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The Effects of Machine Learning on Rankings and SEO

April 19, 2016 at 5:26 am PST By Christian Kunz

The Effects of Machine Learning on Rankings and SEO

The effects of machine learning on rankings and SEO For a long time search engines relied on static ranking factors. Those webmasters and SEOs who knew what to pay attention for were able to reach the best positions on Google’s SERPs. This has changed recently and will be changing in the future: The increasing usage […]

75% of Site Owners Cleaned Up Hacked Sites After Google Notification

April 19, 2016 at 5:20 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

75% of Site Owners Cleaned Up Hacked Sites After Google Notification

Google released some interesting data on hacked sites and their attempts to notify webmasters that their sites were compromised. They also released information on just how many sites are hacked – Google detected over 800,000 alone last year. Email Notifications This led to 75% of hacked sites being cleaned up when Google was able to […]

Google Adds New Track a Package Card to Search Results

April 19, 2016 at 4:59 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Adds New Track a Package Card to Search Results

Google will often show a card in the search results with tracking package information, when it knows this information from your email.  Now, Google has also added a more generic version of this, which shows a card with the option to submit a tracking number then click “Find carrier.”  To bring up the box, search […]

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