems like another social tool from the company denying its importance. Not that this one rocks the space and have people running to install. “Called Disco, the minimalistic app offers group text messaging like Facebook’s Beluga, GroupMe and several others…

Posted by richardbaxterseo This morning I set myself a challenge. Using some inspiration from recent

Posted by richardbaxterseo This morning I set myself a challenge. Using some inspiration from recent

If you have a YouTube account and it is not tied to a Google account you may not be able to log in in a few weeks, according to the YouTube blog . All YouTube accounts have to be tied to a Google account. Whether this is to help improve the service, or a tie to their non existent Social Circles, or a consolidation motivated by tracking to avoid any potential privacy issues later has yet to be determined.

Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category. Click to read the rest of this post…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

More changes today atop the perch at Twitter: Jack Dorsey, the company co-founder who famously sent the first tweet five years ago, is back in a day-to-day role as Executive Chairman and will be in charge of the Twitter product. Evan Williams, meanwhile, is “less involved day-to-day” at… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.