Local search got a big boost this month when Google rolled out an international change: showing local results on non-local queries.  So now a search for ‘machine shops’ shows a local 10-pack for machine shops near me in Minneapolis:

Before this update, I would have had to search using “machine shops minneapolis” to get the local [...]

If you’re looking for search engine optimization and search engine marketing conferences to attend, I’ve updated the list I compiled a few weeks ago.  I added quite a few more conferences to the list, so you’re bound to find something to pique your interest and within easy travelling of almost anywhere in the world.
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A popular year-end announcement was made last week.  Google released their annual Zeitgeist listing the top searches across a variety of topics around the world.  Although some terms were popular in many places (such as “Obama” and “Facebook”), other terms give insight into the continued diversity of the Internet and the interests of users in [...]

The global financial crunch (or crisis if you prefer) is hard to ignore at the moment, and there are certainly many people and governments scrambling to protect their investments and financial industries. At home, people are cutting back on their expenses and doing what they can to weather these uncertain economic times. You [...]

Mobile phones in Europe have reached 110% saturation, with some countries at 120 or 140%. In Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong are at 140% saturation, and China adds at least 6 million new mobile phones every month. India also adds another 7 million phones each month. In the US, mobile phones are [...]