Posted by timresnik This is a follow-up to a post I wrote a few months ago that goes over some of the basics of why server log files are a critical part of your technical SEO toolkit.

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: Google’s Matt Cutts: Websites Using ccTLDs Should Contain Content Relevant To The Specific County Code In his latest video, Google’s head of search..

In his latest video, Google’s head of search spam Matt Cutts addresses whether or not it is a good idea for a website to use a ccTLD (country code top level domain) as a novelty domain. The video was a response to the question: As memorable .COM domains become more expensive, more developers…

Facebook is looking to make it even easier for businesses to market themselves effectively on the social media platform by launching a new Facebook for Business hub that features tools for businesses and useful information about Facebook marketing.

A WebmasterWorld thread has webmasters and SEOs discussing the SEO research benefit by using Google’s similar or related search functions…

Last week Google killed the Google+ Local mobile app for iOS, saying that all the same content was available in Google Maps for iOS. Today the company announced the relaunch of the Zagat site and mobile app for Android and iPhone

Google said it is changing how the AdWords quality score is reported to make it easier for advertisers to adjust and revise ads based on the quality score, and get a better idea of what is and isn’t working, especially when making changes to ads.

With recent headlines that the NSA has been profiling people’s online movements (the irony of  saying this online isn’t lost on me), it’s very interesting to see how it has affected search engines.  As privacy concerns have arisen from the situation with PRISM, Google, Yahoo and Bing have seen a small subset of the market Author information Andrew Lazaunikas The post Duck Duck Go’s Impact On The Current SEO Landscape and Its Future Trajectory appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Ilya Segalovich, cofounder, CTO and director of Yandex, passed away on Sunday after being removed from life support on Saturday. He had been in a coma with no sign of brain activity as a result of his battle with cancer since Thursday.