According to Google, Michael Jackson did not pass away two days ago. Instead, the search engine is serving a customized result (powered by Wikipedia) stating that the King of Pop died on August 30th 2007 : Such is the shameful problem of Google depending on "user generated content" from Wikipedia as a trusted resource,

SEOptimise will be at the Online Marketing Show this week at Olympia in London, so make sure you come and visit our stand. The exhibition is hosted on Tuesday 30th June to Wednesday 1st July and promises to be one of the UK's top online marketing events. Plus you can still buy entrance passes at the show and follow the event on the official @OMS09 Twitter account and #OMS09 hashtag . SEOptimise will be on stand A138, we'll hopefully see you there!

Here's an interest post on Marketing Pilgrim about things you should learn if you are going to be an Internet marketer. And I agree with them. But where's the SEO? Let's run down the list: Fake it like Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally Be persistent and focus, focus, focus Get hyped up and know that people LIE! - a lot Never stop learning Build the brand, not the traffic, links, etc.

During the Yahoo stockholders meeting which included yodelers, Regis Phelbin and a statement from CEO Carol Bartz "If I see another Britney Spears thing, I'm gonna throw up.", Michael Jackson was driving a record number of visitors to the site. Maybe the "fluff-o-metter" Bartz said she had in store for the redesign may be put on hold, following the 16.4 million uniques it got on Thursday for the Michael Jackson news. The stockholders report can be heard here .

Aaron Wall, author and founder of the SEOBook website, called out Google today for accepting PPC ads promoting bogus Google money making schemes . "Google gives webmasters this guideline "Your site's reputation can be affected by who you link to." Why shouldn't it apply to Google as well? As long as Google has 30%+ profit margins they are making a BUSINESS DECISION to run these fraudulent ads. They could spend 1% of revenue on cleaning up this issue (if they wanted to),

Seems the Chinese government used the "Great Firewall" to block Google, YouTube and Gmail for a couple of days this week, Fox News reported . Seems access to Google both in English and Chinese was blocked for part of Wednesday and Thursday in parts of China. Fox News stated, "The outages occurred after China accused the Internet behemoth of spreading pornography among its citizens. Google was said to be investigating the service disruptions.

Twitter may have broke the story, but the increase in search traffic at Google Thursday was first seen as a malware attack Google admitted. The Google News site had to shut down briefly leaving a message that read: "We're sorry, but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now." Yahoo saw a record number of unique visitors for a day with 16.4 million visitors.

by Mike Krumboltz With the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon dominating the news, you may have missed several vital stories that stirred things up in the Search box. Below, a recap of several of the week's most biggest stories. Governor's fall from grace The questions started early in the week. Folks wanted to know why nobody had heard from South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford in several days. Was he missing? Was he in trouble? Soon,

Yahoo! Search logs gave a revealing picture of what the King of Pop evokes for people as they mourned his passing today. Starting last night, searches for his legendary music surged. " Thriller ," " Man in the Mirror ," and " Billie Jean " were among the top lyrics, songs, and videos that people looked for on Yahoo! Search. As details of Jackson's death emerge, searchers are looking for details on prescription drugs including Demerol ,

Want To Make a Living on Google Money? AdAge has a good post about how Google's promotion of fraudulent advertising is undermining their brand ... In a world of double-digit unemployment and old-line industries in mid-collapse, here's a sales pitch tailor-made for the times: "Get Paid by Google." It's a pitch that's compelling millions of people to visit sites such as Kevinlifeblog.com, Scottsmoneyblog.com, Maryslifeblog.com and Googlemoneytree.com,