A couple of days ago, Google announced the beta launch of AdSense for Mobile Apps. This is a new facility which iPhone and Android app developers can use to earn extra bucks by displaying text and image ads on their applications. According to Google, AdSense for Mobile Apps would give advertisers new ways of reaching their potential customers and application developers to show the best ads to their users.

I read this interview by Ruud Hein of legendary SEO and Internet marketer Fantomaster, aka Reg Tegtmeier. I was struck by the simplicity and honesty of the answer to the first question asked by Ruud. What was the question? Listen: You've said "links simply aren't everything if you want to achieve rankings" yet the majority of SEO these days is built on links, links, links. If links aren't everything, what are those link-focussed people missing? Of course,

Google Webmaster Central blog has a great blog post on Web 2.0 spam and what webmasters can do to prevent of cut down on the number of instances that they are attacked by it. Nefarious Internet marketers like to use fake social media accounts to send spam to unsuspecting people. Evidently, it works. Are they using your site? They could be. And if you get a reputation for spam then these guys will be hurting you. Google recommends a combination of CAPTCHA forms and a blacklist.

President Obama is taking your questions this Wednesday in a special online health care townhall event at 10:30am EDT. With healthcare at the top of the President's agenda, he is opening up the White House to questions via YouTube. Create a 20- or 30-second video question and submit it as a reply video to the video below (go here to get started). He'll answer some of the most popular questions during the event, which we'll stream live from the White House YouTube channel.

It's Sunday and Pandia gives you the most important search engine news headlines of the week. Google Rules Mobile Search " for Now, Report Says Popular search engine Google not only dominates the web game but has taken to lead the mobile search domain globally as well, a report from Web browser company Opera said recently.

Posted by randfish (Intro: This post continues a series of personal growth focused entries. It doesn't have much direct, applicable SEO value, so feel free to skip if that's what you're seeking) I've learned more in the last 9 months than at any previous time in my life - about myself, about this company and about the worlds of venture capital, entrepreneurship and startups. And,

Facebook announced on its blog recently that there is a new beta of its Publisher feature that allows Facebook users an opportunity to share their updates with anyone anywhere in the world. In real time. This is a change in the way that Facebook has operated in the past. Firstly, status updates have always been in real time, but by making them available to anyone - on or off of Facebook - they are now in direct competition with Twitter.