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Switching to HTTPS Will Not Increase Your Search Rankings

September 29, 2014 at 4:00 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Switching to HTTPS Will Not Increase Your Search Rankings

After webmasters were scrambling to make their sites secure with Google’s announcement that using https would give those sites a ranking boost, John Mueller states that using https will not visibly increase your rankings. In a Google Webmaster Help Office Hours, the question about https as a ranking boost came up. I wouldn’t expect any […]

End of an Era: Yahoo Closing the Yahoo Directory

September 29, 2014 at 3:30 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

End of an Era: Yahoo Closing the Yahoo Directory

Any old school SEO will remember the days when a Yahoo Directory listing was really important.  And while not many still submitted sites regularly to the directory, it still has a place in many SEO’s hearts.  But Yahoo has announced that they will be closing the Yahoo Directory later this year. Yahoo announced on their […]

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