Today is International Women’s Day.  It’s been going on for more than 100 years

According to AllThingsD, Google is about to settle the so-called “WiSpy” investigation with 30 US state Attorneys Generals. Google will admit no wrongdoing and pay $7 million according to the report. The article says the settlement will be announced next week.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web.

Facebook announced they are pushing out a new experience for the news feed that they claim will make the news feed less cluttered and more focused. The goal is to make it more unified and attractive to look at on all devices…

Unlike the 2.45 million other SEO posts on the Internet, I’m NOT going to start this one with a Epitaph of how Penguin changed link building practices forever and then link to Rand Fishkin’s video on co-citation. Instead, I’m just going to face facts

Many women are helping to shape the marketing world by sharing insights and expertise. We ask some of the smartest women in marketing to reflect on the women who helped or inspired them, and share some challenges women in our industry are facing.

Getting the whole story from your analytics is always a work in progress. Not only do we need to look at user behaviors (or the lack thereof), we need to look at user experience interaction as well as revenues

On Monday, March 4th, Social Media newbies and pros alike gathered around the virtual campfire to discuss content strategies that get the social share with guest expert, Lisa Grimm (@lulugrimm).  Lisa is the Senior Social Media Strategist at Imagination Publishing.  She has been embedded at General Mills as the leading social presence, and has provided social Author information Michelle Stinson Ross Social Media Consultant at Firestarter Social Media Michelle is the co-host of the popular Social Media discussion group #SocialChat, blogger, and Social Media Advocate/Consultant +Michelle Stinson Ross Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post #SocialChat Discusses Content That Gets Shared appeared first on Search Engine Journal

How do you create a Google Doodle that fairly represents women of all shapes and sizes? That was the challenge for Doodle artist Betsy Bauer, who designed today’s tribute to half the world’s population in celebration International Women’s Day 2013.

Busy week, Google has penalized another link network, we believe it was SAPE links this time. Google’s advertorial spam action on Interflora was reversed after 11 days