VentureBeat chronicles another episode in the sometimes delightful, sometimes cringe-worthy history of off-color, user generated content on Google Maps. The subject of the hack today is the image of an Android mascot urinating on an Apple logo.

For this month’s first webinar, the Marketing ThinkTank welcomed back SEJ Founder Loren Baker and SEJ Chief Social Media Strategist Brent Csutoras to talk about link building and content marketing. The post #SEJThinkTank Webinar Recap: Current Trends in Link Building & Content Marketing by @dantosz appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Today is the third year anniversary of the launch of the Penguin algorithm. The original Penguin algorithm launched on April 24, 2012 and impacted about 3% of search queries by targeting unnatural links.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

Google search now better communicates with your Android phone for taking notes, setting alarms, finding your phone and getting directions. The post Google Action Cards For Android & Search Integration appeared first on Search Engine Land.

Bing is now providing long form answers taken from third-party web sites.

Google reported a 4 percent increase in profits for Q1, driven by a steady growth in ad revenues. The company was hurt by the recent strength of the U.S.

This week was Mobilegeddon week, with Google launching the mobile friendly algorithm on Tuesday.

Facebook is testing an app called “Hello” that will allow users to see names and images of incoming callers on mobile regardless of whether or not they are saved as contacts.

Our SEJ Summit Chicago event was held on April 15th, and we were happy to have Ryan Jones, of SapientNitro, presenting. Ryan covered the Pareto Principle, which is the concept that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the work