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    Google Algorithm Update? A Reversal Of Last Weeks Update?

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Aug 2, 2016
    This morning there was a large surge in webmaster chatter around fluctuations and changes in the Google search results. The chatter began around 3am ET in the ongoing WebmasterWorld thread (note...

    Google Defines Search Analytics Impressions, Position & Clicks

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Aug 2, 2016
    Google has posted a help document named What are impressions, position, and clicks? This document is one of the most comprehensive and authoritative...

    Google Recommends Updating Links After Moving Domains But No Critical Loss

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Aug 1, 2016
    Earlier last week, in a Google Hangout on Google+ at the 23:30 mark, John Mueller said Google does recommend that when you move a domain name, that you try to get those linking to the old domain to link to the new one...

    Should SEOs and Marketers Continue to Track and Report on Keyword Rankings? - Whiteboard Friday

    Jul 28, 2016

    Google Update Brewing? Some Early Chatter & Signals.

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Jul 27, 2016
    Over the past few days, I've been seeing webmasters complain and cautiously rejoice about shifts in their traffic from Google and some of the search results fluctuations...

    Google: Any 3xx Redirect Does Not Lose PageRank At All

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    by rustybrick
    Jul 27, 2016
    Google's Gary Illyes said on Twitter yesterday that any type of 3xx redirect, a 301, 302, or any type, of 3xx redirect...

    Google AdWords New Machine Learning Based Smart Bidding

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Jul 26, 2016
    Everything at Google is going the way of machine learning, not just the search results...

    Verizon To Acquired Yahoo For $4.83 Billion - End Of An Era

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Jul 25, 2016
    This comes as no surprise, as you know, Yahoo was looking to sell and over the weekend...

    Google Maps Showing Fewer Business Listings In Map Results

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Jul 19, 2016
    On Friday, I reported about the compression and hyper localization of the google Maps results. Well, it has been a few days and it has not changed...

    Google Local Map Results Getting More Hyperlocal?

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Jul 15, 2016
    Over the past couple weeks, I've been seeing sporadic reports from some local SEO experts that the local results are becoming more "hyperlocal" and/or fewer results are showing for local specific queries...