RIAA President: Google ‘Misused Its Power’ by Protesting SOPA
Google abused its trust and misused its power when it blacked out its logo and encouraged its millions of users base to “Tell Congress: Please don’t censor the web!” At least according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s CEO.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=AeDff2hIpM4:I65Njd2ANyQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=AeDff2hIpM4:I65Njd2ANyQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=AeDff2hIpM4:I65Njd2ANyQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=AeDff2hIpM4:I65Njd2ANyQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=AeDff2hIpM4:I65Njd2ANyQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=AeDff2hIpM4:I65Njd2ANyQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=AeDff2hIpM4:I65Njd2ANyQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=AeDff2hIpM4:I65Njd2ANyQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=AeDff2hIpM4:I65Njd2ANyQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=AeDff2hIpM4:I65Njd2ANyQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sew/~4/AeDff2hIpM4" height="1" width="1"/>

Privacy Group Sues FTC to Stop New Google Privacy Policy
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is suing the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in the hopes of stopping the new Google privacy policy, which is set to become effective March 1. The complaint was filed today in federal district court.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=9ekI_0INO-s:tdwsO-zM-Qg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=9ekI_0INO-s:tdwsO-zM-Qg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=9ekI_0INO-s:tdwsO-zM-Qg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=9ekI_0INO-s:tdwsO-zM-Qg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=9ekI_0INO-s:tdwsO-zM-Qg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=9ekI_0INO-s:tdwsO-zM-Qg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=9ekI_0INO-s:tdwsO-zM-Qg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=9ekI_0INO-s:tdwsO-zM-Qg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=9ekI_0INO-s:tdwsO-zM-Qg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=9ekI_0INO-s:tdwsO-zM-Qg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sew/~4/9ekI_0INO-s" height="1" width="1"/>

Google Debuts Chrome for Android
The mobile version of Chrome runs on smartphones or tablets with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or above. Although Chrome for Android was designed from the ground up for mobile devices, it has many of the same features of the desktop version.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=ic7uwbj0RhE:QlF_9aRqNmE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=ic7uwbj0RhE:QlF_9aRqNmE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=ic7uwbj0RhE:QlF_9aRqNmE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=ic7uwbj0RhE:QlF_9aRqNmE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=ic7uwbj0RhE:QlF_9aRqNmE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=ic7uwbj0RhE:QlF_9aRqNmE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=ic7uwbj0RhE:QlF_9aRqNmE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=ic7uwbj0RhE:QlF_9aRqNmE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=ic7uwbj0RhE:QlF_9aRqNmE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=ic7uwbj0RhE:QlF_9aRqNmE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sew/~4/ic7uwbj0RhE" height="1" width="1"/>

5 'Moneyball' Tips for Search Marketers from Billy Beane
Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane talked baseball, metrics, and people calling him crazy, with an audience of search marketers and corporate executives in a keynote yesterday at Covario’s InflectionPoint 2012 conference in California.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=oSNQPUY37fY:csPlM31AQrs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=oSNQPUY37fY:csPlM31AQrs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=oSNQPUY37fY:csPlM31AQrs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=oSNQPUY37fY:csPlM31AQrs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=oSNQPUY37fY:csPlM31AQrs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=oSNQPUY37fY:csPlM31AQrs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=oSNQPUY37fY:csPlM31AQrs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=oSNQPUY37fY:csPlM31AQrs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=oSNQPUY37fY:csPlM31AQrs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=oSNQPUY37fY:csPlM31AQrs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sew/~4/oSNQPUY37fY" height="1" width="1"/>

2 Non-Obvious PPC Split Tests
Simple PPC split testing can provide market insights that allow you to connect deeply and powerfully with your prospects. All that’s required is a willingness to think, wonder, and ask. Here are two questions to jump-start your own deep curiosity.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=waAtpbVU8Rw:wIowzh3rUVg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=waAtpbVU8Rw:wIowzh3rUVg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=waAtpbVU8Rw:wIowzh3rUVg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=waAtpbVU8Rw:wIowzh3rUVg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=waAtpbVU8Rw:wIowzh3rUVg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=waAtpbVU8Rw:wIowzh3rUVg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=waAtpbVU8Rw:wIowzh3rUVg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=waAtpbVU8Rw:wIowzh3rUVg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=waAtpbVU8Rw:wIowzh3rUVg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=waAtpbVU8Rw:wIowzh3rUVg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sew/~4/waAtpbVU8Rw" height="1" width="1"/>

Facebook Deprecating 50+ Page Insights Metrics – Are You Ready?
Some metrics will be completely eliminated; others are being replaced by metrics added to the Graph API. If you haven’t already stopped using the deprecated metrics, you probably have your work cut out for you to quickly get the updates in place.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=uNLCgNfGQbY:G66aVh5ATNc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=uNLCgNfGQbY:G66aVh5ATNc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=uNLCgNfGQbY:G66aVh5ATNc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=uNLCgNfGQbY:G66aVh5ATNc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=uNLCgNfGQbY:G66aVh5ATNc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=uNLCgNfGQbY:G66aVh5ATNc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=uNLCgNfGQbY:G66aVh5ATNc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=uNLCgNfGQbY:G66aVh5ATNc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=uNLCgNfGQbY:G66aVh5ATNc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=uNLCgNfGQbY:G66aVh5ATNc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sew/~4/uNLCgNfGQbY" height="1" width="1"/>

How to Take Advantage of Apple’s Rise to Mobile Market Dominance
Apple is the king of mobile. With an expanding market share, Apple is poised to break records yet again in 2012; though they must improve their iAd inventory to compete with Google. Here are the implications for mobile marketers.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=MsHjAaypGGM:4nVUXGzZBLs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=MsHjAaypGGM:4nVUXGzZBLs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=MsHjAaypGGM:4nVUXGzZBLs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=MsHjAaypGGM:4nVUXGzZBLs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=MsHjAaypGGM:4nVUXGzZBLs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=MsHjAaypGGM:4nVUXGzZBLs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=MsHjAaypGGM:4nVUXGzZBLs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=MsHjAaypGGM:4nVUXGzZBLs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=MsHjAaypGGM:4nVUXGzZBLs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=MsHjAaypGGM:4nVUXGzZBLs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sew/~4/MsHjAaypGGM" height="1" width="1"/>

Solve for X: Google’s Answer to All World Problems
Google believes that we can solve some of the world's greatest problems by working together. We Solve for X appears to be more focused on global problems, using them as opportunities to encourage “moonshot” thinking.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=giLCMP5tPVQ:tZvGhifsEUw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=giLCMP5tPVQ:tZvGhifsEUw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=giLCMP5tPVQ:tZvGhifsEUw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=giLCMP5tPVQ:tZvGhifsEUw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=giLCMP5tPVQ:tZvGhifsEUw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=giLCMP5tPVQ:tZvGhifsEUw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=giLCMP5tPVQ:tZvGhifsEUw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=giLCMP5tPVQ:tZvGhifsEUw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=giLCMP5tPVQ:tZvGhifsEUw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=giLCMP5tPVQ:tZvGhifsEUw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sew/~4/giLCMP5tPVQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Panda, Fresher Results, Spelling Top Google’s January 2012 Search Updates
A minor update to Google’s Panda update was released in January. This was just one of 14 other search changes Google announced. Others included fresher results, improvements to autocomplete, better spelling corrections, and auto-disabling Instant.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=xRnorMDMWAM:RWQuSDTnIgU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=xRnorMDMWAM:RWQuSDTnIgU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=xRnorMDMWAM:RWQuSDTnIgU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=xRnorMDMWAM:RWQuSDTnIgU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=xRnorMDMWAM:RWQuSDTnIgU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=xRnorMDMWAM:RWQuSDTnIgU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=xRnorMDMWAM:RWQuSDTnIgU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=xRnorMDMWAM:RWQuSDTnIgU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=xRnorMDMWAM:RWQuSDTnIgU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=xRnorMDMWAM:RWQuSDTnIgU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sew/~4/xRnorMDMWAM" height="1" width="1"/>

Google Bouncer Security Tool Fights Android Malware
Google said that since security system Bouncer has been operating, malware levels on the Android Market have gone down. The company noted that over the second half of 2011, malicious downloads had decreased by 40 percent.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=m_gdnf9Nc8I:M4L2bUVLzw8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=m_gdnf9Nc8I:M4L2bUVLzw8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=m_gdnf9Nc8I:M4L2bUVLzw8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=m_gdnf9Nc8I:M4L2bUVLzw8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=m_gdnf9Nc8I:M4L2bUVLzw8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=m_gdnf9Nc8I:M4L2bUVLzw8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=m_gdnf9Nc8I:M4L2bUVLzw8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=m_gdnf9Nc8I:M4L2bUVLzw8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sew?a=m_gdnf9Nc8I:M4L2bUVLzw8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sew?i=m_gdnf9Nc8I:M4L2bUVLzw8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sew/~4/m_gdnf9Nc8I" height="1" width="1"/>