We’ve all read the headlines about the death of organic social media and BuzzSumo’s recent report on the huge drop in social sharing reinforces the news that the free for all days of social media are coming to a close. Add to that the distrust of branded content and advertising and it’s easy to see that marketers need to rethink their approach. If buyers are not engaging with brand social media and content, then where is their attention?

Google is partnering with brands to sell products through Google’s Organic Search and be paid a percentage of each sale. The post New Google Shopping Actions: Is Organic Search for Sale? by @martinibuster appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Here’s why Google penalizes websites, how to get penalties revoked, and how to avoid it. The post Avoid Google Penalties – Ensure a Natural Link Landscape by @A_Ninofranco appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Google recruited Irish artist Ross Stewart to create the image depicting a scenic Ireland landscape with a stonemason arranging rocks.

On the Google home page today is a very kind looking Google Doodle with George Peabody and children. The Doodle is not there because of George Peabody’s birthday, that would be on February 18, 1795, 223+ years ago..

This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series – feel free to nominate someone over here. Beau Graves lives in Payson, Utah with his family including his wife of 11 years (who he met when he was 18) and his two children.

Google My Business has updated the directions heatmaps, which they originally launched in 2014 to make them more useful…

Google may be testing a feature in the search results where the people also search for box not only shows up when you click back from the web site, into the search results again but also when you hover your mouse cursor over the snippet…