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    Google On GDPR Pop Ups Notices With Search & SEO

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    by rustybrick
    May 30, 2018
    How would these GDPR notices impact SEO and your Google search rankings? Well, Google doesn't have any exception for the intrusive mobile interstitial penalty for GDPR requirements

    The Google Cache 404s After Move To Mobile-First Indexing

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    by rustybrick
    May 28, 2018
    As you know, there has been another wave of mobile-first index moves over this weekend and some are noticing that when a site is moved, if you try to access the Google Cache of that site...

    How Do You Set Smart SEO Goals for Your Team/Agency/Project? - Whiteboard Friday

    May 24, 2018
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    Howdy, Moz fans, and welcome to another edition of Whiteboard Friday. This week we're chatting about SEO goals, how to set smart ones, how to measure your progress against them, how to amplify those goals to the rest of your organization so that people really buy in to SEO.

    This is a...

    Is Another Google Update Happening In May?

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    by rustybrick
    May 24, 2018
    Mid-may we reported of a Google update brewing that led to more fluctuations around May 17th or so. Now I am seeing some chatter and signs from the tracking tools of an update happening today, May 24th...

    Google Sues SEO Company Threatening To Remove Businesses From Google

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    by rustybrick
    May 24, 2018
    Google announced yesterday that they are "taking legal action against Kydia Inc. d/b/a BeyondMenu, Point Break Media, LLC (and affiliated entities), and Supreme Marketing Group...

    SEO For Google Now Harder? What Has Changes Over The Past Few Years?

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    by rustybrick
    May 23, 2018
    There is an interesting thread starting up at WebmasterWorld talking about what has changed specifically with SEO around Google over the past few years. Specifically, why techniques they used back in 2016 no longer work in 2018...

    Let's Make Money: 4 Tactics for Agencies Looking to Succeed - Whiteboard Friday

    May 17, 2018
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    Howdy, Moz fans. I am Russ Jones, and I can't tell you how excited I am for my first Whiteboard Friday. I am Principal Search Scientist here at Moz. But before coming to Moz, for the 10 years prior to that, I was the Chief Technology Officer of a small SEO agency back in North Carolina....

    Is A Google Search Algorithm Update Brewing?

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    by rustybrick
    May 14, 2018
    I am seeing some very limited and niche chatter around a possible Google algorithm and search ranking update starting over the weekend. There is chatter at both WebmasterWorld and Black Hat World Forums with folks noticing ranking changes and traffic changes from Google organic search...

    Google Cuts Down Search Snippets By Half

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    by rustybrick
    May 14, 2018
    Google increased the max characters shown in the search results snippets box to 320 characters but now it seems Google has cut it down to 160 or less characters over the past week...

    Two Google I/O Sessions On Search You Should Watch

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    by rustybrick
    May 11, 2018
    Google gave really only two SEO focused sessions at I/O this year, although, Google published all the sessions they thought SEOs and webmasters would care about...