Happy Independence Day everyone! Today Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com have special logos and themes for the special day. Above is an image from Google for how they are commemorating the special day. Some are actually upset that there is no American Flag in the logo, but I think the logo represents..

Happy Independence Day everyone! Today Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com have special logos and themes for the special day.

It’s the 4th of July! And while we’re all enjoying our hot dogs and sparklers Will Smith is off somewhere punching an alien in the face… Let’s be honest, most American Holidays have evolved into some sort of thematic commercial celebration.

You know Google’s got this “quality score” (QS) thing – and you know it matters. It matters because AdWords uses this 1 to 10 scale to rate how good and relevant your ad is compared to others, and the more relevant AdWords thinks your ad is, the more it’ll get shown and the less you’ll get charged for each click. First, let’s quickly review… What factors into the quality score

In 2009, Google proposed a standard for crawlable AJAX.

Update: A couple hours after this post was published, Google spokesperson Gabriel Stricker shared this statement with us: We’ve temporarily disabled google.com/realtime. We’re exploring how to incorporate our recently launched Google+ project into this functionality going forward, so… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Posted by willcritchlow Question and answer content has been around on the internet a lot longer than the web. From the early days of usenet (and before that, on prehistoric technologies that came before my time) people have been asking experts for answers.

A Google spokesperson has informed Search Engine Land has informed us that the Google Wonder Wheel feature has been taken offline. The spokesperson said that the search tool was removed due to the “initial stage” of the Google site redesign announced earlier this week. The Google Wonder Wheel along…

Haven’t gotten into Google+ yet? It appears anyone can sign-up now at the Google+ home page. Hitting the page now brings up a sign-up box, rather than the usual “Keep Me Posted” message that I believe had been there: Tony Steward on Google+ seems to be the first, or one of the…

This week, the internet has been abuzz with anticipation on the social media front.