Category: SEO News & Updates

Query “Search Console” suddenly started returning a very specific (and for that matter very wrong) canonical URL containing the following parameter &siteUrl=ftp://geograph.org.uk/

Full URL: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en&siteUrl=ftp://geograph.org.uk/

Why did Google suddenly switch away from the correct URL? Well ironically the …

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Redditors have caught onto the fact that Google includes reddit in their news results and are currently having fun. Utilising website’s powerful traffic potential redditors are requesting upvotes to the front page with the promise of entry into Google’s results. It seems to be working as more ridiculous entries fill Google’s search results:

Even after the result disappears from the news box it still seems to linger at the top of the organic results:

Here’s an example of attempt at Google’s image search manipulation:

So far it works, but only when searching through recent images:

While some are just having the usual pointless reddit fun (some of it too controversial to link to), others are attempting to use the trick to go against companies they don’t like (primarily Comcast).…

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Our SERP flux tracker records a first serious SERP tremble since Penguin 3.0 roll-out in Australia. Stronger than Panda 4.1. There’s a conversation on Google+ suggesting this could be a Panda refresh:

“I see huuuge increase for domains having issues which feed Panda algorithm.”, Łukasz Rogala

Google suggested that Penguin 3.0 update may take weeks to roll out globally, but we in Australia haven’t seen any data to support a gradual roll-out model.…

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Over the years we have been a target of various negative SEO campaigns. This morning’s email tops it all though.

The sender doesn’t beat around the bush and makes it very clear saying: “this is an extortion email”.

Subject: I Want To Buy.…

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Algoroo reports a high level of turbulence in Google’s search results after more than 2 months of silence. The scale was at 3.27 roos which is the major spike in comparison to the previous 77 day period. This is the second biggest spike in 2014 only slightly behind the 17 May (PayDay Loan 2) jump to a whopping 3.52 roos. …

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Warning from Australia. Algoroo is showing 17th of May as a particularly turbulent day at 3.52 roos. So far there has been no official confirmation regarding the nature of the movement in search results but it’s worth noting that this is the highest roo value recorded this year and the second most turbulent day since the Penguin update in May 2013:

I have predicted some sort of an update due to unusual “quiet before the storm” SERP fluctuations, however this is not the first such prediction.…

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Temporary link schemes based on random link placement work a bit like this:

1. Spam the web with links.
2. Delete them soon after that (to avoid penalties but feed the algorithm).
3. Count money.

But there’s a problem with this plan. Google’s webspam team is aware of it and they do take action against it. …

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