To celebrate the first birthday of YouTube Live, we went through the normal birthday thought process: rent a bouncy castle or bring in the magicians. Neither of these seemed just right to celebrate the millions of you who’ve seen live videos, so we went with our favorite gifts: new features from our tireless engineers. If...Read More

A few weeks ago, we announced a new program to help find the next superstar vloggers.  Applicants have one more week to apply to become one of sixteen promising vloggers to take part in three months of intimate educational workshops held on Google+ Hangouts. Each vlogger will receive $ 5,000 worth of video equipment and...Read More

If it’s the first Friday of the month, it must be time for Google to share its latest list of search quality updates. And, like clockwork, Google didn’t disappoint today — the company has posted a list of 53 changes that affect search results. This list is particularly interesting… Please visit Search Engine Land for...Read More

In the world of B2B online marketing, content and media have been used in a variety of forms to educate and persuade customers across long buying cycles with great success. Over the past few years I’ve heard from many B2B marketers that prospects are leading themselves through much of the initial phases of awareness, interest...Read More

Should search engines be able to preferentially promote their own services in their search results? Nearly 3 in 4 people think that search engines should not be able to preferentially promote their own services. vote All (1226) no, results should be objective 74.1% (+3.1 / -3.4) yes, it is their search results 25.9% (+3.4 /...Read More