News search optimization is a daunting task for any news publisher or marketer. News search has ballooned both on search engines and news sites, but how people search on these different sites and what they search for differs greatly.

The Japan Times reports Google has been ordered to turn off the auto-complete feature in Japan after being sued by a man for the auto-complete suggestions. The man’s case was adjudicated on March 19th

There’s no doubt now that your social media presence influences your rankings within the search engine results pages.  However, what is up for debate is the specific mechanisms by which social media signals influence your site’s SEO. In lieu of a definitive answer from Google (which we’re not exactly crossing our fingers for!), we’ve compiled the existing Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

Three companies – Conductor, SpyFu, and Slingshot SEO – have released studies offering alternative looks at the distribution of Wikipedia results on Google’s first page and beyond, to determine how pages rank for a large assortment of queries.

Posted by Carson Ward Advice and Confessions from a Reformed Link Network Spammer There was only one time when link building was the easiest, least challenging part of my SEO work. I was a link network spammer, relying upon services with names like “blog networks” and “article networks.” These services allow paid subscribers to post their content to a network of sites for the sole purpose of building links.

Categorical keyword repository Zenya has unveiled their new keyword database. Zenya’s database is over 1.4 billion keywords strong, 600 million of which are categorized by searcher intent (to purchase, compare, question, or by negative intent).

Following public outcry over reports that companies have been asking employees to hand over login credentials in order to scan their profiles, Facebook has advised against handing password information to current or prospective employers.

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If your company is throwing around the idea of building a landing page or series of landing pages it is first important to understand what they are, as well as the elements that go into creating an effective landing page. At their core landing pages are simply a single web page that contains a form that inspires your customers to take the next step.

Posted by Jacob Klein You've finally done it.