Whether they're used for the benefit of the hard of hearing, people who speak a different language, or just folks who want to watch videos while at work or in a library, captions can be helpful in all sorts of circumstances. And now, captions should become much more common, as all YouTube users will be able to take advantage of an auto-caption tool. This tool is designed to work on all English-language clips that have relatively decent audio.

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by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Sarah Palin (Searches increased by +1,316%). The former Alaska governor plans to pen a sequel to "Going Rogue." Title suggestions welcome. Funny Or Die (+627%). The viral video gathers the "Saturday Night Live" parody presidents for a mock reunion . Crystal Bowersox (+440%). The "American Idol" contestant performed after being hospitalized, and got healthy reviews . Los Angeles Police Department (+319%).

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TechCrunch reports that YouTube announced they will roll out auto-captions to all English videos now, for content creators who want this (before, only a portion of videos received this option). As a disclaimer, Google noted that (quote TechCrunch) ... ... Just like any speech recognition application, auto-captions require a clearly spoken audio track. Videos with background noise or a muffled voice can't be auto-captioned.

As you think about the debate about Forrester's blogging policy, I'd like to share a little more about how the opinions you read from Forrester analysts come about. With 15 years experience in this business, I know it's a collaboration. The analyst needs data and support from the company, and the company needs the analyst's brain and benefits from the reputation that analysts build up. A lot of time, resources, and quality standards go into what we do.

Best of Digg: February Comments February is a short month, but there was no shortage of sass in Digg comments last month. Let's get straight to the handful of users who kept us at Digg HQ smiling during an otherwise rainy, gray month in San Francisco. Author: T.J.

Picture this: I'm working away in a cramped London hotel room. I'm there for SES London, along with many other of my geeky SEO friends. Suddenly, I get a Facebook fan page request from a person who shall remain nameless. And then I got another. And another. All from the same person. At the end of the deluge, this person had sent out about eight "become a fan" requests (it could have been more, actually,) all within five minutes. A few minutes later,

Posted by Danny Dover Today I am proud to announce the launch of the second version of Open Site Explorer . Since SEOmoz has officially moved out of consulting , we are now able to put our full resources into building fantastic SEO software. We want to thank all of you who provided feedback on the first version of the tool for your guidance and we look forward to hearing more from you in the future. Now enough with the chit chat, on to the new features!

They claim it's "pretty simple". You can be the judge of that. Personally, I find copywriting almost as painful as my original thoughts of what "boot camp" would entail (see SMX West Search Marketing Boot Camp anyone? Keyword Research Tools and Techniques ). That said, if you are a copywriter, like copywriting or just want to know how to tailor your writing for search success, this session provided tons of tips and tricks to improve your site through copywriting.