Category: Google PageRank & Algorithm Updates

Virtually all the keyword tools sent out warnings of a major update that hit around August 21st. But the truth is, based on what I am following in the discussion forums, although there were some people talking about an update…

In the past month, Google has pushed out a softer Panda update, quietly updated their link schemes guidelines and issued warnings to manipulative browser actions…

I am a bit torn, I’ve seen some chatter over the weekend at both WebmasterWorld and Google Webmaster Help but not enough to see strong signs of a definite update…

There is renewed chatter in the WebmasterWorld forums about another shuffle taking place in Google. The consensus is that this update is likely Panda related.
We know Google has now slowed the Panda rollout to happen over several days and we also know …

Here I am again, coming to you to tell you that I am seeing higher than normal chatter in the forums about a possible Google search algorithm update..

It was an incredibly busy month in the Google SEO/Webmaster world. Besides for Google announcing the spam algorithm, explaining about Panda’s slower rollouts, releasing a new mobile ranking factor and pushing out a multi-week update…

Yesterday, MozCast, Moz’s Google ranking volatility tool, reported the highest level of change in Google’s search results in the history of MozCast. 113 degrees hot. Typically…

For the past week or so, I’ve been seeing a lot of chatter around a Google updating happening. The thing is…

There is a lot of new chatter in the WebmasterWorld forums, along with random threads at other forums including Google Webmaster Help about Google’s search results shifting around and some webmasters claiming huge declines in referrals from Google star…

Last Wednesday Google released the spam algorithm to target very spammy niches and “illegal” link building and spamming techniques. Did it work…

Back in March, Google said they will stop confirming Panda updates because they are now more baked into the index and algorithm. Well, at SMX Advanced, Matt Cutts of Google announced it is still roughly updated monthly but these updates are rolled ou…

As expected, Google’s Matt Cutts announced last night before his chat at SMX Advanced on Twitter that they have begun rolling out a new algorithm to target spam in more spammy industries in Google.
Matt Cutts explained…

In the past month, we had a major Penguin update, Google went after a link network, likely TLA, Matt announced ten SEO changes coming down the pipe and made a clear stance on advertorials.
It was a busy month…

As I mentioned in our monthly Google webmaster report this morning, it seems like there is an uptick in chatter around a possible Google update kicking off this morning. It is extremely early but I’ve received emails, tweets and other correspondence of…

It has been just under a week since Google Penguin 2.0 (#4) was released and I wanted to gauge in an anonymous poll how SEOs and webmasters were impacted.

With Penguin 1.0, 64% claimed they were hurt by that update. There were very few recoveries si…

As I reported last night at Search Engine Land, Penguin 2.0 / 4 is now live – this is the next generation Penguin update. As Google’s Matt Cutts added, this impacts 2.3% of English queries and also impacts other languages but the percentage depends on …

As part of our coverage of the ten Google algorithm changes coming this summer, I wanted to make sure you all saw that Google was coming up with a technique to determine which sites are authorities in specific topics. Now, if Google determined…
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A few weeks ago was the one year anniversary of the Google Penguin update. As you know, we have not had a Penguin update in well over six months, but we are bracing ourselves for the next big Penguin update coming in the next few weeks.

As I covered yesterday, in very brief summary, Google’s Matt Cutts told us ten SEO changes coming to Google by the end of this summer. One of those changes is softening the impact of the Panda algorithm for sites that are in the “gray area” or “border”…

There is a saying that Tim Mayer, formerly from Yahoo, brought to the SEO conferences that has been used for probably ten years now. He said, “don’t bring a sword to a gun fight,” when someone was talking about how some search results for very shady bu…