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Google Penguin Sounds on Track for January 2016 Real Time Update

December 11, 2015 at 5:29 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Penguin Sounds on Track for January 2016 Real Time Update

There were many mixed reactions about Penguin not launching in December like many believed it would.  While last week John Mueller wouldn’t give a timeline for when we would see it go live, this week he commented that it sounds likely for a launch next month. He again wasn’t going to give any specific date […]

Why Google Doesn’t Comment on Various Smaller “Phantom”-Type Updates

December 11, 2015 at 4:35 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Why Google Doesn’t Comment on Various Smaller “Phantom”-Type Updates

There has been a lot of chatter over some of the fluctuations people noticed last month, particularly the one on the 19th, and John Mueller was asked about it specifically in today’s Google webmaster help hangout. While many in the industry agree that this is one of the regular core algorithm changes – one of […]

Advantages to Using Multiple Sitemaps in Google Search Console

December 11, 2015 at 4:15 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Advantages to Using Multiple Sitemaps in Google Search Console

Depending on the size of your site, you have probably been presented with whether you should split up sitemaps into sections – such as by category or page type – or leave it as one big one.  In today’s hangout, John Mueller was asked if there are any advantages to splitting up sitemaps, and he […]

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