This weekend, SEOs and webmaster reported major ranking changes in Google, and it seemed to be a repeat of the week before, when people noticed something was going on behind the scenes with the core algorithm. And again, just like the first weekend when this happened, Google did let the public know about their ongoing […]
Over this weekend, it has been confirmed by a number of people on Twitter, including Zineb Ait Bahajji (in French), Gary Illyes and John Mueller of Google, that what webmasters were seeing was not a Penguin update like we were expecting, but a core ranking algorithm update instead. There were some early signs of an update […]
It’s been confirmed by Gary Illyes, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google, that the next Penguin update will make its debut before we see 2016 on Twitter. @Andrew_Isidoro yes — Gary Illyes (@methode) October 28, 2015 So what does this mean for webmasters? The biggest thing will be that, if you were hit by the last […]
We’ve heard for a while now that we can expect to see the next Penguin update to happen soon, but now, we know it’ll probably released within the next two months. A Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, Gary Illyes, posted on his Twitter feed that he’s expecting to see the release of the update within 2015. Since we only have a couple […]
After a week of tracking the webmaster and SEO community and the data around Google’s rankings, Barry Schwartz has found something interesting. From what he could see, Google has made more than the typical daily ranking tweaks. Not only have webmasters and SEOs felt a disturbance in the Force, but even automated rank checking tools have all […]
Back in the day, as SEOs and webmasters, we used to rely quite heavily on search engines for traffic. Remember when, as an SEO, your success in business was determined by your placement in Google? The higher you ranked, the bigger the success you were. When it came to success, the only roadmap that generated […]
After all the hubbub earlier this year leading up to April 21st we dubbed Mobilegeddon, you’d think that pretty much everybody in the SEO and marketing industry would be taking mobile seriously. One would think that with the negative consequences that can come of not making their websites mobile-friendly, everybody would attempt to create a […]
In a Google Hangout this morning, Google’s John Mueller was talking with webmasters, and was asked about the Google Panda 4.2 update a number of times. One of those questions included why it’s running slower than usual. The rollout is taking months and months, John explained, because of an “intense issue” related to “technical reasons.” John also mentioned that […]
It was announced to Search Engine Land this weekend that Google has finally pushed out a Google Panda refresh this weekend. But chances are, it has probably gone unnoticed by a number of webmasters, as the roll out has been happening quite slowly. The interesting part is that Google says that the update could take months to […]
Over this last weekend, Google’s Webmaster Trends Analyst team member Gary Illyes, stated on Twitter that the Google Penguin refresh isn’t going to be happening for quite a while, saying that it is “months away.” Back at SMX Advanced, Gary admitted that to the folks at Search Engine Land that Penguin is running slowly, but they’re doing what they […]