Google just rolled out their newest algorithm update this past week and already I am hearing from colleagues that they are seeing their sites drop. Rollout finished on May 22nd with Matt Cutts from Google announcing the update in process on his Twitter account last Wednesday. Additionally Cutts asks for…
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Why Google Algorithm Updates Get Names and Numbers
If you’ve been around for a while you’ve heard of infamous Google algorithm updates. One I can remember clearly was the Florida update – that was one of the very first that got webmasters to notice what Google was doing to the SERPs. In recent memory there are Panda and Penguin. Several other big…
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Penguin 2.0 is Coming – Brace Yourself
Matt Cutts, one of Google’s lead spam engineers, is telling my industry that another large algorithm update is coming in the upcoming weeks. He has stated that it will be an important update and may impact many sites. Google is calling this pending update Penguin 2.0. Many sites got hit…
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Advertorials and Google
Matt Cutts, Google’s voice to my industry, has recently stated in a video that Google considers advertorials and sites that use them without a no follow tag to be in violation of Google’s quality guidelines. You can watch the full video here. So what exactly is an advertorial and why…
