It has been over a week since we last mentioned Penguin, so yesterday…

We reported that Google has mixed messaging around having an SEO Google Partner program.

Posted by KelseyLibert [Estimated read time: 15 minutes] Is the saying “any press is good press” really true? Whether it happens as part of a carefully orchestrated PR stunt or accidentally, the potential payoffs and drawbacks when a brand dominates the news can be huge.

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

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

On the data anomalies update page Google posted a notice that on February 5th and 8th of this year they made an “internal index updates” for mobile apps only. Google added “these changes do not affect end users so you should see no change on impressions…

Today, the average enterprise manages more than 300 social media accounts and more than a half-million social media posts by users on branded pages — but not all of this activity is positive. There has been a sevenfold increase in spam messages

What has been the impact of Google’s new desktop ad layout thus far? Columnist Larry Kim uses data to show who has benefited and who has suffered from the change

Today is the 5th anniversary of the Google Panda update, which touched down on February 24, 2011. Yesterday, John Mueller of Google answered another question on Panda, and his answer I found interesting…

Facebook has rolled out Reactions, its anticipated extension of the Like button.