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

Google’s Knol Launches: Like Wikipedia, With Moderation After six months of testing, Google has formally rolled out Knol, a service designed to let people create pages of […]

by Todd Mintz
David Mihm is more than just an SEMpdx Schwag Ho. He is one of the top experts in the ever-growing specialty of Local Search Optimization and he focuses his consultancy on helping small business clients generate online revenue in their respective marketplaces. His Mihmorandum blog is a “mandatory add” to […]

After six months
of testing, Google has formally rolled out
Knol, a service designed to let
people create pages of knowledge on any topic they choose. While Google says
Knol is not designed to compete with Wikipedia — and there are good
[…]

by David Wallace
I came across a story posted at
Search Engine Land
pointing out that Google has an “unsatisfactory” record with The
Better Business Bureau. How can a company
voted “top
global brand” in 2008 at the same time have an unsatisfactory record with
the BBB? Apparently because out of 331 complaints filed against the search giant
over the past three years, […]

by Mack Collier
One thing I love about blogging is that it gives a small business the
ability to quickly and easily build awareness for itself online.  This
is exactly what Amrita Chandra is doing to get the word out about her
Toronto-based art gallery, Tinku Gallery.
Perhaps the most important aspect of a blog, is making sure your […]

I feel bad for always seeming to pick on Google about showing inappropriate images in normal web search. But it’s happened again. This morning at the Search Engine Roundtable, I explained that a search for [educating] returns a “teacher standing over a student holding a small rod, with the student’s pants down leaning over a […]

by Manoj Jasra
If you are looking for a career in web analytics and want to establish a solid foundation of skills as a part of your overall analytics training, then I recommend adding the skills below to your tool-set to help you become a very well rounded analyst before you enter the field. Taking a […]

by Stoney deGeyter

Over the last two posts I discussed the importance of expert information in building a Destination Website. I also outlined seven different types of expert information that can be used in providing quality information to your audience. Building a Destination Website is all about serving your audience. It’s about finding what they […]

The Live QnA blog announced that the Live QnA question and answer site has been updated with several feature and design releases. Here is a brief overview of those changes:
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Google, the superbrand and top global brand is also listed on the Better Business Bureaus (BBB) list of businesses as having an “unsatisfactory record.”
The reason Google has this unsatisfactory rating from the BBB is because Google has failed “to respond to one or more complaints and or two or more otherwise unresolved.” The BBB […]