It’s been on the cards for some time, but last week Matt Cutts (the Head of Google's Webspam Team) hammered the final nail into the coffin of spammy guest blogging. According to him, if anyone is using guest blogging as their primary way to gain inbound links, they're abusing the system.

Back in July 2013 G2 Crowd revealed some fascinating marketing automation research. Now there’s an update, announced in Chicago in December and published last week. The results are essential reading for anyone looking to invest in a marketing automation platform.