Today’s search engine marketing news and opinion: Top 5 Non-SEO Ways to Increase Your Search Rankings; Avoid the Pitfalls of Mobile Marketing; Training Your Search Marketing Employees; and more. Read Original Post Here

Today’s search engine marketing news and opinion: Social Media = Society’s Watchdog; Budgeting Resources for SEO Link Building; Tweaking High Traffic Landing Pages; and more. Read Original Post Here

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web
From Search Engine Land:

WSJ: Microsoft, Yahoo Talking To Avoid Hostile Proxy FightThe Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Microsoft and Yahoo are holding talks to try and avoid the promised proxy battle/hostile takeover effort that is certain […]

The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Microsoft and Yahoo are holding talks to try and avoid the promised proxy battle/hostile takeover effort that is certain to be wearying for both sides. According to the paper: “Talks between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. intensified Friday as the two sides explored the possibility of a […]

In another case of major mapspam (discovered first by Imnotadoctor), a SMB-local internet market firm, Big Local, has captured many of the top positions in the Google Maps “onebox” for the category “internet consulting.” Below are some examples from various cities.
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by Jennifer Laycock
As personalized search and universal search continue shaking up an industry that used to be dominated by “top ten results,” more and more small businesses are learning the value of focusing on the keyword long tail. While there’s no doubting the value of bringing in highly targeted traffic, many companies still don’t quite […]

by Jackie Baker
Today we begin the first installment of a weekly site clinic column, where small businesses are invited to submit their websites for review. Can’t beat a little free advice, right? I’ll be looking at the design, copy, usability, SEO, marketing, and any technical issues that may prevent websites from drawing loyal, active visitors […]

A big “thank you” to all 375 of you who completed our Search Engine Land audience survey. We won’t ask again for another year. Promise.
You’re a very impressive group in terms of seniority and buying power. Here are a couple of the survey results:
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In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.

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For over a year, Microsoft has been experimenting with games to help build
its search
marketshare. Yesterday,
I learned of one
that certainly caught my eye: Indiana
Jones Search.
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