In January, Re/code reported that Twitter and Stripe were in talks to work together on something but nothing had been finalized at that time. Sources have told Re/code that the deal has since been finalized and the two parties are working together on a way to make purchases directly from tweets. Twitter is expected to introduce buttons later this year that will be embedded in tweets and invite users to “Buy”, or include some variation of that word.

Yelp has become an essential business tool for building and maintaining an online reputation.

Early Bird rates for Search Engine Land’s SMX East expire this Friday. Register now and get three days packed with proven tactics and best practices. The multi-track, 60 session agenda allows you to customize the program to best fit your needs and maximize your investment.

Google’s Knowledge Graph is being used to supply increasing amounts of structured content in PC and mobile search results.

Truth is, this is nothing new, people have been impersonating Matt Cutts since the GoogleGuy days. I’ve seen many comments here from “Matt Cutts” that were indeed not from Matt Cutts, I’ve seen people claim Matt emailed them when he did not…

Today’s animated Google logo is a tribute to tennis – and golf – legend Althea Gibson.

Ignore smartphone and tablet users at your own peril. Columnist Susan Waldes shares the good, the bad, and the ugly of user experience with mobile search ads. The post Search Marketers: The Time To Focus On Mobile User Experience Is Now appeared first on Search Engine Land

A look at what to expect from the Google Penguin 3.0 rollout and how it’s likely to affect search marketing best practices.

As part of our SEJ interview series, I recently caught up with Tom Schuster from Searchmetrics to discuss how to hire the top talent from around the world. There’s a lot of good talent out there, but there’s also a lot of competition when it comes to hiring that talent. Searchmetrics has offices in multiple countries, so they are well experienced in acquiring top international talent

If a large percentage of your website sales happen over the phone, this is a huge announcement by Google that they will offer FREE call conversion tracking.