Phew! What a month for the SEO industry and the SEJ during May! In this post I’ll be summarizing the top 6 articles. #1 – We experienced another Google Penguin update http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-just-unleashed-its-penguin-2-0-update/63868/ Not only did this shake the SERPs up, but we also learned the difference between a data refresh and an algorithm update. How were your sites affected by the Penguin 2.0 update? #2 – We learned how to recover from from the update http://www.searchenginejournal.com/penguin-2-0-your-roadmap-to-recovery/63906/ Learning about the new update is one thing, but getting affected and getting back on your feet is a completely different thing. Thanks to Jayson, we know exactly what we need to do to recover from the update. #3 – We received an excellent infographic on Google ranking factors http://www.searchenginejournal.com/infographic-googles-200-ranking-factors/64316/ Thanks to Brian we received a thorough infographic on 200 Google ranking factors. This thing literally went viral! What was your favorite part of the infographic? #4 – SEOMoz changed their name http://www.searchenginejournal.com/seomoz-changed-their-name-today/64172/ Good move? Many of our readers say so. Moz is getting away from SEO and consulting and moving towards a software focus. #5 – The mindset of an SEO http://www.searchenginejournal.com/7-seo-tasks-to-complete-before-even-thinking-about-hiring-an-agency/63937/ This one was my personal favorite. Your inner world creates your outer world, especially in SEO. Which task did you have to pickup? #6 – Recover from link penalty http://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-definitive-guide-to-recovery-from-the-unnatural-link-penalty/63237/ Link penalties are happening to a lot of webmasters out there. What do you do when it happens to you? This post answered these fundamental questions and gave practical advice to help you recover:

• What is an unnatural link?
• Was there an unnatural link penalty?
• How to locate them and how to remove them

Which post was your favorite? June is already a third over and many great posts are yet to come. :) image credit: Shutterstock