The idea of using search engines as a way to find local business data is fairly new; Google Maps only launched beta six years ago. But according to a recent Burke study, search sites have already become a trusted way to find local business informa…

These days, local business owners are regularly faced with the question of where to advertise to attract new customers.

Despite some of the most rapid growth posted in web history, Twitter has a surprisingly low revenue stream. To fix this, the company is considering multiple ad format possibilities, including using the main tweet feed for promoted ads. The New T..

My previous column, Key Problems With Current Social Link Graph Signals hit a nerve with a few people who felt I was too harsh in my critique of social signals as content quality indicators. See this post from bigmouthmedia for one of the more in-depth responses. It’s not that I don’t..

Google’s long expected second shot at taking on Facebook in the social networking space has arrived in the form of the Google+ Project. It has some interesting twists on the social networking model but is far from a Facebook-killer. That Name The terrible name is a bad start

Google’s long expected second shot at taking on Facebook in the social networking space has arrived in the form of the Google+ Project. It has some interesting twists on the social networking model but is far from a Facebook-killer

Google is likely the most ambitious company to date: They want to own every facet of the Internet experience. But this “strategy of everything” tactic may backfire; the costs are painfully high, according to one venture capitalist. The Google SO…

Privacy is a much discussed topic and most focus seems to be privacy issues in Europe. But people have different attitudes to privacy throughout the globe with some having an intense fear of compromising their privacy or identify. How does this affect search?

I love it when I see Googlers go off on SEO advice. A Google Webmaster Help thread has Googler Susan Moskwa replying to one webmaster about them wanting to remove content from their own web site.

Perhaps sensing “blood in the water,” a French company called 1plusV has sued Google in the Paris Commercial Court today for the equivalent of $421 million.