Israeli President Shimon Peres stopped by Google yesterday, as part of his Silicon Valley trip. He was given a tour by Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, who is a born Jewish Russian..

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…

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

A locked WebmasterWorld thread asks a question that has been asked hundreds, if not thousands, of times by webmasters and others before…

This week at the Search Engine Roundtable, I published the monthly Google SEO recap. Google is pushing out the default SSL

OnlineMBA.com just sent us a really interesting infographic called “A Case Study in Social Media Demographics”. I know you all see a lot of IGs, but this one has some different information to consider such as: Gender Age Education Household Income There is data for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Linkedin, Reddit and digg. So take Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

A few days ago, we were asked by one of our clients whether it’s worth his time to write a guest post for a blogger who had recently reached out to him via Twitter. Guest blogging is a great way to engage with new audiences, establish yourself as a thought leader, and hopefully acquire a Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

As a librarian, researcher and frequent blogger, I’m constantly coming across incredibly useful online information resources that are most effectively searched using their own site search tools, rather than relying on general-purpose engines to surface their valuable content. I plan to start… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

As a librarian, researcher and frequent blogger, I’m constantly coming across incredibly useful online information resources that are most effectively searched using their own site search tools, rather than relying on general-purpose engines to surface their valuable content. I plan to start… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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.