Category: Google PageRank & Algorithm Updates

I think we are on the verge of seeing Penguin 4.0 launch soon at Google – I think we are just about there. I know, I know, it’s been a while…

I am seeing some early signals within the community that there is a potential Google update being pushed out. It is really early. It might be some limited Google test, which they are constantly doing or really early signs of a Penguin update…
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Last week, we reported on a Google update that we suspected started a week or so before. There was some chatter in the SEO communities around an update, as well as some of the automated tracking tools noticed some changes – but overall…

Google announced that the mobile friendly ranking algorithm which launched on April 21, 2015 will be getting a ranking signal boost in the beginning of May…

Over the past week or so, I have been waiting day by day because I really have this feeling that an update is about to kick off soon…

On Monday, March 7 2016, Google officially killed off Toolbar PageRank scores to the few browser tools and web site tools that use it. The 0 to 10 PageRank score that was heavily used…

This may be one of the largest set of links in my Google monthly recaps ever. Truth is, there weren’t any major algorithm shifts…

In the past 24-hours or so, I’ve been seeing some early signs of a possible Google update. It might be impacting a limit number of sites or it might be the start of something…

On Friday, Dr. Pete Meyers, the man behind Mozcast said on Twitter that his tool picked up significant ranking changes in the mobile search results. He said “URLs on page one jumped from 80.9% to 88.7%.” That is very big but within 24 hours…

Below is a recap specific to Google webmaster topics over the past month that are important to read for all SEOs and webmasters. It mostly covers several unconfirmed Google updates with the broken promise from Google to clarify the status of Panda…
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I am still seeing massive chatter around Google’s search results changing both in terms of Webmaster Tools showing changes in rankings…

I know, we just covered huge chatter around a Google update last Friday but there is no doubt in my mind, Google is testing algorithms maybe around Panda or Penguin or the doorway algorithm is being released or maybe a whole new beast.
This morning the…

Over the past few days I’ve been seeing small chatter here and there about the search results shifting around and changing at Google. But as of last night…

The Google Mobile Friendly algorithm is coming soon, ready or not, we all know that. But how “significant” will this be for the mobile search results exactly? We know Google said it will be more visible than Panda or Penguin – they said that yesterday….

Google announced they have updated their ranking algorithm to detect a larger and better set of doorway pages and thus wipe them out of the search results, as to improve search quality within Google’s search results…

Last time there was a big Penguin update by Google, i.e. Penguin 3.0, Google did not announce that it happened but they confirmed it after we asked about it.
Google’s John Mueller implied they would do the same thing next time a Penguin algorithm is up…

Last time there was a big Penguin update by Google, i.e. Penguin 3.0, Google did not announce that it happened but they confirmed it after we asked about it.
Google’s John Mueller implied they would do the same thing next time a Penguin algorithm is up…

Yesterday in a Google hangout on Google+ with Google’s John Mueller I had to ask John about the whole real-time/instant Panda thing Gary Illyes may or may not have said at SMX West…

I try to keep the amount of content in these recaps as short as possible but this past month was pretty busy in so many different ways around Google webmaster SEO topics.

Let’s start with Google announcing new mobile friendly ranking factors coming on…

To no ones surprise, Google announced mobile-friendly is becoming a ranking factor in the mobile search results in the near future. Google said it will happen on April 21…