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Sharing a Video on Facebook? Algorithm Prefers FB Video over YouTube

September 15, 2014 at 4:57 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Sharing a Video on Facebook? Algorithm Prefers FB Video over YouTube

Facebook has been making a major push for users to upload their videos to Facebook rather than simply linking to a YouTube video.  If you are a Facebook Page, the Facebook algo seems to be giving higher preference in the news feed to videos that are actually uploaded to Facebook rather than linked to a […]

Google Confirms Penguin Refresh Needed to Recover

September 8, 2014 at 5:22 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Confirms Penguin Refresh Needed to Recover

It has long been debated whether a Penguin update is needed in order to recover from a true Penguin algo hit, or whether it is possible that you can recover despite the fact we haven’t seen a Penguin refresh for almost a year.  General consensus is that an update is needed, but there are those […]

Google’s Penguin Algo Update is Being Worked On By Engineers

July 22, 2014 at 5:33 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google’s Penguin Algo Update is Being Worked On By Engineers

In yesterday’s Google Webmaster Central office hours, John Mueller commented that engineers are currently in the process of updated the Google Penguin algorithm.  This is good news for those who may have been penalized by Penguin, as it has been over 9 months since we saw the last update to the Penguin algo. John Mueller […]

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