The age old question in the search engine optimization world is if you build wonderful, user focused content, will this lead to great search engine positioning and rankings? It's repeated often enough that you'd think it is true. Great content will get linked to and that will increase the search rank and the cream will rise to the top. Isn't that how search engine marketing works? In theory, yes, that is how it is supposed to work. And it's a nice theory. However,

by Mike Krumboltz 99.9% of the actors in Hollywood would have stepped over their own mother to land a role in the "Twilight" saga. But the stars of "New Moon" (aka "Twilight 2") don't want to be known for just one role. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner all have non-vampire-related flicks coming soon to a theater near you - here's a rundown of what to expect. Kristen Stewart The lovely and talented Ms. Stewart has an extremely busy year ahead of her.

Let's not kick Yahoo while it's down; after a glance at some financial charts, it'd be sufficient to say that the company hasn't done as well as Microsoft and Google in recent months (the three companies are up 6.6, 19.1, and 28.0 percent since September 9th). But circumstances are likely to change, according to Carol Bartz, who made some interesting remarks at a conference today.

Google may have busted the "duplicate content myth" a while back, saying that you don't technically get "penalized" for it, but that doesn't mean it is a good thing. Shari Thurow of Omni Marketing Interactive says you should care about it so that your better pages are available to rank. Search engines don't always get it right, so you have to be proactive. She says, "Being proactive is crucial." Make sure search engines are indexing the right thing.

by Claudine Zap Thanks to Adam Sandler , many of us know that the Jewish holiday Hanukkah is the " Festival of Lights ." But most people don't know why that is, or why Jews eat lots of fried foods over the eight-day-long holiday. So what's the deal with Hanukkah? Here, we explain. Pancakes for dinner The back story is this: In Biblical times, after their temple was sacked, the Maccabees were able to keep their altar lit for eight days,

AOL has appointed New York Times tech journalist Saul Hansell as the first programming director for Seed.com, its new data-driven content management platform. Hansell's hire will lend editorial credibility to AOL's new endeavor and should help it address concerns the project will spawn a wave of poor content. Those concerns are based in Seed's similarity to Demand Media and Associated Content ,

The advent of real-time search has led to the need for real-time search engine optimization (SEO). (Coverage of SES Chicago continues at WebProNews Videos . Keep an eye on WebProNews for more notes and videos from the event this week.) Brent Payne, SEO Director, Tribune, said the recent news about Tiger Woods drove over 1.5 million visits to its site in a single day. The Tribune uses Google Hot Trends to follow and cover breaking news.

Google has started including Place Pages in Google Earth. Place Pages are the pages that Google sets up for places and businesses that have been accessible via Google Maps for a little while. They incorporate photos, videos, reviews and other content about that particular business or place, into one spot. Google Earth users who browse the world in 3D will now be able to bring these Place Pages up when clicking on a business or a place, and clicking "view more information.

"You In?" program encourages acts of good during the holiday season Bob Hope once said, "If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." Truer words were seldom spoken. At Yahoo!, we strive not only to not be evil, we want to do a little good. That's why, during this year's season of sharing, we've launched the year-end giving campaign "You In?". The campaign,

"You In?" program encourages acts of good during the holiday season Bob Hope once said, "If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." Truer words were seldom spoken. At Yahoo!, we strive not only to not be evil, we want to do a little good. That's why, during this year's season of sharing, we've launched the year-end giving campaign "You In?". The campaign,