When starting a new website, one of the first and most important decisions you have to make is choosing a domain name. That choice will impact the website’s success in nearly every area, included search engine optimization (SEO) and social media marketing (SMM).

A Google Maps Help thread has some complaints from Google Maps Navigation users that the accent or pronunciation Google uses for arriving at your destination sounds like “dest-o-nation” instead of “destination…

Google has quietly updated the feedback form found at the bottom of every search results page. When you conduct a search on Google, at the bottom there is a link to “Send feedback…

In March, Google’s chief web spam fighter Matt Cutts promised that the Penguin Update designed to fight spam would get a big refresh later this year. Today, Cutts gave an update — keep waiting. It’s still a few weeks off.

A new Facebook/Bing integration today will further entrench Facebook data into Bing results. Users are now able to interact with Facebook directly within the Bing Search Results Pages, in more than the usual one-way, read-only context. When a logged in user performs a Bing search for a  query..

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. From Search Engine Land: Web Analytics Software Comparison: Identifying The Right Web Analytics Tools For Your Business If you’re considering using an analytics platform other than, or in..

There has been much speculation this week about some kind of major Google update. Google Penguin 2.0 was not the blame

Google seems to be testing a new style of displaying local search results, such as restaurants, in a unique carousel style that allows a user to scroll sideways through the results.