An investigation into whether affinity for a particular browser makes you more or less likely to engage with certain search engines and if the default browser search options makes a difference. ... [+]

Google +1 is part of a wide ranging network of social behavior signals that are designed to reshape Google's ranking algorithm. ... [+]

Linden Lab has released a new viewer with stripped down capabilities for new users. What does this mean for the platform? ... [+]

Here are four ideas and supporting examples for B2B corporate blog writing, designed to target specific audiences, help achieve marketing goals, and build links for SEO campaigns. ... [+]

Search engine optimization is very similar to wealth building. If you do the wrong things and listen to the wrong people, you might lose everything and you might be left with nothing. This week's article goes into the details. [+]

Last week, Google was granted a patent that describes how Google might segment the content of a web page. Depending on the location of the content, a web page will get higher or lower rankings. [+]

Links from high authority websites have the biggest impact on the position of your web pages in Google search results. If high authority websites link to your site with your keywords in the anchor text, the chances that your site will be listed in the top 10 results for that keyword increase dramatically. [+]

Google's Panda update caused a ranking drop for many websites. Google has a very long official discussion thread about this topic. The discussion reveals things that you can do to make sure that your website gets its rankings back. [+]

As experts gather to discuss search at SMX West 2011 this week, we took a peek at what Yahoo! users are searching for, and it looks like Spring Break is top of mind.

The anticipation is already brewing as searches for “spring break” on Yahoo! are up 34% this month and searches for “spring break packages” are buzzing. It seems the guys are looking more forward to the break as males make up 70% of searches. Partying is already top of mind for some as searches for “wildest spring break” are off the charts this month on Yahoo!.

Most searches on Yahoo! this month for “spring break” are coming from the metropolitan areas, namely New York, Washington DC, Chicago and Los Angeles. The top states searching this month are Texas, Michigan, and Ohio. It seems that spring breakers turn to the Web for [+]

At Search Marketing Expo (SMX West 2011) this week in San Jose, Yahoo! Search executives will participate in several panels at the show today and tomorrow. Be sure to check out the @yahoosearch twitter feed for on-site tweets, and come back here at the end of each day for a recap of Yahoo! at SMX.

Here are the panels Yahoo! experts will be participating on:

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

10:45 am – 12:00 PM

Best Practices With adCenter For Bing & Yahoo Now that Yahoo and Bing have a combined estimated 30% market share, you know you can’t ignore this appealingly large source of traffic — but you’ve also heard that you can’t just clone your AdWords campaign and expect to get good results. What are the key differences between AdWords and adCenter? What adCenter features are unique and powerful? What kinds of features should [+]