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Bruce Clay, who has been in the search engine optimization game since 1996 (before Google), sat down with Murdok to discuss how the search industry has evolved over the years. Discuss search industry changes with Murdok readers.

Not that this is an uncommon phenomenon these days, but there are quite a few Twitter-related news items floating around. I'd like to share some quick notes about five of them. 1. Twitter has surpassed the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal in traffic. This is particularly fascinating given the whole state of the news industry.

A year later, a Microsoft and Yahoo assault on Google still can’t be ruled out. Steve Ballmer says he’s still interested, and even though Yahoo’s new chief won’t kiss and tell, her apparent lack of confidence in her company is telling enough. And what does Google CEO Eric Schmidt have to say to potential MicroHoo, search, and Twitter competition? Good luck, kids.

SearchRank Founder and CEO David Wallace is a very busy guy. He has to have a schedule. At the SMX West session on Productivity Tips for the Busy Search Marketer, he says that when you're busy you have to have a routine.

A nostalgic look back at the top 25 SEO topics that dominated discussions in 2008. From keywords to backlinks.

In the session "SEO Tools" the panel discussed a variety of tools that can be used for site optimization.(Coverage of SES Chicago continues at Murdok Videos.  Keep an eye on Murdok for more notes and videos from the event this week.)Bob Briski, Software Marketing Consultant, Raybeam, recommended the following tools:Yahoo! PipesGoogle AnalyticsYahoo Site Explorer

Wow, something’s up here—this is the second time this week we’ve written about MySpace.

The New York Times recently claimed that the "year of the political blogger" has arrived. While that might be a true statement, it is certainly not limited to the American political agendas discussed in that article. The Malaysia Situation TechDirt has been keeping an eye on what is happening with blogging in Malaysia, and gives a little background: