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The fine print in Obama’s ‘Promises Kept’ ad

One of the key issues in any president’s reelection campaign is whether he has kept his promises. So a web video released this week by the Obama campaign, in conjunction with the Iowa caucuses, can be seen as an example of the White House laying the groundwork for making the case that the president has kept his promises. Read full article >>

Romney Tax Returns Help Revive Effort to Overhaul Carried Interest Tax

The tax rate on carried-interest investment income earned by real estate partnerships, private equity investors and hedge fund operators has once again become an issue for national debate -- this time, all the way to the 2012 presidential campaign. Two prominent Michigan lawmakers announced that they are reviving efforts to reclassify the tax treatment for carried-interest income after ...

2011: The Year Google & Bing Took Away From SEOs & Publishers

Increasingly over the years, search engines — Google in particular — have given more and more support to SEOs and publishers. But 2011 marked the first significant reversal that I can recall, with both linking and keyword data being withheld.

Viewpoint: Piracy protest action

Supporters of the web shutdowns versus anti-piracy law advocates

Dear Google: Crappy Results Like This Don’t Give The Impression You Care About Search

The debate about what should — and shouldn’t — show in a Google search result for “santorum” has been well-documented , at this point. But I’d like to use this now famous search to illustrate something else: how it appears Google is taking its eye off the ball of being a search engine.