We knew it was coming. It was only a matter of when. Back in November, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told a crowd at a conference in Malaysia that the current suggested users list would be going away, and that it would be replaced by something "more programmatically chosen, something that actually delivers more relevant suggestions." Twitter has now announced the reality of that new kind of suggested users list.

How much do you search daily? If you are a reader of this blog, I bet you search quite a lot. That's why I am sharing more and more various search tools here every week. Today I am going to offer another cool search utility that you may find useful. FastestFox is a FireFox addon that adds some more fun to web searching with FireFox ( huge thanks to Edward Khoo who shared the tool in his top 10 FireFox addons post ). Basically (and among other features),

It is no news that Google is displaying local search results in the SERPS these days. If you are looking for anything from a dentist to an Italian restaurant, then you will most likely see a map with a list of local businesses in the searched for city. But what about a statewide search for something like "Colorado Used Cars"? Google has been rolling out local results on Statewide searches for some time.

Quite a long time ago we discussed best practices for URL structure - that old post needs both an update and more details to discuss. So I decided to start a new post summarizing and discussing various strategies for URL file naming . 1. Why do we care? URL is undoubtedly one of the most important aspects that affect both SEO and usability.

Image by SESConferenceSeries via Flickr A couple of days ago, YouTube announced that it was going to begin testing movie rentals starting today with movies from the Sundance Film Festival. Well, Heather Dougherty, the Director of Research at Experian Hitwise has taken a look at how 10 million US Internet users interact with more than 1 million websites and shared these findings with Search Engine Watch readers: * Last week,

Twitter has released a new recommendation feature in which you can find people to follow according to topic. The Tweeple listed are A-listers with tons of followers. If you're into that sort of thing, just click on "Find People" and then click on the "Browse Suggestions" tab. Personally, I like following people in order to converse, joke around, share links, etc. I don't find that the "top tweet" lists provide good recommendations for that.

Over the past week, citizens and organizations from around the world have rallied around Haiti, offering tremendous aid for the relief effort currently underway. But even though tens of millions of dollars have been raised online via sites like YouTube, Haiti's road to recovery will be long, and more financial support is desperately needed. That's why tonight, in partnership with a variety of media companies, we're live-streaming " Hope for Haiti Now ,

YouTube has given a makeover to the individual video pages that reside on their site. The new look is available to those who opt-in to the new design, which you can do here . (If you wish to go back to the old look, just look for the option along the top of the page.) Here are before and after shots of an individual video page (click an image to view larger graphic): Before: After: The biggest change is along the right sidebar,

If you haven't already integrated Facebook into your online marketing mix by creating a fan page, consider the most recent staggering Facebook statistics : More than 350 million users are active on Facebook 50% of active users log in on any given day The average user spends 55 minutes a day on Facebook More than 1.

The annual CES tradeshow is in full swing in Vegas with plenty of announcements about new gadgets, especially tablet computers. One that has not been officially announced yet but has received significant coverage in the media is the Apple Tablet. Last week, before the start of CES , the volume of searches for a portfolio of Apple Tablet related terms increased 8x. As one would expect,