Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

Last Friday, Twitter quietly shutdown its “firehose” of tweet data that was being piped to Google. Like a gas station no longer getting deliveries, Google in turn effectively had to hang a “Closed” sign on its Google Realtime Search service. What happened, and what’s…

Last Friday, Twitter quietly shutdown its “firehose” of tweet data that was being piped to Google. Like a gas station no longer getting deliveries, Google in turn effectively had to hang a “Closed” sign on its Google Realtime Search service. What happened, and what’s..

Last Friday, Twitter quietly shutdown its “firehose” of tweet data that was being piped to Google. Like a gas station no longer getting deliveries, Google in turn effectively had to hang a “Closed” sign on its Google Realtime Search service. What happened, and what’s…

There is an outstanding discussion taking place at Sphinn now on the topic of providing SEO clients with ranking reports.

Historically, WebmasterWorld has had the privilege of having official representatives from the search companies over the years.

Twitter continues to grow rapidly, but to stand in the social world of tomorrow the company will have to do more than that. Recent acquisitions of outside companies and a new round of funding from private investors seem aimed at precisely that pur…

Online article marketing can effectively improve organic search results in a number of ways: Improve visibility for your target keyword phrases Obtain traffic for additional (long tail) keyword searches Assist in building awareness and reputation Increase targeted traffic from other quality related…

An appropriately written PPC advertisement is one of the keys to success in search marketing, but how much does your domain name impact that success?

The $150 billion infomercial industry uses lines such as, “but wait, there’s more” and “if operators are busy, please call again” to create a sense of urgency and boost response rates. Given marketers’ success advertising on television, what lessons can you apply to your online…