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    April 2014 Google Webmaster Report

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    by rustybrick
    Apr 3, 2014
    Busy month at work? Didn't have time to follow all of Google's changes? Don't you worry, here is a short recap of what happened over the past month specific to Google changes that may impact SEOs and webmasters...

    Bing Cortana: Microsoft's Answer For Apple Siri & Google Now

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    by rustybrick
    Apr 3, 2014
    Yesterday, Microsoft announced their answer to Apple Siri and Google Now - Cortana.
    Cortana is a virtual assistant for your Windows devices...

    How does Google separate popularity from authority?

    Apr 2, 2014

    Matt Cutts: Google's Search Results Will Always Be In Flux

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    by rustybrick
    Apr 2, 2014
    In an April 1st video released by Google's Matt Cutts - Matt makes it clear, Google will never stop adapting, changing the search results. The search results will always be changing, the result of that change is "flux," Matt said...

    When will Google stop updating its search results?

    Apr 1, 2014

    Is This Really the Panda Patent?

    by Bill Slawski
    Apr 1, 2014
    Does Google’s newly granted patent co-invented by Navneet Panda describe Google’s Panda Update? Search Quality vs. Web Spam Many of the patent filings that I’ve written about from Google address Web Spam issues, and how the search engine may take...

    Google's Cutts: Here Is How Google Evaluates New Algorithms

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    by rustybrick
    Apr 1, 2014
    Google's Matt Cutts, depicted here in an April Fools style animated GIF, posted a video on how Google goes about evaluating new search algorithms...

    How does Google evaluate algorithmic changes?

    Mar 31, 2014

    Google On IE8 Drops SSL & Passes Full Referrer

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 28, 2014
    If you are using Internet Explorer 8 and go to Google, the default experience will not be over SSL and thus the referrer data will pass in full to the webmaster...

    Surviving the SEO "Slog" - Whiteboard Friday

    Mar 27, 2014
    Working to ingrain SEO best practices in a company can take several months, and can involve a lengthy period of diminishing returns that we sometimes call the "SEO slog." To make things worse, our clients and colleagues often expect a consistent improvement. The difference between those expectations and the reality is what Rand tackles in today's Whiteboard Friday, offering you four ways to...