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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 17, 2013 -

Very busy week at Google, mostly because of I/O but a lot of other things going on - it didn't help that I was offline for two days.

Your Rankings Drop Around May 15th? May Be Due To Link Networks Google Busted -

On May 15th, Google's head of search spam, announced on Twitter that Google has taken "action on several thousand linksellers in a paid-link that passes PageRank network.

Gaining Access To The New Google Maps -

As we expected, Google introduced the new Google Maps interface and features at Google I/O. The new maps are no longer a "static map" but now the maps are "immersively interactive" said.

Google Adds Organization Schema Markup For Knowledge Graph Logos -

Google has announced they've added support for the schema.org markup for organization logos within the search results, specifically not the search snippets but within the knowledge graph.

Google Drops The "Translated Foreign Pages" Search Filter -

Google has dropped yet another search filter option from the search results. This one is named "Translated Foreign Pages.

Google Maps Will Allow You To Move Reviews To A Different Listing -

Jane Wang from Google announced in the Google Business Help forums that you can now make a request for Google to move your businesses reviews from one listing to another.

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 16, 2013 -

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

Google: The Spammy Queries To Get Less Spammy -

There is a saying that Tim Mayer, formerly from Yahoo, brought to the SEO conferences that has been used for probably ten years now.