Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google: Chrome Page Will Have PageRank Reduced Due To Sponsored Posts After reviewing Google’s own sponsored post campaign, while Google says it feels there… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Searches for “browser” no longer bring up the Google Chrome home page after Google applied a penalty against the page because of Google’s own sponsored post campaign. Google said even though it felt there were no “remaining violations” of its guidelines, the search engine’s… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Posted by randfish Near the end of December 2011, we ran a survey on this blog asking consultants and agencies of all sizes and geographies to contribute their pricing models and cost structures. I'm pleased to share the results of that survey in the hopes that it will give everyone in the search industry a better idea of the range of fees and the services provided.

Posted by randfish Near the end of December 2011, we ran a survey on this blog asking consultants and agencies of all sizes and geographies to contribute their pricing models and cost structures. I'm pleased to share the results of that survey in the hopes that it will give everyone in the search industry a better idea of the range of fees and the services provided. Obviously, this data is imperfect – SEOmoz is not a professional data surveying firm and our only tool was a basic list of questions on SurveyMonkey .

A WebmasterWorld thread has several Google AdSense publishers already excited to kick off the new year in anticipation for strong earnings in 2012.

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This time last year, search industry eyes focussed on the general quality of search results eventually causing a storm of protest from all parts of the web regarding over optimized websites that offered little of value to the user – and too many a…

As a modern, ‘White Hat SEO’ the whole world tells you that content is king. Creating something that is engaging, relevant and link worthy takes time, skill and therefore money. Whether that’s in opportunity cost for your time or actually hiring someone to go off and do the work for you it doesn’t really matter Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

It’s been about a day since we covered Google’s sponsored post campaign to promote its Chrome browser, a campaign that produced posts that violate Google’s guidelines against “thin” content and potentially those against buying links.