Change is coming to google seo

Google has a lot of stuff in the works that will have a direct impact on webmasters and the search engine optimization community. In a seven-minute “Webmaster Help” video, Google’s Matt Cutts (sporting a Mozilla Firefox shirt), ran down much [...]
 

The business of seo in 2013 – fourth source

Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO, has the power to make or break a business. Good SEO can propel a website to the top of Google’s search listings but many businesses fail to harness its potential or grasp its importance, a [...]
 

Google notifies sprint of spam penalty; seeks advice in google help forums

The latest large brand to be hit with a user-generated content spam penalty notification is Sprint, the large US wireless communications company.Similar to Mozilla’s penalty and BBC’s penalty, Sprint was penalized for user-generated content spam on a portion of their [...]
 

Searchcap: the day in search, may 20, 2013

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web.Enhanced Campaigns: “Flexible Bid Strategies” Launching SoonGoogle will be rolling out “flexible bid strategies” in enhanced campaigns in the next couple [...]
 

Google: no search engine is completely objective

Today’s Google Webmaster Help video gets a little philosophical. Matt Cutts takes on the question: How can Google be confident with their SERPs, when relying on inherently subjective signals that influence which sites display (i.e. using human ‘quality raters’ to [...]
 

Google’s matt cutts: domain clustering to change again; fewer results from same domain

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, posted a new video about a new change coming to Google’s search results related to the diversity of the results being displayed.Matt said that Google is launching “soon” a new change that will [...]
 

Google just took out thousands of linksellers

Earlier this week, Google’s Matt Cutts ran down a bunch of new stuff Google’s web spam team is working on. Cutts tweeted an extension of that today, noting that Google will continue to tackle link networks, and that in fact, [...]
 

Matt cutts talks seo for google: 9 things you should expect this summer

The latest Google Webmaster video features Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts talking about what webmasters can expect to see in the next few months in terms of SEO for Google, particularly changes combating black hat web spam from many different angles [...]
 

Searchcap: the day in search, may 13, 2013

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web.Google’s Matt Cutts: Next Generation Of The Penguin Update “Few Weeks” AwayIn March, Google’s chief web spam fighter Matt Cutts promised [...]
 

Example debunk post

Over the years I’ve written a lot of blog posts to debunk misconceptions or claims that weren’t true. Sometimes I publish the blogs posts but often I don’t. This is a pretty typical example post. Someone claimed that Google was [...]