Twitter Starts Testing Features for Businesses. MySpace and Facebook sign real-time search deals with Google. Facebook Pushes People to Go Public. Time spent on Facebook by 18-24 year olds declines. Top word of 2009: Twitter. Google Announces New Offerings in Real-Time, Mobile and Social Search. Linkedin and Twitter integrate. Twitter creates Twitter Lists. Facebook is awarded $711 million in damages from Sanford Wallace, the notorious "Spam King".  Google Removes Page Rank from the Webmaster Tools. billion. MORE >>

Text used for and around the link (even though Google has acknowledging changes to how they handle anchor text this past month, obtaining keyword relevance should still be a focus where possible and applicable). Google Toolbar PageRank (More so for cross-referencing sites for outreach prioritization, but  toolbar PageRank is not a regularly updated metric and has  very limited value ). Twitter-specific metrics (followers, follower/following ratios, frequency of updates, influencer metrics such as Klout score). Link-Specific Metrics. SEO-Specific Metrics. MORE >>

Some of this may be due to the fact that it’s much easier to buy search advertising (think Google AdWords ) than other types of online ads. If you’ve been wondering why Google should be concerned about Twitter and Facebook , that’s your answer. In search marketing, the source of authority is implicitly based on the group itself: Google PageRank is largely determined by the number of links to a Web site – a version of “wisdom of the crowd”. Summary: marketing has shifted steadily over time from passive to active consumer engagement. search marketing. MORE >>

The bottom line is that AdAge is no Google when it comes to ranking algorithms. Google has probably spent a little more time on its ranking algorithm than AdAge, of course, and it is certainly more complex. Google’s algorithm actually has two parts–the query factors and the page factors. But that’s where the similarity ends, because Google doesn’t publish its ranking algorithm’s components, and Google certainly doesn’t explain how the algorithm changes over time. And that isn’t good for Google or AdAge. MORE >>

How does the introduction of Google Instant change SEO tactics? Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide 2010- Plain Speak on SEO by WorkingPoint. For those without the time, inclination or webmaster jargon knowledge to read Google’s 32-page SEO Starter Guide , this blog post nets it out: choose the right keywords (based on your market knowledge, not so much what keyword tools tell you), optimize your site, pursue quality links, and unless you have such expertise internally—hire professional help. on Google by iMediaConnection. ** 5 Stars. SEO Basics. MORE >>