Posted by Ruth_Burr Google’s recent announcement that it will be obfuscating all keyword referral data going forward has created yet another occasion for (and perhaps the first occasion that really deserves) that age-old cry, “is SEO dead?” My response to the “is SEO dead” question is always the same: T he Internet isn’t going away, and neither is selling stuff. It’s a pretty safe bet that online marketing is here to stay, and as long as search engines drive traffic to websites, marketers should be thinking about how to get the best audience and the most sales from that traffic.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google Penguin 2…

Yahoo rolled out a newly designed search experience for iOS users 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: Penguin 5, With The Penguin 2.1 Spam-Filtering Algorithm, Is Now Live The fifth confirmed release of Google’s “Penguin” spam fighting algorithm… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google has unveiled two new local features for product listing ads (PLAs) to a limited number of retailers: local availability and local storefronts. These ads will tell customers when a product is available for purchase in a local physical store.

Online security software provider Disconnect launched their latest search tool, Disconnect Search this week. According to the announcement, Disconnect Search allows users to perform private searches on sites like Google, Yahoo and Bing via their address bar or omnibox, “without having to..

A new study reported by eMarketer and administered by media software company STRATA reports that 92% of marketers polled only spend up to 10% of their total marketing budget on paid social media:

Today, Google is making public what several speakers at SMX East alluded to last week: local availability for Product Listing Ads. The latest iteration of Google’s wildly successful Product Listing Ads, which will be referred to simply “Local PLAs” in this article, are currently… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

In an interview conducted at SES 2013 in San Francisco, Andrew Lolk of White Shark Media leads a discussion of enhanced campaigns that ventures into mobile territory as well. Andrew is a passionate AdWords expert and inbound marketing aficionado. I began the interview by asking Andrew about the state of enhanced campaigns in today’s marketing landscape.

It is now over 8 months since the last Google Toolbar PageRank update, which happened on February 4, 2013. At the six month point, Google told us a “no comment” on why there has not been a PageRank update…