Whats latest news in SEO?

[RaskinRobert]

Google has changed it's algorithm and now it penalizing those people who are doing too much previous activities.
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[alexandercolin]

Google gives high PR to the site which are having high quality and unique content in their site even though they are not having backlinks to their site.

[indiansareedesigns]

AOL Search engine launched Local Time Module. Need to contact a friend, family member or business contact in San Diego, CA, Asheville, NC or Istanbul, Turkey? Don't wake them up in the middle of the night! Just search for AOl Search.

[AlanAbelson]

There was recently a seo convention "Pubcon"
The topics covered were:
Kickoff Keynote with Leo Laporte
Graywolf - SEO and Social Media
SEO: Hot Topics and Trends
How Do You Optimize For Universal and Personal Search?
Cool Tools for Search Marketers & Social Signals In Search

Hot Google Topics & Trends Matt Cutts & Amit Singhal
Current SEO and Google
Neuromarketing & Successful MEGA SEO Framework
Social Media, Press Relations, & Brand Management
Black Hat Tactics and Preventative Measures

Keynote Panel : Enterprise Level SEO Inhouse
Links With Maximum Juice and Minimum Risk
Real World Low-Risk High-Reward Link Building
Analytics API's and Enterprise Level Analytics Management
SEO 2011 & Major Trends in Search Marketing
Link Building 2011 & Daily Social Media Success
Competitors from the Darkside - Rogue SEO Tactics
Whats New at Bing and Blekko?

You can read the transcripts here:
seroundtable.com/pubcon-2011-las-vegas-rcap-14301.html

[seokohli]

Now you can include video sitemaps in webmaster tool.

Can you share any link about "video sitemaps" from where I can learn .

[ryuchi]

Quality Articles still work for others...Have you heard of Google Authorship? I have tried it and its working...