One of the best ways to get started with search engine optimization (SEO) on your website and drive customers to your local business is to work with local search, both in major search engines and on mobile platforms.
A recent post on Twitter indicates that Google released a new update to Panda just yesterday on June 25th. The update comes in the wake of other recent Panda updates, including one on April 26th and another on June 8th. The new update is being described by SEO’ers as Google Panda Update 3.8. It’s slated to affect approximately 1% of all search engine queries across the world.
A few days ago, Microsoft’s Bing search engine rolled out a total overhaul to its image search feature that will certainly appeal to fans of Pinterest. The most apparent change comes in the appearance of the search results themselves, which are now presented in a tiled layout similar to the aforementioned social media site, with a minimal amount of white space.
Niels Provos of Google’s Security Team published a new post today on the Google Online Security Blog, detailing the actions the company will be taking in order to reduce the presence of hacked sites and harmful malware visible within search results.
Just last week, we talked about some major upgrades coming to Apple’s mobile operating system iOS6, namely a collaboration with Yelp that will allow Siri users to instantly retrieve menus, locations, prices, reviews and other information about local restaurants.





