This week we covered how those pink ads are really “pale purple” and are here to stay by replacing the yellow background color on AdWords. Google revamped their dictionary results. Google’s Matt Cutts talked about his first spam experience. Google …

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

MEDIAPOST — Suzuki is launching a series of promotional programs under a banner called Suzuki AllPoints. The program, for which Suzuki created a microsite at SuzukiAuto.com, comprises a palette of programs wherein people can earn points toward an arr…

MASHABLE — A 2008 Gartner study on social software noted that “about 70 percent of the community typically fails to coalesce.” While the measurement and the statistics behind this statement raise questions, there is an element of truth. There are det…

SOCIAL MEDIA EXAMINER — Are you trying to figure out how social media is impacting your bottom line? Are you already measuring but not seeing the results you had hoped for? One of the reasons measuring the return on investment (ROI) of social media h…

SMART INSIGHTS BLOG — Richard Pentin (of TMW) has done some sterling work by teaming up with the IAB Social Media Council to tackle the hottest digital marketing potato; measuring and benchmarking social media ROI. Well, more specifically measuring …

PR 2.0 — The spirit of social media is enlivening industries, refreshing marketing, and humanizing businesses. While the steps to the social revolution are gradual, so are the budgets that fund innovation. Progress is underway however, and with every…

CLICKZ — Levi’s hopes to connect with film buffs in a new Gowalla campaign that’s co-branded by a Texas-based movie-house-and-bar chain. The San Francisco-based jeans company and Alamo Drafthouse are utilizing the geo-social platform’s “Trips” featur…

THE SOCIAL TIMES — Scout Labs is designed to help brand teams tune in to social media across the Internet. Scanning blogs, forums, Twitter, news, photos, videos, open social networks and more, Scout Labs takes all of that data, counts it, trends it, …

FORRESTER RESEARCH — As you probably know, Facebook and Amazon are allowing consumers to connect the two sites. What I find most interesting is the care Amazon is taking to inform consumers what this will mean to them and why they should do it. Give…

MARKETINGSHERPA — If you’re still on the fence about the importance of a company blog, consider this trend: Many B2B marketers report that their team’s blog — not the company homepage — is now the most popular entry point for online visitors. T…

CLICKZ — YouTube and L’Oreal Paris have teamed up to create a new video channel that aims to be a one-stop shop for fans of the most popular video bloggers in the beauty space. The channel, Destination Beauty, is part of a year-long program that wi…

I’m in Finland for the next two weeks, relaxing with family, and I thought I’d do a little experiment in my business. My goal will be to earn one hundred dollars each day, based on new affiliate sales. This will not include…

Jeremy Sussman, a Google Local Product Manager has been pretty frank and clear with people in the Google Places forum. In one Google Places Help thread, he said, and I quote:

I can assure you that the last thing we want is for the business who hires …

Tedster started an outstanding thread at WebmasterWorld, something I personally never thought about but is all so valid.

All this stuff around having fast sites, cause Google is now looking at site performance and speed is important. It is not as imp…

This week we covered the Google one language per page rule and today I spotted a thread specific to how this works with Google News.

A Google News Help thread has Googler Inbal saying you should submit a News Sitemap file for each language. Inbal f…

Google will remove search results when a court orders them to do so or when the search result can infect a computer with viruses and malware. We know that.

I spotted an interesting and unique thread at Google Webmaster Help thread where one individua…

Here is a little SEO bit that some of the even more experienced SEOs may not have heard of. The order of the meta robots tag is incredibly important. Did you know that the effects are cumulative when it comes to Google understanding the restrictions …

The online mapping products get cooler almost every day. The latest buzz is around Microsoft Street Slide, which is not live yet, but is currently being developed.

Here is a video that explains it better than I can in words:

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