Bing Places is finally available beyond U.S. borders.

If you search for an actor/actress in Google and then click on the “People also search for” section in the knowledge graph, Google will show you the bacon number or the connection/relationship between the first person you searched for and the second person you clicked on…

Penguin is back, and link spam cannot run and hide. With the 2.1 data refresh, G-Squared Interactive looked at factors that triggered 2.1,and said culprits included forum spam, blogroll spam and spammy directories, to name a few.

Foursquare announced three new upgrades today. The location sharing app has extended its ‘Real-Time Recommendations‘ to iPhone users, and added two new search features: a ‘Nearby’ button and the ‘Friends at a Glance’ feature that displays most recent check-ins by…

Content is nearly synonymous with link building these days (or link ‘earning’, depending upon who you talk to). Even Google recently changed their user guidelines, which now imply the need to invest in content: “In general, webmasters can improve the rank of their sites by creating high-quality sites that users will want to use and […] Author information Jon Ball Jon Ball is CEO and co-owner at Page One Power. He is a research expert that specializes in the implementation of highly effective link building strategies for clients all over the world.

Bing has launched a new automated paid search program in 25 U.S. cities that makes it easier for local businesses to start PPC advertising.

Google is putting the kibosh on the controversial for-profit mug shot website industry through a recent algorithmic update that extracts such sites from the search results. However, some free speech advocates are questioning the move.

The IAB has just released Q2 and first half 2013 online and mobile ad revenue figures. Total digital ad revenue in the US for 1H 13 was just under $20.1 billion (vs

As you know, Google announced their Hummingbird algorithm about a month after it launched, claiming no one noticed and no one should notice. But we do think we did notice but no one can confirm that outside of Google and they won’t…

According to an updated post on the Pinterest blog, promoted pins are launching today.