Ranking data during the December 2022 Google helpful content update and link spam update
The data providers sent us data looking at the Google Search results over the last couple of weeks.
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Unconfirmed Google Search ranking update feels big
The SEO industry is very busy watching the Google search results fluctuate and change rapidly since this weekend.
SEOs noticing ranking volatility in Google’s search results
There may have been an update or two in the past week.
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SearchCap: Google upgrades event search feature, rookie link building & more
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SearchCap: Save big on SMX East, Google Image search, lawsuit settled & more
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SearchCap: Google hotel ads, Bing testing icon, reviews impact ranking & more
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SearchCap: #SMXperts, Google Analytics, cutting content & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Ask the SMXperts – Page Speed, Site Migrations & Crawling Jul 6, 2018 by Debra Mastaler Three #SMXperts answer questions from the Advanced Technical SEO session at SMX Advanced and share […]
SearchCap: Google webspam report, Bing ads, bot herding & more
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SearchCap: Google replacing video boxes, hoarding content & more
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 changed the way it works, and no one really noticed Jun 19, 2018 by Patrick Stox If you missed the changes Google made late last year on labeling country services, […]
SearchCap: Google updates ad settings, negative SEO & more
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SearchCap: Matt Cutts at SMX Advanced, Bing announces AMP viewer & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Supercharging your SEO with AI: Insights, automation and personalization Jun 12, 2018 by Jim Yu The tech giants are fully committed to ‘AI-first,’ and marketers who follow suit can supercharge their […]
SearchCap: Bing JSON-LD, Google Search app & Gboard update
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SearchCap: The Virginia Woolf Google doodle, Google Q&A & remarketing ads
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Looking at marketing automation platforms? We compare 14 vendors Jan 25, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot Virtually every marketing automation platform provides three core capabilities: email marketing, website visitor tracking and […]
SearchCap: Google Shopping ad updates, SEO ranking factors & nofollow links
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Google Drops The Thumbtack Link Penalty Less Than A Week After It Was Issued
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SearchCap: Mac Spotlight Drops Google, DuckDuckGo Added To Safari & Google Eyes Free
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Big Win For DuckDuckGo: Apple Adding To Safari As Private Search Option DuckDuckGo, the search engine that positions itself as a completely secure and private search engine, is getting a big […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 14, 2013
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 Authority Boost: Google’s Algorithm To Determine Which Site Is A Subject Authority Yesterday, we covered and summarized the ten future Google SEO changes coming to Google’s search results by the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 6, 2012
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 23, 2012
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