Category: Google PageRank & Algorithm Updates

I know, the boy who cried wolf, but my job here is to bring to you what the SEO community is buzzing about and they are buzzing about a possible Google Penguin update, or at least Google testing things that may imply Google is pushing out a Penguin upd…

We know it has been over 10 months since Google launched a Penguin update and Google explained it is complicated to just refresh it.
But this morning, in a Google+ Hangout, John Mueller kind of hinted that it is coming really soon. He talked about it a…

I am seeing significant signs of a real Google update both in terms of summer/weekend forum chatter at WebmasterWorld…

It has been eight months and one day since the last toolbar PageRank update and the one before that was on February 4th, a 10 month wait time. Prior to that…

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…

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…

On Friday we reported on the largest local search algorithm update we’ve seen from Google in ages. It seems from our early review of the reaction of the SEO/webmaster community that this update was indeed very large…

I may have missed a small Google update, unconfirmed update, that happened on June 27th/28th and there may have been an update this weekend on July 5th…

I thought the June report was massive, well, the past month at Google was even more active. We had the Spam algorithm revised to version 3…

On June 24th, all the tools tracking Google’s search fluctuations began lighting up. MozCast, SearchMetrics, SERPS.com all went nuts. Algoroo seemed calm, which is interesting…

Many of the tracking tools show signs of a possible Google update on Saturday, June 21st, the first day of summer. But truth is, there is very little chatter in the discussion forums.
I’ve seen one thread at BlackHatWorld about maybe SAPE links getting…

As I reported from the airport Thursday night at Search Engine Land, Google’s Matt Cutts said the Payday Loan Algorithm was rolling out but truth is, I haven’t seen signs of it.
In fact, I’ve asked many folks in the black hat and spammy categories abou…

As you may remember, MetaFilter got nailed by an unconfirmed update on November 17, 2012 that Google denied.

Google has now confirmed that update, 1.5 years later…

As I reported last night out of the SMX Advanced keynote with Matt Cutts – the third version of the Google Spam Algorithm, also known as the PayDay Loan algorithm…

May was an incredibly busy month for Google SEO related topics, specifically seeing Panda 4.0 roll out, the Google Spam algo being updated, press release sites taking a dive and several unconfirmed updates that Google wouldn’t talk about…

I am seeing very early signs of another possible Google update both based on chatter at the WebmasterWorld and in other forums and social media spaces. I am also getting private data shared with me by those who are tracking this closely…

As I broke last night, Google has released an update to the Payday Loan Algorithm also known as the Google Spam Algorithm over the weekend.

No, I was not crazy expecting something big that happened over the weekend and throughout the month and this we…

Last night was pretty wild, with Google confirming an update over the weekend targeting spammy queries and also Google’s Matt Cutts posting on Twitter that Panda 4.0 was released.

This is a new Panda algorithm, not a refresh that we’ve seen almost mon…

Despite Google saying nothing is going on, we’ve been seeing signs of major changes and reports of major changes in the Google search results and rankings.
Again, over the weekend, I’ve been getting private emails with tons of public chatter in the Web…

Despite all the signals, chatter and reporting showing that Google’s search results appear to be updating as if there was an algorithmic change at Google, Google has told me that there is nothing going on.
Google said that they are not working on anyth…