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Understanding Google Panda: Definitive Algo Guide for SEOs

January 11, 2016 at 5:30 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Understanding Google Panda: Definitive Algo Guide for SEOs

Note: We have many brand new quotes about Panda from Google attributed to a “Google Spokesperson.”  These are all quotes given directly to the author and The SEM Post by Google.  All other Google quotes are cited to their sources. Google Panda is one of Google’s ranking filters that seeks to downrank pages that are […]

Yahoo Showing Google AdWords Sidebar Ads With Extensions

January 11, 2016 at 5:03 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Yahoo Showing Google AdWords Sidebar Ads With Extensions

Yahoo is testing Google ads in their search results with a unique twist.  The Google AdWords ads showing in the sidebar are displaying extensions including sitelinks and reviews. Here are some examples of the Google AdWords ads showing on Yahoo. And here is an example with ratings in the sidebar.  It was also a test […]

Google Makes Major Changes to In-Depth Article Results

January 11, 2016 at 4:30 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Makes Major Changes to In-Depth Article Results

Google has made some changes to in-depth articles in the search results which make them appear more like regular organic search results. Dr. Pete Meyers was the first to notice the change, since it affected Mozcast data for both the regular weather report and the in-depth results, but with the corrected results have some changes. […]

Google Changes to Longer Snippets for Some Search Results

January 11, 2016 at 4:12 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Changes to Longer Snippets for Some Search Results

Google has changed over some of their search results to show snippets that are longer than the standard two lines in length.  Instead, some search results are appearing with 3 or 4 lines – or longer in the case of results with structured data. The one thing in common we are spotting with all the […]

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