Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category.
Search Industry News
- Privacy groups urge public to push for industry adoption of Google Buzz settlement terms – Los Angeles Times
- Oracle-Google Case Could Be Decided by November – PCWorld
- Google Takes Issue With Roku’s YouTube Channel – Zatz Not Funny
- Alleged Stalker Broke Into Google Last Month, Left A Note For Larry And Sergey – Business Insider
- Onward, to the Plex. – Caroline McCarthy
- Bing Upsets Webmasters By Linking Images Directly To Image File – Search Engine Roundtable
- Stationery Is Back! – Yahoo Mail Blog
- Blekko Results Now Include Facebook Comments! – Blekko Blog
Search Engine Optimization
- Social Media for SEO vs. Customer Engagement – TopRank Online Marketing Blog
- Web Manager’s Guide To SEO Strategy – SEO Book.com
- Keyword Research: Pro Boston Preview – Distilled
- How Many Websites Should I Run – Michael Gray
Search Advertising
- PPC Advertising Beyond Paid Search – eMarketer
- Google AdWords Expert Part Three – Keywords and Match Types – Epiphany Solutions Digital Marketing Blog
Analytics & ROI
- The New Google Analytics Available to Everyone – Google Analytics Blog
Social Media Marketing
- Obama speaks at Facebook’s town hall and gets Mark to wear a tie – The Next Web
- Facebook Seeking Friends in Beltway – The Wall Street Journal
- Facebook Ramps Up Lobbying Spend In Q1 2011, Up 400 Percent To A Record $230K – TechCrunch
- Facebook Climbs Toward 700 Million Users Worldwide, With Steady Growth in the US – Inside Facebook
- Facebook Advertising 101 Part 2: Campaign Setup – Rimm-Kaufman Group
- How Facebook Games Raise Brand Awareness 550% – All Facebook
- Hispanic + Social = $$ – ClickZ
- Ugandan government tries to block Facebook and Twitter – The Next Web
Link Building
- Link Building Insights Using Your Competitor’s Big News – Search News Central
Local Search
- Google Places Hotline Number Seen In the Wild! – Marketing Pilgrim
Mobile Search
- It’s not just the iPhone, Android stores your location data too – The Next Web
- Android in focus at Intel – CNET News
- Foursquare Day Sets Record With 3M+ Checkins – Mashable
International Search
- Is Google Trying To Ensure Imogen Thomas Footballer Is Not Named In Autocomplete? – Hobo
- Small Shares, Big Changes – ClickZ.asia
- China Mobile Users Pass 600 Million, Fueled by Rural Areas – Bloomberg
SES Conference & Expo
- How social media marketing saved the Iceland tourism industry at SES London 2011 – SESConferenceExpo YouTube Channel