Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: Google Search Console emails, EU antitrust expanded & more appeared first on Search Engine Land.

Every day, I get at least one question about the status of the Penguin update.

Contributor Eric Enge recaps a session from SMX Advanced on structured data markup in its many forms. The post What’s New With Markup & Structured Data appeared first on Search Engine Land

This week in search I post my monthly Google Webmaster report. Googleâs John Mueller said even though they donât announce algorithm updates…

Supplementary statement reportedly being filed to enable European Commission to address Google’s defense against claims of abuse of market position. The post Report: EU responding to Google antitrust search-quality defense with new objections appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Columnist Marcus Miller shares tips, advice and an infographic on creating highly optimized, high-converting landing pages for local SEO. The post The perfect local SEO landing page appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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. Matt Cutts in body armor after joining the Digital Defense team: Source:…

Looking to automate aspects of your PPC campaigns? Columnist Jeff Baum discusses how to define your automation requirements and choose the right kind of technology. The post Using automation to execute PPC strategy appeared first on Search Engine Land

Pinterest is transforming into a powerful visual search engine and its latest features hint of a promising future. Pinterest isn’t new in the social media industry, but there was always a feeling that it’s underperforming, compared to its potential, especially in the ecommerce world. This may change soon, as it is focusing even more on its search functionality and more specifically, on its effective visual search.

Don’t panic, says Google — That verification email from Google Search Console was an accident, but it may be a good time to check to see who is a verified user on your account now.