Paradigm shift: Has Google suspended defamation removals?

Columnist Chris Silver Smith takes a look at what could be a recent policy shift in Google’s longstanding informal policy of granting court-ordered defamation removal requests.

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Organic Search Party: Our Top SEO Columns of 2016

Which stories got the SEO community fired up this year? Check out Search Engine Land’s top “All Things SEO” and “Link Week” columns of 2016 to find out!

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What you’re missing with SEO that will make a world of difference

While long-term efforts are SEO mainstays, contributor Julian Connors suggests more short-term reactive strategies can also have significant rankings impact.

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Eat Local: Our Top 10 Local Search Columns of 2016

Hungry for some good local SEO content? Satisfy your hunger with Search Engine Land’s 10 most popular local search columns of the year.

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BrightLocal opens its 2016 local SEO survey to see how the industry has changed over the last year

Survey questions cover everything from SEO agency size and revenue to services offered and retainer fees.

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Small business owners: 3 steps to creating accurate Google Analytics reports

Raw traffic data in Google Analytics isn’t always accurate. In this helpful how-to, columnist Dianna Huff shows Analytics beginners how to create a filter that excludes spam traffic and traffic from internal sources.

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What the heck is machine learning, and why should I care?

Understanding the impact of machine learning will be crucial to adjusting our search marketing strategies — but probably not in the way you think. Columnist Dave Davies explains.

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Finally going mobile-friendly, but on a collision course with Google’s mobile-first index [Case Study]

Google’s index has been shifting toward ‘mobile-first,’ making mobile pages the default pages for ranking purposes. Columnist Glenn Gabe uses a case study to illustrate some of the issues this might pose for site owners.

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Google’s Top Searches in 2016: Pokémon Go & iPhone 7 outrank Donald Trump, Prince & Powerball

The site released a variety of its top search trends — ranking everything from top searches overall to the most searched people and global news stories.

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Bing’s top searches in 2016: Lady Gaga, iPhone 7 & video gamer DanTDM take top spots

While Bing ranked multiple topics — everything from top searched celebrities to tech trends — it didn’t share its most popular search term for the year.

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