Author: Courtney Mills

Any time there is an update to Google's search algorithm its big news. Our readers work themselves into a fluster speculating what aspects have changed and the impact it will have on their website's ranking.

Author: Rene

Google search results will now be "fresher" after the search giant released changes to its algorithm recently.

The update, which seeks to build on the Caffeine web indexing system, has said to be affecting approximately 35% of all search queries. For example, if you search for "upcoming Brooklyn theater shows" Google understands that the search results should not include shows from last year.

Author: Navneet Kaushal

Google's Tiffany Oberoi, in an interview with Eric Enge of Stone Temple, sheds light on the all important, Google's reconsideration requests.

Author: Titus Hoskins

All the talk recently has been about Google+ and can it beat Facebook at the social networking game? But a more interesting question to consider is the heated Google vs Facebook competition. If you just examine the Alexa numbers alone, you will see that Facebook is beating Google hands-down in some very important traffic stats.

Author: Paul M Ventura

Search engine traffic is one of the most valuable and targeted sources of traffic because people generally trust web pages which garner one of the top spots in their search engine of choice. It takes a lot of time in link building and building your social search reputation on social networks.

Author: Kalena Jordan

Refusing to sit still long enough for anyone to catch up, Google has rolled out another Labs experiment to the public. Google Social Search Beta launched last October, hard on the heels of Personalized Search. But this week, Google graduated Social Search out of Labs and into the public sphere.

Author: Richard Gilmore

Meta descriptions (the text snippets of the webpage you see in search results) used to be an important ranking factor. Until not too long ago both Google and Yahoo! officially announced they no longer used Meta-descriptions in their search algorithms. But recent developments in Google's search algo bring Meta description back to life as a ranking factor.

Author: Trish Thackston

Google Adwords is an incredibly powerful marketing tool with an instant global reach that can take your business from nowhere to an overnight success. Why wouldn't a new marketer take advantage of such a powerful tool? I can answer that question with another question. Why wouldn't you let someone with a new driver's license behind the wheel of a race car? Because, unless they are extremely lucky, they are going to crash and burn. Google Adwords is the Formula One of marketing online and it is not for beginners.

Author: Trey Pennewell

In August, Google announced the upcoming roll out of the Google Caffeine infrastructure. Google was quick to point out that they would not launch the new infrastructure until after the Christmas holiday shopping season -- giving many online retail stores confidence for the upcoming Christmas shopping season.