Google sent 4.3 million messages to webmasters and saw 33% increase in clean-up efforts

It is now even more important to verify your website in the Google Search Console, as you can see in Google’s latest webspam report.

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The power of “Anchor Influencers”

Producing linkworthy content is a big investment, and columnist Eric Enge explains how relationships formed with key influencers can accelerate your SEO efforts and help you maximize your content investment.

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The #1 Reason Why Position #1 Doesn’t Matter

As the layout of search engine results pages continues to change and evolve, columnist Rachel Lindteigen notes that being the top result may not be as important as it used to be.

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Search in Pics: Kangaroos, Russo brothers & new napkins at Google

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Kangaroo at Google this week: Source: Google+ Russo brothers visit Google…

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Microsoft blocks Google Chrome & other browsers from Cortana in latest Windows 10 release

Microsoft says blocking third-party browsers & search providers improves user experience and is in keeping with how competitors act with their own digital assistants.

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Google Shopping ads so hot right now: the meteoric rise of PLAs

For retailers, Product Listing Ads are the height of fashion! Columnist Andy Taylor explores the growth of this ad format and discusses how search advertisers can take advantage of this trend.

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Is your brand prepared for voice search? 3 steps to get the conversation started

As voice search becomes more widely adopted, what can search marketers do to prepare? Columnist Purna Virji discusses how to adapt to this growing trend.

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