Google has been changing the code used to display their search results a number of times over the past couple days. We recently updated SEO for Firefox and Rank Checker . Both should work as of now, and if any more SERP changes happen we will try to update the extensions as soon as possible. If you need to update these tools you can do so within the Firefox browser by clicking on Tools in the top Firefox menu, then from the Tools menu click on Add-ons .

Since both tennis and table tennis are in the Olympics, perhaps you're wondering: if there's soccer, why not "table soccer?" Of course, we know table soccer by another name; and while foosball may not be an Olympic sport, we still cheered Nathan Johns and Jan Backes ??"two members of our Search Quality team??"as they brought home the foosball silver medal at the search engine foosball smackdown at SES San Jose. "Smackdown" doesn't quite equate to "Olympics,

Google quietly announced the changes to AdWords on Thursday through their blog. Last day of Search Engine Strategies conference may have been a strategy in itself. I had not heard of this during the conference - though it was a hectic one to say the least. But from what I have read, Google is about to turn back on all inactive keywords - that is a lot of accounts that will suddenly see a spike in spend.

As your blog gets bigger and the number of pages expand, sometimes it can be difficult for your readers to find information. We live in an instant world where people want everything at their fingertips. One of the best ways to help your readers is to have a well placed internal search option. There are other options. Your past content should not be wasted, particularly if it is good and has been well received in the past.

I had a great viral idea the other day when my son came home with a shoe full of sand (see picture, because I really mean a SHOE FULL!!). This picture I am showing you is the sand that came out of only ONE of his shoes from a day of playing on the Kindergarten playground. I got to talking to my sons Kindergarten teacher about this and how she keeps her room free from all the sand, or whatever else they bring in, and that got the conversation started.

by Claudine Zap ...9/11 Mystery: Solved . The case of the collapsed World Trade Center 7 has finally been put to rest. According to Popular Mechanics , some conspiracy theorists posited there was no way a 47-floor building could be felled solely by fire from falling debris of the adjacent towers. But federal officials, after studying the questions for three years, have concluded that it is the only building ever to suffer complete structural destruction from fire alone.

Today we're highlighting the winners of Aimee Mann's "Freeway" cover song contest on our home page. (She even made a video explaining the tough decisions that went into selecting her favorites from hundreds of entries.) Congratulations go out to the top two winners (it was a tie!), who are both scheduled to perform with Mann on her tour next month. On September 5, iSO the Robot will sing with Aimee in Atlanta, and Tucson singer-songwriter John Galt will join her in Greensboro,

Another week went by with the world on edge ??" what will SearchViews pick as their weekly roundup articles? By extension, what will be the search industry chatter in the boardrooms, bedrooms and emergency rooms across the nation? Well, wait no more ??" daddy's got your fix of the sweet stuff right here ??" to the ticker!

by Vera H-C Chan When you're trying to decide where to spend four-plus years of your life, rank matters. Proximity, tuition, and size figure into deciding where to go to college. More complicated criteria require prospective students and their parents to rely upon college rankings. How these lists measure quality, though, isn't always a numbers-crunching game. In other words, a ranking doesn't always depend on seemingly straightforward factors like graduation rates, student G.

by Molly McCall We did our best to look away. After the run-in with the chupacabra and the smackdown over Bigfoot, we didn't think we could go nose to snout with another monstrous creature. But the goblin shark wouldn't leave us alone. Of course, this mind-boggling beastie is actually real. Making its home far below the ocean's surface, the goblin shark trawls for fish, octopus, and crab. Rarely seen, the animal almost never interacts with humans.