Hijacking Google search results for fun, not profit: UK SEO uncovers XML sitemap exploit in Google Search Console

SEO wins bug bounty from Vulnerability Reward Program, Google search team confirms the exploit no longer works

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Google reports more than 40K government requests for user data during 2nd half of 2015

Google says it is proud its transparency reports have helped “shed light on government surveillance laws and practices” around the world.

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Google sent 4.3 million messages to webmasters and saw 33% increase in clean-up efforts

It is now even more important to verify your website in the Google Search Console, as you can see in Google’s latest webspam report.

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Google Analysis Shows Over 80% Of HTTPS URLs Not Displaying In Google’s Search Results

Despite many sites already supporting HTTPS, 80% of those URLs do not show in the Google search results because the webmaster is communicating to Google to display the HTTP version.

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SEO & SSL: A Conversation With Jon Henshaw Of Raven Tools

Google says it will boost rankings for HTTPS sites, but, in an interview by contributor Clark Buckner, Henshaw recommends SEOs hold off.

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