SearchCap: Google Panda Losers, Right To Be Forgotten & Google’s 16th Birthday

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: An AdWords Script To Make Exact Match, Well…Exact Many of you will have heard about Google’s decision to terminate exact match (at the same time as telling…

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SearchCap: End Of Yahoo Directory, Managing Negative SEO & Google’s Panda 4.1 Update

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Yahoo Directory — Once The Internet’s Most Important Search Engine — Is To Close For some, it may seem like there has always been Google,…

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Panda 4.1 — Google’s 27th Panda Update — Is Rolling Out

Google has announced that the latest version of its Panda Update — a filter designed to penalize “thin” or poor content from ranking well — has been released. Google said in a post on Google+ that a “slow rollout” began earlier this week and will continue into…

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Panda Strikes Again: Yahoo Voices & The Yahoo Contributor Network Closing Down

Yahoo has announced another round of product cuts and changes, all part of what it calls a continued effort on “furthering our focus.” The most notable cut announced today is the upcoming closure of both Yahoo Voices (voices.yahoo.com) and the Yahoo Contributor Network…

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SearchCap: Google Webmaster Tools Removal Notices, Panda Slaps Yahoo & Changed Links Less Trusted

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Panda Strikes Again: Yahoo Voices & The Yahoo Contributor Network Closing Down Yahoo has announced another round of product cuts and changes, all part of what…

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Panda 4.0: Redefining Site Authority

Everyone in SEO talks about it: authority. It’s the key measurement for ranking, right? But what defines authority in the eyes of each search engine? We all have our theories and correlations, and authority measurement has certainly changed over the years as new signals emerge that may give…

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Google’s Matt Cutts: MetaFilter Hit By An Algorithm But Not Panda Or Penguin

Last month, MetaFilter, a news and discussion site from back in the old days, told us they got hit by a Google penalty years ago that had a major impact on their business. We posted our theories and details on this penalty in our post named On MetaFilter Being Penalized By Google: An Explainer….

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Did Google Panda 4.0 Go After Press Release Sites?

Nine days ago when Google released Panda 4.0 – which aims to filter out “thin” content from top rankings – we focused our attention on the big Winners & Losers charts, Since then, some have noted that press releases may have also been hit big time. Using SearchMetrics, I…

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SearchCap: Google Panda Slap Press Releases, Authorship Gone Again & North Korea Mapping

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Authorship Goes Down Again, Twice In One Week Google Authorship is once again down for the count, second time within a one-week period. Authorship is the…

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SearchCap: MetaFilter Filtered By Google, RetailMeNot Debates Panda Reports & Google Drops Authorship

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Drops Authorship Rich Snippets From Search Results. A Bug? For the past 20 minutes, if you search anything on Google, the authorship images, where it shows…

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