Posted by MarieHaynes Are you familiar with the feeling of dread that comes with seeing this message in Webmaster Tools? Or perhaps, you haven’t received a message, but have seen something like this in your analytics: If you’ve received a traffic drop because of a link-based Google penalty, the results can be devastating

Yesterday Facebook announced an expansion to their lookalike audiences capabilities that will help advertisers find more customers who are similar to their existing ones.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How A Single Guest Post May Have Gotten An Entire Site Penalized By Google Google made it clear earlier this year that those doing guest posts “for SEO..

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google announced this week they will be teaming up with Luxottica, makers of designer eye glass frames like Ray-Ban and Oakley, to bring some style to Google Glass. Google sees Glass as the “next chapter” in the storied history of eyewear: “Light, simple and modular, Glass introduces new functionality as your glasses get smarter – but bringing […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional.

Is it possible to tell if your website has been impacted by one particular Google algorithm? That will be extremely tricky, according to Google’s Matt Cutts.

Google made it clear earlier this year that those doing guest posts “for SEO purposes” might be subject to penalties.

After months of testing, Product Ads are now available through Bing Ads in the U.S. Like AdWords Product Listing Ads (PLA), Bing’s version are powered by merchant product feeds. The ads display on the Yahoo Bing Network for commerce-related searches and feature a product image, title, price..

There is this big discussion going on at Inbound.org on a penalty Doc Sheldon, a respected SEO in our community, complained about.

Google is continuing their fight against link networks internationally. Google’s Matt Cutts recently confirmed via Twitter that Greece was the latest country targeted for link network related penalties (reportedly networks run by SEO agencies)