SEO News Updates, March 1-5, 2010

SEO news from across the web:

Location is said to be one asset that can make or break a search presence. It is an element which can literally take up 100 percent of the above-the-fold natural search real estate for critical keywords, representing something so tangible that your customers don’t touch it- they live in it.

According to European Internet Stats, Italy ranks fifth as one of the top 10 Internet countries in Europe .  Get to know more about what Italians search for and their search marketing best practices.

Now that the Yahoo-MSN merger has been approved by all the regulating bodies, here are some things you need to do to prepare your search campaigns while the technical and practical details of the merger are still being worked out.

Here are some information and documentation that will help make a smooth transition of duties from an SEO manager to its successor. When examining these action items, you’ll also notice some core duties and responsibilities that were being spotlighted.

Learn how to use Twitter not only as a Social Media Tool but also as an SEO Research Tool.

The second version of Open Site Explorer was launched last March 4 with five new features.

During the “Ask the Search Engines” session in SMX West, representatives from both Bing and Yahoo stated that they are in the process of supporting rel=canonical right now.

Here are some data following the ShoeMoney System using genetify to do multi-variate testing with an optimizing algorithm and its importance.

In its latest move to expand its performance advertising program, Facebook is offering what it tells us is “thousands” of new cities in its self-serve advertising tool, meaning advertisers can more narrowly target users across the United States and around the world.

From it’s Mobile Blog, Google announced the ability to search on an android device using 2.0 or higher using written gestures.

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