Microsoft Vaguely Aware It Kinda Sucks Sometimes

Eeyore, the donkey always missing its tail, always liked to thank people for noticing him. Seems like, when it comes to search, Microsoft has the same problem. SearchEngineLand's Danny Sullivan interviewed Microsoft's Kevin Johnson, president of the Platform and Services division, during today's keynote session at SMX Advanced in Seattle, and all roads led back to Google.

SMX: Link Building Techniques

In the "Blow Your Mind Link Building Techniques" at SMX Advanced in Seattle, Roger Montti, founder and owner of MartiniBuster.com spoke about link building techniques. (Coverage of the SMX Advanced Conference continues at Webproworld Videos. Keep an eye on Webproworld for more notes and videos from the event this week.)

Google Likes Your Content First-Click Free

Punishing a visitor from Google with a subscription login page, where the visitor expected to find content based on the search result, could draw a penalty from the search ad company.