Bing announced today that they are adding a new social element to their search results with the introduction of Bing Boards.

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.

I’m starting a series on dashboards because I think creating sexy dashboards is a critical skill every marketer needs to know. It’s going to be a long series — but by the time we’re finished, you’ll be able to create dashboards that excel in both form and function.

The spectacular growth of Product Listing Ads (PLAs) over the past 2-1/2 years has been a boon for Google and advertisers as well as for consumers. This growth was spurred by the visual appeal of the ads themselves, by Google’s increasing sophistication in serving the right PLAs for the right…

Manual spam penalties of any type are difficult to recover from – especially if they are severe.

Two of my favorite Google Search Quality folks, Kaspar Szymanski and Uli Lutz…

Google posted a new article today answering common questions about submitting reconsideration requests and managing your backlink profile.

Link building doesn’t really fit the mold with the rest of the online marketing world.

Today’s Google Doodle by Christoph Niemann marks the summer solstice for searchers in the Northern Hemisphere with an animated illustration of five swimmers in Google-logo colored swimming caps, bobbing along on a wave that splashes back and forth. Google users in the Southern Hemisphere get… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

The idea of flexible bid strategies is interesting on paper and has potentially useful implications in the long term. For now it is simply a perplexing addition in the midst of Google AdWords’ massive upheaval with enhanced campaigns