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Posted by Bill.Sebald There are some things in life you don’t truly understand until you experience them. I was given plenty

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.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is eBay A Big Loser In Google’s Panda 4.0 Update? — Winners & Losers Data Yesterday, Google began rolling out their Panda 4.0 update designed to..

Yesterday, Google began rolling out their Panda 4.0 update designed to punch low-quality content. That’s generated both “winners” who have moved up in rankings as “losers” have dropped down — and eBay might be one of the big losers.

The Bing Ads team has added a new Geo Location report that offers more detail on the type of targeting methods used in serving your ads.

Steve Coast founded OpenStreetMap (OSM) in the UK in 2004. It’s 10 years old this year

Last night was pretty wild, with Google confirming an update over the weekend targeting spammy queries and also Google’s Matt Cutts posting on Twitter that Panda 4.0 was released. This is a new Panda algorithm, not a refresh that we’ve seen almost monthly but enough for Google to name this 4…

Kenshoo has released an industry spotlight report on the travel sector that shows 58 percent of leisure travelers and 64 percent of business travelers begin with search, with one out of four tablet users converting by booking air travel on a tablet.

Over the past 12 hours, we’ve had confirmation from Google that they’ve rolled out two web spam updates; Panda 4.0 and Payday Loan 2.0.