Almost 20 SEOs have come together to take a stab at deciphering how Google News ranks articles. The result of their collaboration is a survey that’s now been published at GoogleNewsRankingFactors.com.

I am not a 100% sure if this is new, I know Google has been testing many variations of

If there is any one reality to SEO, it’s that there are winners and losers. There are certain qualities that are necessary for any winning SEO strategy that can be broken down into the 4 Ps of SEO: proactive, persistence, perseverance, and p..

Google has announced an improvement to their instant previews feature they originally launched in November of last year. The improvement lets you simply hover your mouse over a search result and the preview will automatically show up on the right hand preview column. Google said: Now these previews..

Google has conducted some major triage on a number of its experimental Google Labs products in recent weeks. One cut in particular really pained me: “Google Sets, one of the first applications in Google Labs, allowed you to automatically create se..

Yesterday, CNN Money released data indicating that Bing and Microsoft Online Services are losing a staggering $1 billion per quarter. This number, which equates to over $11 million per day and $462,962 per hour, is especially concerning since it has occurred in spite of Bing’s steady growth

It’s been about 90 days since the Google+ project began and the proud parents of the bundle of joy are still oooh-ing and awww-ing over their 3-month-old. The site has seen more than 100 improvements, the most recent of which rolle..

I am trying something new, offering a live question and answer event for a fee in New York City. I am doing this with a partner, David Melamed and I want to see if it will work…

Talk about summer being over. September’s conference season has kicked into high gear. At SMX East last week, I discussed mobile search ads on a panel alongside thought leaders from Microsoft, Google and xAD.

On Wednesday afternoon, Google chairman Eric Schmidt defended Google and its business practices before the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee. During the hearing, Schmidt repeatedly told the committee that Google has done nothing wrong and indicated the company’s desire to fully cooperate with the Federal Trade Commission and authorities. The key antitrust issue being investigated is whether Google is abusing its market dominance by displaying its own sites in lieu of competitors’ sites