Google and YouTube announced yesterday that the comments on YouTube are going to be powered by Google+. Google said, “starting this week, youâll see the new YouTube comments powered by Google+ on your channel discussion tab.” Why…

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. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: SEO Companies Fined For Fake Online Reviews New York State Attorney General…

Posted by Zoompf This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of Moz, Inc. Back in August, Zoompf published newly uncovered research findings examining the effect of web performance on Google’s search rankings

In the wake of the release of NSA (National Security Administration) reports that the government office is using Google and other Internet data to spy on American citizens, news sources such as DailyTech.com are speculating that Google is working on a way to block cookies from Chrome and mobile operating system Android while still giving their […] Author information Kelsey Jones Search & Social Consultant at MoxieDot. Kelsey Jones helps clients around the world grow their social media, content, and search marketing presence. She enjoys writing and consuming all kinds of content, both in digital and tattered paperback form.

Shortly after she became Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer declared (disappointingly) that she wasn’t going to invest in Local. In turns out that what she meant was she wasn’t going to go head to head with Google in Maps. Her predecessor Carol Bartz had outsourced maps (to Nokia) and she…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

YouTube has announced the launch of Audio Library.

YouTube comments that are more relevant will move to the top of the comments list instead of the most recent.

If you upgraded to iOS 7 on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and you are trying to use the YouTube voice search feature on the YouTube App, you are currently out of luck. Every time you try to perform a voice search via the app…

Wikipedia Commons It’s been almost three years since Instagram launched, the initial date was October 6, 2010 if you want to be specific. Since that time, the online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service has swelled to over 150 million active users and was acquired by Facebook for a staggering $1 billion in 2012. Despite this […] Author information Albert Costill Just a typical guy that enjoys an ice-cold beer, pizza, sports and music