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A stricter Google Panda in 2012

Google announced in early December via Twitter that Panda Updates will resume in 2012. Panda has released six updates since Google first introduced it in February 2011. With the next update being released sometime in January 2012 you should giving some attention to the following three areas when performing regular ...

Focus, Focus, FOCUS For Google

Google is shifting focus from everything to almost everything, and to prove it they’ve decided to clean a little house. All around the Google-verse you may have noticed that certain features no longer work or have simply been removed. Here’s a list of some of the Google products that are either being ...

Free Website, Hosting and Domains for Business Owners in Texas

Recently, I read about Google’s efforts to establish a few test City Pages. These Google centric city portals all began with Google going to the city and getting integrated in the daily workings of each community. This hands on approach promotes Google assets while providing a service to the community. Well, Google has ...

Bye Bye Yahoo Site Explorer – Hello MajesticSEO Site Explorer

Yahoo announced on July 8th the approximate time line for the shutdown of Site Explorer. According to their information, it is to shutdown sometime this year which will likely follow the addition of inbound link data into Bing’s Webmaster Tools platform. Yahoo will be shutting down the services ...

Stop Malware – Google Exterminator!

Malware is no joke and if you’ve had a run in with it lately – you’re not alone. Hundreds of thousands of personal computers infected with malware loaded through a fake anti-virus program have been flooding the Internet. The problem was so pervasive that even Google’s servers were affected. They were ...

Panda/Farmer Update Rolls Out to the UK

Following the highly publicised rollout of the Google Farmer (Panda) update in the US, Google announced that the same algorithmic change had been rolled out to all English-language Google users. However, alongside the update a further enhancement was included to take into account sites blocked using the Chrome Personal Blocklist widget. Google commented on the Webmaster ...

About.com Is Pandatized?

About.com was Google’s latest target in the Panda/Farmer Update killing spree. Google has once again stated that this update was a small one and only affects less than 2% on the results. (Not such a small amount if you’re that 2%). Since the update was released several sites have complained that they have had big traffic ...

Display URLs in Headlines – Algorithm Update

We’ve been telling you for years and years that the display URL is the 2nd most visible part of your ad. A hinge that swings huge doors. So notice this: For certain ads in top positions, Google is adding your domain name to your ...

Google Business Photos Now Officially Launched!

Last year Google teased Place Page owners with a possible Google Store View allowing customers to virtually walk into businesses while using the Google Street View function of Google Maps. The testing was short lived and we were left thinking it was discontinued. Well Google seems to have had a change of heart. They’ve officially launched ...

A Strong Push For Google Wallet – Paypal Watch Out!

At the end of May Google gave a formal announcement of the release of Google Wallet using NFC. NFC chips allow a user to simply tap their mobile device against special payment pads to process their transactions within the store. The goal is to get enough adoption from merchants and users alike that Google Wallet will ...

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Yup, that’s me. This blog tends to be an informative website about SEO, especially for newbies on this kind of field, with bits of intriguing and interesting topics that would keep audiences of this blog astonished. This blog is maintained by a web designer/developer, seo analyst and a down-to-earth guy who just loves to help people ...