He was devoted to the idea that Alta Vista would do one thing - search - and do it well. And along came Google, which by 2000 had gained a reputation as the Best Search on the Web. I will never forget that quote , from Alta Vista founder Louis Monier, as he bemoaned the devolution of his creation into Yet Another Portal. Why not? MORE >>

My take on SEO is that writing compelling, interesting blog content that people will want to talk about and link to will get you around 95 percent of the way to good search engine rankings. These are just a few of my tips for writing content that people will enjoy reading and then link to, which generates better search engine rankings. MORE >>

I thought it might be fun to build on my recent Twitter search operators and FriendFeed search filtering posts with another set of search tips. This time, I’ll be talking about getting more out of Google Blog Search with a few tips, tricks and hacks. use these two search engines in very different ways. MORE >>

Google just rolled out Social Search , a new experiment in providing better or more relevant results. You join the experiment through google.com/experimental  In addition to the usual results, if you click the "show options" link at the top of the search results page, you'll see an option for Social. Tags: web / search MORE >>

Cool new feature in Google search results. According to the Official Google Blog , you'll now start seeing links in the search result snippets that link directly to the section of a page that is most relevant. haven't seen the Jump to link much in my search results. Tags: web / search MORE >>