Tag: SEO

Expedia Apparently Penalized By Google For Linking Practices
It looks like Google has penalized travel site Expedia, one its competitors, which is part of the FairSearch Coalition, which regularly lobbies for antitrust action to be taken aga...
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Matt Cutts Has Declared Guest Blogging For SEO ‘Done’
Google has been warning webmasters about guest blogging abuse for years now. This week, head of webspam Matt Cutts basically declared guest blogging dead. "Stick a fork in it:...
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Sarah Bird Is Now Officially The CEO Of Moz
A little over a month ago, Rand Fishkin announced that he would step down as CEO of...
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Matt Cutts Discusses The Google Algorithm
Google has released a new Webmaster Help video in which head of webspam Matt Cutts discusses the Google algorithm and how it ranks results on a page. More specifically, he responds...
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Google Tweaks Guidance On Link Schemes
Google has made a subtle, but noteworthy change to its help center article on link schemes, which is part of...
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Google Webmaster Tools ‘Search Queries’ Feature Gets Some New Tweaks
Google has announced a couple of changes to the Search Queries feature in Webmaster Tools, improving stats for mobile sites and getting rid of rounding. For webmasters who manag...
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Google Accused Of ‘Double Standard’ Over Rap Genius Penalty Lift
Google is being accused of employing a double standard for its handling of web spam and enabling one penalized site to recover speedily from a manual action. While the search giant...
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Cutts On What You Might Not Have Noticed About Google’s ‘How Search Works’ Site
Google has put out a new Webmaster Help video featuring Matt Cutts talking about some things "you might not have noticed" about the company's...
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Rap Genius Climbs Out Of Google Penalty Box
As you may have heard, lyrics site Rap Genius was hit with a big Google penalty around Christmas time for unnatural linking practices. The site was telling people they could be...
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Rand Fishkin On The Best And Worst Parts Of Being Moz CEO
Last month, we learned that Moz (formerly SEOmoz) CEO Rand Fishkin is stepping down...
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Google Has A Lot To Say About Duplicate Content These Days
Duplicate content has been an issue in search engine optimization for many years now, yet there is still a lot of confusion around what you can and can't do with it, in terms of st...
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Google Says It’s Now Working To ‘Promote Good Guys’
Google's Matt Cutts says Google is "now doing work on how to promote good guys." More specifically, Google is working on changes to its algorithm that will make it better at pr...
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Google: Your Various ccTLDs Will Probably Be Fine From The Same IP Address
Ever wondered if Google would mind if you had multiple ccTLD sites hosted from a single IP address? If you're afraid they might not take kindly to that, you're in for some good new...
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Webmasters Think Google Has Eased Up On EMD Sites
Back in 2012, Google launched the EMD update, which the company described as...
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Google Improves URL Removal Tool
Google has launched an improved version of its URL removal tool in Webmaster Tools, aimed at making it easier to requ...
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