I was reading an article on the Forbes website covering the Wikipedia session at SMX NY earlier this week and a quote by Jonathan Hochman, a search marketer and volunteer Wikipedia administrator, caught my attention.
Wikipedia keeps a “spammer blacklist” and shares it with several search engines, he says. Domains that appear on the list often [...]

Ok, so this video is a year or two old, but it really looks like it opens up the inter-workings this juggernaut. This was Pre-IPO I believe.

5 hr 39 min 41 sec : Google Factory Tour event on 5/19/05 at Google’s Mountain View headquarters.
If you took the time to watch the whole thing, I [...]

There have been a number of debates on the necessity of search engine optimization. Some people are of the opinion that it is a onetime deal or just not needed, while others religiously claim it’s an ongoing process that can make or break a sites success. Personally, I believe that SEO is an integral part [...]

* NOTE: this story has been updated in the post … The Truth about TrustRank
Only a few months ago, waves of discussion swept though the search community when it was reported that Google had trademarked the term “TrustRank”�. Many speculated on the significance of the term and on what it may mean to tried [...]

SiteProNews is reporting the sale of Incisive Media which owns the SEO industries largest conference Search Engine Strategies. The reported $375 million price was paid by Apex Partners, a private holding company with its hand in over $20 billion worth of investments.
The sale comes at a pivotal time for the industries best know conference. Recently, [...]

Google has been the 500 pound gorilla of search for quite some time and they don’t show many signs of going on a diet anytime soon. Hitwise, long time provider of reliable online metrics, released their recurring report on the engine market status.
Bill Tancer, Hitwise General Manager of Global Research, Blogged about Google’s 60% Market [...]