How does Google measure freshness? Find out why fresh content is crucial, and how you can ensure that your site is fresh and linkable. Read more in this e-Solution Spotlight sponsored by textbroker.

A month or so ago, we reported on a presentation given by Eli Pariser on “filter bubbles.” We asked is personalization a form of censorship and almost 75% of you said yes it is. I wasn’t so sure, I voted no…

Wordle Cloud Using the Text of This Article I recently had an interesting discussion with Ron Jones who is writing a book specifically on using keywords for online marketing called “ Keyword Intelligence “. He was researching for the content marketing portion of the book and we talked about where keywords fit. These kinds of discussions are great for blog posts so here are a few ideas for you on keywords, SEO, Social Media and content.

Every now and then I like to point to sad but yet education SEO threads of things you should never do in a Google forum. The latest example was highlighted by several readers and emailed to me from the person complaining as well – which makes this even more fun…

Google’s new +1 feature was one of SMX Advanced Seattle most engaging sessions and, as a speaker, I have received a wide variety of feedback and questions. It seems this feature has fomented a great deal of speculation and inquiry. Here is a bit more food for thought.

Blekko has found its mantra: the war on spam. The search startup, now six months old, is trying to challenge Bing and Google with a strategy that puts human curation and editorial judgment at the center of search and banishes spam altogether

I’m a forum rat, I visit several on a daily basis as a way to keep up with what’s going on.

Google just picked up SageTV for an undisclosed amount. SageTV, a software and hardware company that built a product for watching and recording TV shows from any computer with a high-speed internet connection, is likely to be integrated into Googl..

Google recently filed a trademark for a new service called “Photovine,” and the photovine.com domain name just switched to an unnamed owner. But what, exactly, will Photovine be? Let’s explore some possibilities

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