Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Make Deal With French Anti-Racism Groups Over ‘Jew’ Search Suggestions Google in deal with French groups over ‘Jew’ suggestion via… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Google in deal with French groups over ‘Jew’ suggestion via the AFP reports Google has made a deal with several French anti-racism groups of Google offering ‘Jew’ to the search suggestions for several prominent names in that country. Our earlier story named Google Queries…

Since the black Google+ bar debuted in June 2011, there have been plenty of complaints about it and many people still hate it.

Microsoft announced today, that in conjunction with Nokia, Bing has added “more than 2,700 venue maps” in North America, Europe and Asia. You can access them online at Bing.com/maps (“explore venue maps”).

I am not sure if this is funny or really sad. I spotted a thread at the Google Webmaster Help forums where a webmaster was asking how can he recover from being hit by the Panda algorithm. So Google’s John Mueller recommends he create “unique, compelling…

Officially moved out of beta on June 7, 2012, the Google Trusted Stores program makes it easier for online shoppers to purchase from trusted e-commerce stores.

Despite years of warnings from Google and especially from search quality guy,  Matt Cutts , there’s a certain segment of internet marketing consultants that continue to give out bad advice:  SEO shortcuts, tricks and loopholes with manufactured content and buying links to gain an artificial advantage that runs contrary to Google’s Guidelines .  Complicating matters is the fact that large numbers of companies are taking that advice in their rush to win traffic and sales. The result?

An update from social search engine Wajam integrates their location-based social search with a new Google Maps interface. Users of the service can now see social recommendations from friends on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ on an interactive map.

SMX Advanced is my favorite conference of the year. Hands down.

Too many webmasters think of SEO in terms of things you do after a website is created, whether that’s optimizing specific on-page variables in order to maximize the odds of being ranked for particular keywords or the process of soliciting backlinks from qualified sources to power off-page SEO. However, ignoring the important role that your