As expected Yahoo will be closing down Yahoo Site Explorer this year. Yahoo has just announced the date for the closure. This coming Monday, November 12, 2011, Site Explorer will cease to exist. The short Yahoo blog post reads: With the completion of algorithmic transition to Bing, Yahoo! Search... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Yahoo, which recently rolled out redesigned search results, is adding some new search options just in time for the holidays. Users can now do advanced searches for recipes, use Yahoo for quick comparison shopping, and get richer upd...

While some lucky Android fans have already gotten their hands on the brand new Samsung Galaxy Nexus with all that yummy Ice Cream Sandwichy goodness, folks here in the States are still waiting for an official release date. While you …

Vertical Measures created an infographic called “The Authority Building Machine” that has some detailed information about building authority for your website. There is a pretty good list of things you should be doing. A good one to print and hang on the wall of your Internet marketing departments. Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournalFollow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

As you’ll notice in the image below, Google+ now has trending topics, much like Twitter’s. It will be interesting to see if Google works in ads to them like Twitter does. Google already adopted the hashtag concept made popular on …

Details on Microsoft Socl are surfacing. The site will be a content discovery platform with strong social elements and partial integration with Facebook. It is currently in private testing but is nearing an invite-only beta. Socl has been the su...

Today’s video round-up features a couple of Google-related videos (as usual), as well as an awesome jetpack, a world record wave surfing, a new kind of phone system, and much more. View more daily video round-ups here. How to get …

Prepare yourself – the holiday shopping season is upon us. While Black Friday, the deal-packed day following the Thanksgiving holiday, is the unofficial kickoff, folks are already thinking about what they’re asking for and what they’re going to buy their …

Google's "These Go to 11" press conference marked the official launch of the Google Music program for U.S. users, opened the door to Google's long-awaited MP3 store, and unveiled several new music features for both consumers and artists. As we d...

Google Analytics is divided in five main categories: Visitors Advertising Traffic Sources Content Conversions In this post, I want to talk about the Content category. I will not discuss all  the reports available, but the ones I use most frequently. If you click on Content it will expand to the... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Most people assume they know how to get me “geeky” gifts, but I have a pile of stuff I can’t use. If you are looking for a gift for a geek or nerd this list might help you out. Please know that SEJ cannot verify that these items work as advertised. Each picture links to [...]Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

Apple has been involved in a beef with Amazon over the use of the term “App Store” since March of this year. Apple’s original trademark lawsuit claimed that they owned the term “App Store,” having applied for the trademark in …

Facebook may be getting very close to filing for its IPO if a new report is accurate. But take this for what it is. It’s still just a rumor at this point. Nicholas Carlson at Business Insider says the publication …

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Yahoo Security Trucks: Matt Cutts Answering Questions At PubCon: Google... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

The craziest shopping period of the year is rapidly approaching, as retail outlets are beginning to unveil some of their Black Friday deals. According to multiple reports, this year’s buying frenzy might be all about tablets. At least that’s where …

Did you know that every single major league baseball team has a Google+ page? Or that hundreds of professors across the country are using Google+ to hold virtual office hours? Or that every U.S. presidential primary candidate has agreed to participate in live hangouts with voters on television this election cycle? As Google+ continues to grow, we’re seeing more and more communities develop on the platform. But we want to help more organizations, politicians, artists, celebrities, athletes, ...

Who would have ever thought that AOL purchasing TechCrunch wouldn’t go down as a completely smooth journey off into the sunset? If you follow tech journalism news, you know that the journey has been anything but smooth, with the biggest …

SEO company BrightEdge has published a study in which they detail some statistics regarding Google+ Pages usage. Among the highlights: 61 percent of the world's top 100 brands have created Google+ Pages since its inception. 94 percent o...

Using data from the Federal Aviation Administration, knowledge engine Wolfram Alpha is making it easier to learn about all of those planes flying over your head at any given time. If you’ve ever seen a plane soaring through the sky …

On Google today is a special logo for the 224th birthday of Louis Daguerre. Daguerre invented the daguerreotype process of photography. Daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process commonly used for portraits. The process took a while, requiring the subjects to sit for... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.