Here is an in-depth analysis at the Google Panda Update and at the tactics and solutions that can be put in place to recover from it.
Key recommendations include:
STEP 1: High quality content
STEP 2: User Engagement
STEP 3: Social Presence
STEP 4: Increase click-through rates
STEP 5: Find low-quality pages
STEP 6: Site layout design
STEP 7: Site Speed
STEP 8: Ads to content ratio
STEP 9: Links
STEP 10: Panda Myths
Informative. 7/10.
Full article: http://seotoolster.com/seotoolster/blog/google-panda/
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Is your business working with bloggers? Via Kat & Mouse 
Web analytics will only work for you when you learn how to use the reports that are important to you and your business. Here’s how to find those reports. Via Luc Falempin 
Keywords and text are valuable for more than just Google results pages.
The same logic that applies to the importance of SEO content also applies to social networks such as YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
After all, these social networks have a search function similar to that of Google.
Think of these social networks as simply a different search engine, but just on a slightly smaller scale.
Many aspects of optimizing your social media accounts are similar to optimizing for the search engines.
You want content to look natural; you want to think like your target audience; you want to target 2-3 keyword phrases at a time; the more specific the better, and so on.
However, there are two vital differences that are important to understand if you’re going to begin targeting keywords for social media.
1. Different Inquiries 2. Different Answers
Via Antonino Militello 
Quick response (QR) codes are appearing more frequently. But do most people understand what QR codes are or what to do with them? (Why aren't QR codes catching on? Via TribalCafe 
Our industry is by nature quite active and vocal online. Hundreds of thousands of SEO blogs exist, with a wide range in quality, originality, and novelty of content. To those of us practicing SEO on a daily basis, a lot of content may be summarily... 
13 Websites for Search Engine and Browser Market Share StatisticsSearch Engine WatchWell-known research firm comScore publish search engine market shares in their press releases. There are also blogs and whitepapers on the site.
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Olympic sponsors have been warned to brace themselves for a barrage of online guerrilla marketing ahead of the London 2012 Olympics.
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There is a story unfolding at Google that indicates a huge shift in their thinking about Places. Via Nyagoslav Jekov 
Which is the the new role Social Media will have in SEO?
Social media and SEO, alongside to achieve good rankings in the search engines.
With the Panda update Google started to include the behavior of users and the popularity of the brand.
The result is that social media and SEO are looked at by the search engines to rank well.
1) To rank well in your niche you have to be a leading brand in your niche - Branding
So now you need good keywords, good linking strategy, strong brand, great behavior, and strong social participation.
What it means is user engagement is the core of your SEO in the future. Via Antonino Militello 
This is an interesting article by Byron White, Founder of ideaLaunch. I excerpted from it:
We’ve all heard the expression Content is King. After all, content is the fuel behind the social media revolution currently sweeping the Web. Close examination of the art world, however, offers a solid case that curation, not content, may in fact be the ruler online.
When it comes to content marketing, developing a content strategy for your company starts by curating your existing content assets, along with researching the assets of the competition.
Through the content curation process, you learn how much content you need, how frequently you need to publish it and which channels of distribution (social especially) are required to capture organic market share. The skill and savvy of a Content Strategist is equally as important as your Director of Marketing these days. Getting the right content to the right prospects at the right time is the key to content marketing success.
Who will win the content curation war of the web? The race to transform to high-quality publishing is officially on. It’s time to gather ideas, develop stories and publish quality content that keeps readers (and customers) coming back for more.
But in the end, it’s not content that’s king. Instead, it’s the impact that the content has on us long after we pass it by. Great content is hard to create, curate, optimize and distribute. But when it all comes to together, it is THE catalyst that makes your business better. And better than that.
Curated by Giuseppe Mauriello [read full article http://j.mp/sPZqzu] Via Giuseppe Mauriello 
Google Places recently released a great new feature. They call it “Place Page Posts”. It can be used for a variety of reasons and you can even include links directly to your website or where ever you'd like. Via Badisheng Morena 
Although experts are still studying the algorithm of Places search, there are some local ranking factors which we believe are likely influencing Google Places ranking. Below are Milestone’s top five dos and don’ts for local search optimization: Via Linda Buquet :: Catalyst eMarketing 
Stop Pretending That Search Engine Marketing Is AdvertisingAdAge.comSince my op-ed piece on search engine marketing ran in DigitalNext a few weeks ago, Ad Age and other digital marketing publications have run well thought out responses.
Search Engine LandHow To Hire A Great In-House Search Engine Marketer (Or Not)Search Engine LandAt search engine marketing conferences, I am often asked for advice on how to hire people for in-house search engine marketing jobs.
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