This is my review of noteworthy things that happened this week involving Online Presence Management, search engine internet marketing, search engine news and website SEO.  I’ll also be mixing in some technology business news, tech gadgetry news, and tech-culture news.

Here’s my list for the week of Feb. 13-Feb. 17, 2012:

Twitter: We Keep Your iPhone contacts Too

Last week the social media website Path got into some trouble when it was discovered that their iPhone app captured your iPhone contacts and copied them to their server.  It was revealed this week and reported in this Mashable.com article that Twitter’s iPhone apps ‘find a friend’ feature was also storing contact information on their servers.  Following the Path incident last week, two members of congress sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook.  The letter asked Apple to clarify its privacy policy.  Late Wednesday Apple released a statement saying iOS apps accessing users contact lists will require explicit permission. That was reported in this AllThingsD article.

DuckDuckGo hits Milestone of 1 million Searches

DuckDuckGo, the small startup search engine that bills itself as the Google alternative that respects your privacy, reached an impressive milestone this week.  On Monday they cracked the 1 million searches per day milestone. This article in searchengineland.com reported on the milestone. Although the milestone is impressive, they are far from cracking into the search engine big 5: Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask and AOL. Google handles over a billion searches per day.

Volunia Rolls out Beta Testing

The search engine startup Volunia began sending out logins to Beta testers this week.  I wrote of my experiences with Volunia in a blog post earlier this week. The search engine has a unique approach to the concept of socializing search. Volunia’s approach is especially interesting in light of Google’s attempts to socialize search with a much different approach.

Continuing Dialog on Google Search Plus Your World and SEO

There is still much being written in the tech/SEO blogosphere about Google Search Plus Your World (SPYW) change.  SEOs are struggling to understand what Google’s increased focus on Google+ in search engine results means for SEOs and search marketing in general. As the initial blowback by users fades and the realization that this change is probably here to stay settles in, some prominent SEO thought leaders have presented some pragmatic guides for developing Online Presence Management strategies.  I reported on the reports in a blog post this week.  The first guide was title ‘Google Plus Box Ranking Factors’ and appeared in SearchEngineLand. The second more in-depth guide by AJ Kohn on the BlindFiveYearOld site was titled ‘Ultimate Google+ SEO Guide’.