A Cre8asite Forum thread has a nice deep discussion around the use of black hat SEO techniques while being a so called “white hat…

This happens with every Google update – when a site owner feels their site was downgraded in Google, they blame the most talked about and recent Google update.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search In Pics: Google Bumper Sticker, Knitted Android Sleeve & Yahoo’s CEOs In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 6…

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Bumper Sticker For Google Self Driving Car: Knitted Android Holder: Louis… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Google provided an update with the 30 or so most recent search quality updates. They also added in the code names, when applicable, used internally at Google for each of these updates. They include words like concepts, leaf, simple, greencr, Megasitelinks, foby..

We’re finalizing the speaker lineup for SMX West, and there are still a few openings. We’re particularly interested in hearing from you if you can speak knowledgeably on the following topics: Best Practices With adCenter For Bing & Yahoo Beyond The Google AdWords Tool Duplication,… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

When Congress reconvenes later this month, they will consider passing the highly controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Currently, the Senate is scheduled to debate the matter on January 24th and vote shortly thereafter

While we often hear about mainstream sites like Facebook and Twitter, there are literally hundreds of social networks out there. You might figure this to be a good thing for marketers, but according to some new research and expert opinions, it could actually be the opposite.

Brands recognize that search marketing has a strong ROI, with 72 percent of recently surveyed search marketers indicating they plan to increase their SEM technology spend this year over 2011. 26 percent foresee spending at the same level, while ju…