As TV, radio and print advertising and other traditional marketing channels become less effective; marketers and their agencies are turning to search and social as the gateway to todays consumers. Therefore, developing strategies to better understand consumers and their information discovery patterns is key for delivering relevant messages at the right time and on the […] Author information John Mihalik CTO at Skyword John Mihalik has over 20 years of experience in the software engineering industry. He has extensive experience building large scale enterprise and consumer facing technology products.

Google can be very picky about the type of photo they show in their authorship rich snippets. They want the photo to be recognizable and they have many more guidelines…

At SES San Francisco 2013, attendees snapped up assorted goodies from sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers. Even if you couldn’t make it, you can still take advantage of these free e-books, reports, and insights offered by conference sponsors.

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SMX East returns to New York City in just two weeks! Here’s all that’s in store: Proven Tactics: Google algorithm changes making your organic rankings erratic?

George Avery is the owner of Native Rank and LocalSEO. He has over ten years in industry experience in digital media and performance marketing as an executive working with Global Brands

In a move somewhat reminiscent of the back end merger of Yahoo and Microsoft’s search engines, the number three and four search sites in China are set to combine assets and cross-promote in a nearly $450 million deal writes ZDNet. The deal involves Chinese online portal Tencent’s Soso..

Google announced they have added a new section to Google Trends named Top Charts. This new feature shows you by category what is trending now…

Blogs have become a standard feature for websites. And blogging has benefits.

9to5mac.com reports Apple has quietly taken the beta label off of their voice search feature, Siri. If you look at the iOS 7 Siri, the page makes no mention of beta anymore.