Irish newspapers charge people to link to them and are chasing people who dont pay; Google says delete your Google+ Local page if you hide your address; Social is King on Smartphones, But Search is King on Tablets; Facebook launches “Nearby” for businesses. Competing with Google+ Local, Yelp and other location based social and search activities; Matt Cutts answers a question on What was the biggest surprise for you and your spam team in 2012? Answer: That people still fall for SEO scams.

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What to do now that Raven Tools and AHREF has dropped the ranking report options? Suggestions on a basic site that step by step helps a visual learner understand blog SEO? Is directory submission out dated? These questions and more Rossand John answer from their brand spanking new SEO 101 Google+ community.

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Ross and John talk more on Authorship Markup with a listener question on how Google+ Pages can be connected with the websites using the rel=publisher html markup. They also discuss a question on 302 re-direction and the homepage impact it can make on your site.

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Regarding Google Authorship, Ross and John answer a listener question on if it is better for a company blog to all be under the same Rel Author or to use individual authors? They also answer questions about infographics as linkbait, plus how Google is reporting AdWords Compliance.

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Google Patent: Sites You Link Should Have Reachability; Google AdWords Compliance; China Blocks Google Search (is it temporary?); Links Are The Webs Building Blocks.

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Current SEO Misinformation Seen Online; Google Webmaster Tools Warnings. Ross and John also answer listener questions on installing redirects, Craigslist regarding its negative impact or leveraging value plus John shares how SuperStorm Sandy affected his area of New Jersey.

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Former Google Search Quality Member Andre Weyher, (formerly of Matt Cutts Search Quality team) speaks out on what were his daily roles , his thoughts on the Penguin and Panda algorithms, spam in link profiles and much more. Ross and John also answer listener questions on Google Authorship, spammy links from forum profiles using exact match keyword anchor text and more.

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Chronicling the History of SEO is Dead as a Search Engine Land article looks at Failed Predictions Over The Years; YouTube Estimate Minutes Watched as The YouTube Blog announces they have adjusted their ranking algorithm.

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Google Dance is Back, and not the fun one..Meta Keywords Important Again … If you are a News site; Google confirms hidden value to Rel=Author; Manual action by Google might not have a big impact on your rankings; Google Analytics Adds Tag Manager Tools.

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70 Percent Did Not Recover From Googles Page Layout Algorithm; New Algo update focusing on Domains. Ross and John also answer listener questions on the less is more argument about title tag character count, social signals and social activity, and a question invloving a multi-million page dynamic website receiving duplicate content and
warnings in Webmaster Tools because of queries.

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