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…

Penguin 2.1 has officially been released today. Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam announced it on Twitter: Penguin 2.1 launching today. Affects ~1% of searches to a noticeable degree

Google Penguin 2.1 is launching today, according to Google’s Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts. The first update to the second-generation Penguin algorithm designed to target web spam will affect “~1% of searches to a noticeable degree.”

Instagram announced via its Tumblr blog yesterday that it will begin rolling out advertisements that users will see in their feed. Mentioning that it now has more than 150 million users, the blog post stated that they want “advertisements you see [to] feel as natural to Instagram as the photos and videos many of you […] Author information Kelsey Jones Search & Social Consultant at MoxieDot. Kelsey Jones helps clients around the world grow their social media, content, and search marketing presence

The fifth confirmed release of Google’s “Penguin” spam fighting algorithm is live. That makes it Penguin 5 by our count. But since this Penguin update is using a slightly improved version of Google’s “Penguin 2″ second-generation technology, Google itself is..

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Searching For The Voice Of Siri: Voiceover Actor Susan Bennett Says, “It’s Obviously Me” A story on CNN.com claims that Atlanta voiceover…

A story on CNN.com claims that Atlanta voiceover professional Susan Bennett is the original voice of Siri, Apple’s iPhone voice application. According to the story, Bennett did voice work for the software company ScanSoft in 2005. CNN says ScanSoft was then purchased by Nuance Communications,..

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the Web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Android Mini Golf: Source: Google+ Google Top Contributor Summit Awards:…

I was checking my mail today and got a strange package from a sender I did not recognize. When I opened the package I found a VHS tape inside, with the title ‘So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur – Training Video Series’. After my shock at seeing a VHS tape a decade after they […] Author information Brent Csutoras Brent Csutoras is a social media marketing consultant and entrepreneur, who specializes in social media marketing, content marketing, and viral content creation – http://www.kairaymedia.com Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post So You Want to be an Entrepreneur: Turning a ‘WTF’ into a ‘Well Played’ by @brentcsutoras appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Bit of a crazy week with SMX and all the major announcements to catch up on. Google announced they rewrote their search algorithm to make it faster and more precise, nicknamed it Hummingbird.