Recently, Thumbtack.com was penalized by Google for violating Webmaster Guidelines. Was the penalty removed because of the site’s involvement with Google Ventures?

Posted by Casey_Meraz Competition in local search is fierce. While it’s typical to do some surface level research on your competitors before entering a market, you can go much further down the SEO rabbit hole

Did you know that having the word “sale” in the welcome email subject line increases opens by over 23%? The post How to Optimize Your Welcome Emails [INFOGRAPHIC] by @wonderwall7 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

A little over three weeks ago, Google’s Gary Illyes said on stage at SMX Advanced that the Panda data refresh is coming soon.

Google announced an addition to its mobile search results that will give people quick access to what the company feels are searchers’ “favorite” websites. The post Google Adds Pinterest, Vine, and More To New Mobile Search Carousel by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Via Gary Illyes of Google on Twitter, Google has updated their developer documents on the breadcrumb schema markup to show how to handle multiple breadcrumb trails.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Mayer said in an earnings call that they have a new deal with Oracle that when someone installs a Java update, it will prompt the user to switch their default search engine to Yahoo Search…

Facebook announced a useful new addition that will help page owners measure the success of their videos across custom date ranges. The post Facebook Adds ‘Videos’ Tab to Page Insights: Track Metrics Across Custom Date Ranges by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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…

Google quietly announced on Google+ that the mobile image feature to show news image carousels in the results has been expanded to support Pinterest, Vine, Houzz and the Food Network…