Archive for May, 2011

SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 2, 2011

2011/05/02

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Twitter Sees Highest “Sustained” Activity Ever In Wake Of Osama Bin Laden News Twitter has released new numbers showing last night’s… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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Search News & Headlines Around the Web – May 2, 2011

2011/05/02

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

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Search News & Headlines Around the Web – May 2, 2011

2011/05/02

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

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Twitter Sees Highest “Sustained” Activity Ever In Wake Of Osama Bin Laden News

2011/05/02

Twitter has released new numbers showing last night’s announcement that Osama bin Laden was dead generated the most activity on the service that it has ever seen, in terms of “sustained rate of tweets.” From 10:45 PM Eastern time on May 1 through 12:30 AM on May 2, there were on… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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Google To Webmasters: It’s No Longer 1996, Stop Using Marquees

2011/05/02

For those of you looking for some light web development humor you may want to check out this Google Webmaster Help thread where Googler, JohnMu, suggested to a webmaster to avoid using Marquees. Marquees…

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14 Differences Between Mobile Search & Desktop Search Results

2011/05/02

When you write a monthly column on how mobile impacts search and social, it can be easy to forget that most businesses still aren’t thinking about mobile as something that impacts them today, and aren’t really planning for a future in which most of our online activity will take place on mobile… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Averages Lie: A Guide To Understanding Increments & Bid Simulator

2011/05/02

Suppose you run a banana stand.

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Hot At Sphinn: Explaining Your SEO/SEM Career, Affiliate Marketing Scams & More

2011/05/02

If you’ve ever had friends or relatives whose eyes glazed over as you try to explain your life as an SEO/SEM consultant, you wouldn’t have been alone last week on Sphinn. In a more lighthearted “Discussion of the Week” than some previous topics, we asked: How do you explain..

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Top Google Spot is Less Valuable on iPads [Study]

2011/05/02

Search-based online advertising network Chitika has put out an interesting study showing that the top spot in Google receives 20 percent of clicks among iPad users. Click to read the rest of this post..

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Importance of Social Media & SEO for Public Relations

2011/05/02

Many would call the age we’re in, “ Information Overload “. Consider: Facebook is approaching 700 million users and Google handles over 11 billion queries per month. World-wide there are over  5 billion mobile subscribers (9 out of 10 in the U.S.) and every two days there is more information created than between the dawn of civilization and 2003

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