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Google Webmaster Tools Drops Author Stats
In December 2011, Google launched author stats, a way to see how your content, across sites, based on your Google Authorship profile, fared. That is now gone...
Google Learn More About Links With Publisher Images
Just when we think authorship and publisher is dead, because Google dropped author images back in June - we see signs of maybe rel=publisher making some headway...
MetaFilter's 20 Month Google Algorithmic Penalty Revoked?
Around November 17, 2012, MetaFilter got nailed by a Google update that back then Google denied.
As we explained in March, Google was working on a way to fix the algorithm that hit them back in November 2012...
As we explained in March, Google was working on a way to fix the algorithm that hit them back in November 2012...
Google Pigeon Update: Local Results Updated Again
It seems like Google has updated the local search results since the latest Google Pigeon update that was pushed out originally on on July 24th...
Was There A Google Update Yesterday?
Over the past few days, I've seen some but not a ton of chatter about a possible update at WebmasterWorld.
The chatter began around June 30th at a high enough level for me to keep an eye on it and it continued through July 31st...
The chatter began around June 30th at a high enough level for me to keep an eye on it and it continued through July 31st...
Real-World Panda Optimization - Whiteboard Friday
Jul 31, 2014
The Panda algorithm looks for high-quality content, but what exactly is it looking for, how is it finding what it deems to be high-quality, and—perhaps most pressingly—what in the world can we do to befriend the bear?
In today's Whiteboard Friday, Michael Cottam explains what these things are, and more importantly, what we can do to be sure we get the nod from this particular bear....
In today's Whiteboard Friday, Michael Cottam explains what these things are, and more importantly, what we can do to be sure we get the nod from this particular bear....
About that selfie
by Rian van der Merwe
Jul 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014
Want to read some philosophical pontification about selfies? Well, I’m here to help you out. Start with the recent Can you have self-worth without self-love?, in which Simon Blackburn believes we can do better:
If culture shifts one way, it can also shift back. Is it possible to imagine a reversal, so that something approaching a social contract, or a feeling of public spirit, a contempt for indecent expenditure, an embarrassment at vulgar display, or simply a desire to leave as modest a...
If culture shifts one way, it can also shift back. Is it possible to imagine a reversal, so that something approaching a social contract, or a feeling of public spirit, a contempt for indecent expenditure, an embarrassment at vulgar display, or simply a desire to leave as modest a...
Want to do something? Begin now.
by Rian van der Merwe
Jul 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014
Who doesn’t love Ira Glass? What a legend. His I’m Ira Glass, Host of This American Life, and This Is How I Work feature in LifeHacker is really good:
I’d just say to aspiring journalists or writers—who I meet a lot of—do it now. Don’t wait for permission to make something that’s interesting or amusing to you. Just do it now. Don’t wait. Find a story idea, start making it, give yourself a deadline, show it to people who’ll give you notes to make it better. Don’t wait till you’re older,...
I’d just say to aspiring journalists or writers—who I meet a lot of—do it now. Don’t wait for permission to make something that’s interesting or amusing to you. Just do it now. Don’t wait. Find a story idea, start making it, give yourself a deadline, show it to people who’ll give you notes to make it better. Don’t wait till you’re older,...
Mainstream SEOs Now Talking About Google Sandbox 2.0
About a month ago, I saw some early discussions within the more blackhat SEO communities about a Google Sandbox 2.0, where Google began targeting possibly churn and burn sites from ranking well. That conversation is now creeping into the mainstream SEO forums...
Google: Where Are The Search Results?
Since early this year, Google began showing really long form answers, or as Google calls them, "Quick Answers...
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