Changes in Search In recent years personalization , localization, universal search , search suggestion , and specialized algorithms like query deserves freshness have altered the landscape of search. But even outside of these add-ons, Google's core relevancy algorithms are (at least to some degree) query dependent. Competitive Keywords When there are many matching search results for a given search query,

WordPress 2.7 Beta 3 has been released for your testing pleasure. Here are some of the changes since Beta 2 (over 160 changes in total):

• Numerous style improvements and refinements.
• All admin notices now go under the page title.
• PHP Notice fixes.
• Dashboard widget options now properly save.
• Menu fixes.
• New design for Quick Edit.
• Canonical feed URL fixes.
• Walker fixes.
• An update for Hello Dolly.
• Plugin installer updates.
• Numerous font updates.
• Updated login logo.
• Switch position of “Save Draft” and “Preview” buttons in publish module.
• File upload support for MS Office 2007+ file formats.
• Media upload buttons won’t show if the user doesn’t have the upload capability.
• Canonical redirects only do yes-www or no-www redirection for domains.
• Shift-click checkbox range selection improvement.
• Add New User page now separate.
• Tag suggest only suggests tags (not other taxonomy terms).
• QuickPress shows “Submit for Review” if user cannot publish.
• Private posts/pages, and password-protected posts/pages are rolled into new “Visibility” section of publish module.

If you have already installed Beta 1 or Beta 2, you can update to Beta 3 via the Tools -> Update menu. If you have problems, or if this is your first time in the 2.7 beta ring, you can download and upgrade the old fashioned way.

Get 2.7 Beta 3.

SEO, really good SEO, is not easy. It takes time and patience. You have to do the proper amount of keyword research, narrow down the right keywords and determine which ones you want to target and then design and write the content for the landing pages. It isn't easy. Many companies try to do their own SEO work. If you are one of those companies and you are relying entirely upon your SEO skills to get clients then you might be waiting a long time.

Have you considered developing content specifically to drive traffic from social media sites? Have you also considered what you want from that social media traffic, and what to do with it once you have it? In a session titled, " Earning Big Bucks with Social Media Traffic ", Social Media Marketing advocates including Rank Fishkin, Vanessa Fox,

A couple of days ago, Google's online productivity suite Google Docs and Spreadsheets just turned two years old. And through those two years, we have witness how Google tried their best to improve its features to gain a significant stronghold in the market for online productivity. For awhile I thought Google Docs was doing pretty well as I've known several people using the online application for collaboration and work-sharing. But I may be wrong as two recent studies,

Yesterday, after the news of Sun Microsystems hit the newswires, Yahoo also confirmed that it would be again slicing the size of its workforce, this time by 10%, as Yahoo plans to layoff about 1,500 employees on December 10th. As the faulty economy is starting to hit the Valley in the same way it has hit most of America, these layoffs are happening at a time when Yahoo stocks have hit a major low of below $10 and Yahoo, according to Kara Swisher at AllThingsD ,

When it comes to PPC ad copywriting, every little detail counts. Even spaces. Here's an example: Let's say you sell stepladders. Or is that step ladders? Type them both into Google and you'll likely get different results. Let's see ' Ignoring the paid search ads, when I typed "stepladders" into Google, the top five results were: Amazon.com Grainger.com doityourself.com stacksandstacks.com icanhascheezburger.com But when I typed "step ladders" into Google,

Microfsoft Live Search has announced an effort to step up the search game: Project Silk Road allows you to serve your search results in the rank and format that you choose and call them from the web service protocol you prefer. On top of that, you have access to content from Encarta, related search queries,

Lionsgate's new film The Spirit is hitting theaters everywhere this Christmas, and to honor the occasion, the YouTube Screening Room is going graphic. Graphic novel that is. Directed by Frank Miller and based on the comic by Will Eisner, The Spirit tells the story of a rookie cop who returns from beyond the grave to fight evil in Central City. So, for the next two weeks we'll be featuring four shorts that reflect the film's spooky subject matter and comic book roots.

Now in its 10th year, the global SES Conference and Exposition Series educates tens of thousands of marketers each year, with a 98% satisfaction rate. SES Chicago, the only major Search Marketing Conference and Expo in the Midwest, will be packed with.