I am seeing some early signs of a possible major Google update currently underway. The chatter has definitely spiked in the early morning hours of today, September 4th. This comes shortly after an unconfirmed August 21st update…

When it comes to geo-targeting, there are many creative ways to be more precise and relevant without limiting reach.

Google has quietly added support for book reviews rich snippets with the data highlighter tool.

Aaron Wall shared a picture on Twitter of a new experiment Bing is trying out by showing deep links directly in the search box results. When possible, Bing likes to show answers and structured data directly as you type in their search box

LinkedIn’s recent announcement about the redesign of LinkedIn Group pages has had me thinking much more about why B2B search marketers need to leverage this social media platform in support of SEO initiatives.

Would you buy a used car without checking it out first? Or a house, a surgeon’s services, or a babysitter? Your livelihood deserves at least as much consideration

Posted by MatthewBarby This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of Moz, Inc. Time and again we hear the same old argument that we shouldn’t be building links , but that we should be focusing on developing exciting and unique content that encourages organic linking all by itself.

Creating great content is, unfortunately, just half the battle for small businesses. Because Google has put such a huge weight on quality content both on your site as well as on other sites across the web (and rightfully so), there is a lot of competition

If you’ve received this warning, it’s because Google has determined your site isn’t serving the best possible quality of content for your visitors, primarily because it’s either nearly non-existent, or the content isn’t unique or original.