Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. The post SearchCap: Google Manual Actions, SEO Disasters & RIP Dana Lookadoo appeared first on Search Engine Land

Google published a blog post this morning named Repeated violations of Webmaster Guidelines explaining that if you have repeated violations of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines and those violations lead to numerous manual actions…

Though Google hasn’t explicitly said how repeated spam violators will be punished, the company said multiple violations “may make a successful reconsideration process more difficult to achieve.”

Next week, our sister site, Digital Marketing Depot, will host a webcast that will address the risks inherent in social media for brands. With the FTC paying close attention to what’s being said — and updating its disclosure regulations — marketers need to keep up with current… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

This week in search I covered the news that Google will serve up harsher penalties for repeated violations of Googleâs Webmaster guidelines. Yandex penalized hundreds of links sellers the other week

A new Forrester report discusses how restructuring under Alphabet could help Google fix its issues in Europe an China, as well as leverage local data, storage, and talent.

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. The Google Colombia Office Garden: Source: Google+ Google Solar Drone:…

Is your site suffering from a sudden drop in traffic? Columnist Mark Munroe notes that most SEO issues are preventable and shares his process for keeping these issues at a minimum

Is your site suffering from a sudden drop in traffic? Columnist Mark Munroe notes that most SEO issues are preventable and shares his process for keeping these issues at a minimum

WordPress can be a great choice for your new website, but it’s not search engine optimized right out of the box. Columnist Neil Patel explains how to lay the foundation for great SEO when choosing WordPress. The post About To Launch A WordPress Site?