Google Acquires Jaiku

Well, it was bound to happen: Google has finally made another acquisition, and this time, the lucky target was a company known as Jaiku.

SMX Goes Social

Search Engine Land will host the first annual SMX Social Media conference next week in New York. The event will take place Tuesday October 16 and Wednesday October 17. Webproworld will be there covering the event and will offer same day video interviews of the speakers.

Google (Finally) Responds to Directory Question

The recent slap a handful of directories experienced was unaccompanied by an explanation from Google, though the general consensus (maybe) was that Google's webspam team was sending a message. Weeks later, Webproworld has wrangled a response from Google's Webmaster Central team – sort of.