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Tumblr announced an update to its search feature today, which lets users view search results in a similar fashion to the all familiar dashboard. That is opposed to the more traditi...

Google Gives You A Checklist For Making Sure Your Mobile Site Is Up To Snuff

Google has put out a checklist for improving mobile websites. The search engin...

Variety Calls Demand Media ‘Epic Fail’

We've been following the Demand Media story with intrigue over the last few years, as it has proven to be the highest profile example of how a site can truly game Google, and make...

Yahoo Is Getting 31% Of Its Revenue From Microsoft Deal

The relationship between Yahoo and Microsoft has been a little rocky this year, but it has come out that the "Search Alliance" between the two companies is generating as much as 31...

Google Lets Anyone Create Street View Imagery For Google Maps

Google has now enabled users to create their own Street View imagery to share and make visible to people using Google Maps. Now the amount of Street View imagery available is going...

Google Gives Advice On Speedier Penalty Recovery

Google has shared some advice in a new Webmaster Help video about recovering from Google penalties that you have incurred as the result of a time period of spammy links. Now, a...

Bing Updates Its iOS, Android Apps

One of the best things about Bing is how its homepage is updated with a new picture every day. One day, you have an image of a polar bear frolicking in the snow and next you...

Grace Hopper Gets A Pair Of Google Doodles

Google is showing a doodle on its homepage today honoring computer scientist Grace Hopper on what would have been her 107th birthday. Hopper, born in 1906, was a computer scien...

Google Toolbar PageRank Lives (For Now)

Just when you thought you were out, they've pulled you back in. Google has updated its data for Toolbar PageRank, after giving indication that it likely wouldn't happen before...

Google Takes Action On More Link Networks

Google has been cracking down on link networks, penalizing the networks and the sites that take advantage of them to artificially inflate their link profiles, all year. Google'...

Major Search Engine Stops Using Links For Ranking (For Commercial Queries)

Yandex, the top search engine in Russia, has reportedly announced that it no longer counts links as a ranking factor when delivering search results for commercial queries. Thi...

Bing Maps Preview Is Now Available On Windows 8.1

Bing Maps continues its journey of constant self improvement today with the release of the la...