A Penguin’s Tale: Responding to the latest update

What should SEOs do to make the best of the new Penguin update? Perhaps not much. Columnist Dave Davies notes that while Penguin 4.0 was indeed significant, things ultimately haven’t changed that much.

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Google labels your links, such as “footer” or Penguin-impacted

Google’s manual action team has access to look at a page’s link labels and may use that to dig deeper into the site’s activities.

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Give Google a break: Tackling paid links is harder than you may think

Google is often criticized for how it handles spammy links, but columnist Ian Bowden believes this criticism may be unfair. Here, he takes a look at the challenges Google might face in tackling the ongoing issue of paid links.

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Authority & link building with real-time Penguin

Google recently released Penguin 4.0, and the Penguin filter now updates in real time. Columnist Marcus Miller explores what this means for SEO and link building.

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The four pillars of the future of SEO

What does the future of search engine optimization have in store for us? Columnist Pratik Dholakiya looks at recent trends to explain the direction our industry is headed in.

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Google updates Penguin, says it now runs in real time within the core search algorithm

The latest announced release, Penguin 4.0, will also be the last, given its new real-time nature.

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Key takeaways from the Google AMA: RankBrain, panda, penguin, bots & more

From Panda to Penguin, authorship to HTTPS, search console and mobile index – here are my key points from the SMX Advanced talk with Google.

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Search Update Impact On SEO & Content Strategies: Staying Ahead With A Focus On Quality

Columnist Jim Yu explores how Google’s numerous algorithm updates over the years have shaped search engine optimization strategies. Can this information provide a clue for what to expect in the future?

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Google Says The Penguin & Panda Algorithms Still Require Manual Data Pushes

It has been over 4 months since a Google Penguin or Panda update and Google’s John Mueller tells us the data updates are currently done manually.

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Google Says There’s No Whitelist To Save You From Panda Or Penguin

Google’s John Mueller said there is no whitelist for the Penguin and Panda algorithms, like there is for the SafeSearch algorithm.

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This Small Business Redesigned Its Website & You Won’t Believe What Horrible SEO Thing Happened Next

Columnist Andrew Shotland took on a client who’d lost rankings as a result of a site redesign. Here’s what he did to help them recover.

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