Amid industry discussion about what Google’s enforcement of new policies will mean for its AdWords distribution partners, IAC says its Mindspark toolbar company, and all of its companies, are fully in compliance with the policies currently in place. Google put new standards for its partners… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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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.

Authorship, hangouts, circles?  What is all the buzz about and why do webmasters, SEOs, and business owners need to pay attention

Over the past 20 hours or so, there have been numerous reports and concerns over the number of links being reported within Google Webmaster Tools “Links to Your Site” section severely dropping. The number of links being reported in that section for many webmasters have dropped by as much as 75%..

Can you hear that sound? It’s the sound of a million fingertips clicking against keyboards, pumping out the tsunami of content that’s about to bury the public

Have you ever though to yourself, “I wonder who I know that has gone skydiving, lived in France, eats Chinese food, while mixing a smoothie with their new Ninja NJ600 Blender?” Apparently, this is exactly how we should be thinking. At least, the way Facebook sees it.

Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt suggests in his upcoming book that search engines will give priority and higher rank to content created by those with verified accounts. “The true cost of remaining anonymous,” he writes, “might be irrelevance.”

While I hesitate to define anything link-related as being easy, there are definitely a few things that can be easily fixed, things that can make a sometimes small and sometimes major difference in how your site performs online. Link builders are certainly not miracle workers, but much of the time,… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.