SEO News This Week

SEOMoz have been asking the question What if My Competitors Point Spammy Links to My Site? And can paid links be used as weapons in the search engine results?

Matt Cutts is inviting Google users and the SEO community to submit a new round of webspam reports and ideas.  He is asking people to suggests aspects of spam that Google should be working on over the next year.


WebProNews have been talking about Google's recent advice on how to gain quality links to your website.
According to Google, engaging with your community is a good way to get links and build credibility, which in turn leads to more links. 

Magento have launched Magento Mobile, which allows eCommerce sites to be viewed and administered on multiple mobile phone platforms.

Search Engine Roundtable are talking about how many users have seen a dramatic increase in inbound links that Google is acknowledging in Google Webmaster Tools.  Many thought it was a bug, but Google have confirmed that it is related to the Caffeine index update.