Google Titles In Snippets Gone Awry

Aug 25, 2016 • 8:11 am | (3) by Barry Schwartz | Filed Under Google Search Engine Optimization   0 y Over the past few weeks, I've been hearing rumblings across...

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Is Google Testing The Penguin 4.0 Algorithm?

Apr 6, 2016 • 8:27 am | (220) by Barry Schwartz | Filed Under Google PageRank & Algorithm Updates   I think we are on the verge of seeing Penguin 4.0 launch soon at Google - I think we are just about there. I know, I know, it's been a while. I have seen some chatter...

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Google Panda 4.1 Now Rolling Out; Aims To Help Smaller Web Sites

One of my fears was that Google would announce a big algorithm update while I was offline for Rosh Hashanah and they did just that - although the update was not Google Penguin, it was Google Panda related.This one, Pierre Far has the privilege of announcing on his Google+ page. He wrote: Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-panda-4-1-hits-19219.ht...

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Google Panda Goes Into Hiding: No More Official Confirmations

Google Panda Hiding On Friday I reported at Search Engine Land that Google will no longer give us confirmations or more details on future Panda updates. Why? Google no longer plans to push out manual Panda refreshes, all future ones should be part of Google's rolling updates. So Google told us at Search Engine Land: I don't expect us to tweet about or confirm current or future Panda updates...

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Matt Cutts: 301 Redirects Dilute PageRank Equally To Normal Links

Just under three years ago, we reported that 301 redirects don’t pass full PageRank and that you should try to link through a normal link versus using 301 redirects. The truth is, a 301 redirect and a link pass the same amount of PageRank. There is no more dilution of PageRank with a 301 redirect when compared to using a normal link. Matt Cutts squashed this myth that I believe many SEOs thought...

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Google Panda Update Version #24, 1.2% Of Search Queries Impacted

Google has announced a new Panda refresh, making this version number 24. This refresh has a noticeable impact 1.2% of English based queries according to Google. The previous confirmed update was #23 and it impacted 1.3% of English queries on December 21, 2012. Prior to that was a refresh on November 21st that impacted 0.8% of queries. It seems like Google is now rolling out these updates every...

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Confirmed: A Panda Refresh, Version #23

Update: Google has confirmed that this is a Panda refresh. This would make it version 23 and it impacted about 1.3% of English based queries. I should note, I am shocked they pushed out a refresh before the holiday seasons. Last year they promised they would not do a Panda update before the holidays. What a difference a year makes. A week ago, we reported on some very strong signs of a Google...

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