The topic of Google giving preferential treatment to big brands has been around since the early days of search. During the search police session at SMX West, Matt Cutts answered a question on big brands…

Did you know that Google AdWords has a feature/extension named click to call? Yea, I did also…

The latest new clarification to the Google Places guidelines is that your listings page cannot contain any URLs that redirect to other URLs…

Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, announced at SMX West today that their Panda algorithm will soon be more integrated into their overall continuous algorithm updates. Meaning, the Panda refreshes that we have been tracking in detail will start to be less severe and noticeable to…

Core search activity was down in February overall, but both Google’s and Bing’s share of search activity in the U.S. were up during the month. According to comScore’s February U.S

Core search activity was down in February overall, but both Google’s and Bing’s share of search activity in the U.S. were up during the month

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Ads Makes Campaign & Ad Group Targeting Improvements In its February release, Bing Ads made changes to how ad group and campaign targets relate to each…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Mobile engagement and activation, while consumers are watching TV or out in the real world, is becoming increasingly prevalent. Lunenfeld will share some new data and examples that show where second screen activation is headed in 2013.

SMX West is in its final day and it’s been a great three days of sessions.  Today’s pannel, What’s Needed for SEO Success in 2013 and Beyond is filled with industry experts including Greg Boser (@GregBoser), Annie Cushing (@AnnieCushing), Janet Driscoll Miller (@janetmiller), Duane Forrester (@duaneforrester), Rae Hoffman (@sugarrae) and Matt Cutts (@mattcutts).