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Google Mobile-Friendly Algorithm Gets Update
Google had been hinting for months that app-install interstitials would become a negative ranking signal in search results, and about two months ago, they made it official. Goo...
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Google Gives Webmasters A New Warning
Google is warning webmasters that they will take action if they catch a site engaging in "sneak mobile redirects". This refers to a URL that loads one thing from the desktop, but r...
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Google Penguin Update Still On For This Year
The SEO and webmaster communities have been waiting for Google to launch a new Penguin refresh for a long time. Google has been promising a new version that will update in real tim...
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RankBrain: Google’s 3rd Most Important Ranking Signal
RankBrain is reportedly the third most important signal Google's search algorithms use when determining what content to show users in search results. Out of over 200 signals, this...
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Google Rich Answers Increasing, Can You Take Advantage?
Earlier this year, Stone Temple Consulting released a study looking at Google’s rich answers in search. These are...
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Batman Is Not an Original Costume, Google’s Halloween Search Map Confirms
So you wanna be the caped crusader for Halloween this year? How about Darth Vader? A pirate? Just don't. Be more original. Google has used its billions of daily searches to c...
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Bing Profitable, Microsoft Reports
Bing is now profitable. Microsoft's search engine has struggled to generate profits since it's introduction in 2009, but the company...
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Facebook Search Updated, New Optimization Opportunities?
Facebook announced some new search capabilities, potentially making the social network better for finding updates relevant to things you're looking for or interested in learning ab...
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This Google Stat Has Major Implications For Your Site
In May, Google casually noted in a blog post that mobile searches have overtaken desktop searches in ten countries including the United States and Japan. It didn’t elaborate on wha...
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Google Withdraws Previous Crawling Recommendation
Google announced that it is deprecating its AJAX crawling scheme, and webmasters need to be aware of how things have changed to ensure Google is crawling their site correctly and i...
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Pinterest Updates Billions Of Place Pins With Location Data And Info
Two years ago, Pinterest launched Place Pins adding a travel magazine-like exper...
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Google Is About To Let You Have Your iOS App Content Indexed
If you have an iOS app, you'll soon be able to start seeing its content appear in Google search results on iOS devices just like web content. Google has been doing the app inde...
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Don’t Do This If You’ve Been Hit By Google’s Panda Update
Google's Panda update has been around since February 2011 and continues to wreak havoc on websites when it finds content issues. Sometimes it's not clear that the site suffering Pa...
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Google Tweaks Algorithm To Better Handle Hacked Spam
Google announced that it has begun rolling out a series of algorithmic changes aimed at better handling hacked spam in search results. The company says it is "aggressively" targeti...
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Google Gives Updates On Panda, Penguin
Wondering what's going on with Google's Panda and Penguin updates? Well, not much has changed, but the company did address both at an industry conference. At SMX East, Google's...
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