If you have had a manual action spam penalty lifted in Google Webmaster Tools, yet aren’t seeing an expected bounce back in the rankings, you might want to have an other look at your manual spam actions in Google Webmaster Tools once again. It seems that some penalties are showing back up, even after a […]
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Google Starts Warning Websites That Redirect Mobile to Homepage
A couple of months ago, Google warned webmasters that they would be showing an alert in the Google search results to mobile users who were attempting to go to an internal page of a website but the website itself redirects all mobile users to the homepage instead. Now, Google has started sending letters to websites […]
Is the Google update mostly SSL implementation issues?
There has been a lot of chatter about a possible Google update happening late Friday and over the weekend. However, while there were two UK link networks that were penalized, it is unclear if there was actually an update or if it is fallout from the panic SSL switches that many websites are in the […]
Penguin Recoveries Have Been Rolled Out to Search Results
Waiting for a Penguin recovery? Check your analytics, as those recoveries from previous Penguin launches should have all rolled out by now. Last week, Gary Illyes from Google reported that the Penguin recoveries were rolling out, and would take a few more days to finish – a timeline which has now passed. @atmoore81 it's happening […]
Did Panda Cause These Often Disavowed Sites to Rebrand and Shut Down?
Fellow disavowers, some old friends have disappeared! Some of the most highly disavowed sites on the internet have quietly disappeared. Did anyone notice? While the disappearance of these sites is hardly earth shattering news, I did find it quite interesting to analyze their demise. Ask Ives Ask Ives was a site that acted as a […]
Why Google Stopping Updating Algo Update Info on Inside Search
Those who have been around the industry for a while will remember that Google used to post updates about recent algo changes on Inside Search. However, it was discontinued in 2012 and hasn’t been updated, aside from changing the header to the new Google logo. The question came up yesterday during Gary Illye’s Q&A at […]
Going HTTPS: Negative Impact No Longer than 1-2 Weeks
Twitter has been full of comments the last couple of weeks about the issue related to switching a site from HTTP to HTTPS and the resulting traffic loss from Google. Gary Illyes from Google made a comment on Twitter today saying that SEOs who recommend against going HTTPS are wrong. If you're an SEO and […]