Google has launched a massive new algorithm change, affecting 12% of all queries — that’s about 360 million searches per day that will see different results. This change is primarily targeting article-hosting sites, which can have significant ramifications for white-hat backlink building techniques. Find out who was hit, and who benefited from this Google algorithm change.
Google AdWords has rolled out even more changes, all lower case letters in the display URL’s and extended headlines. These changes are obvious ways in which Google is assuring that the paid search results appear similar to the organic search results.
In yet another public punishment, Google catches Overstock.com paying for links and drops their search engine results from the top few rankings down to not even showing on the first several pages of results. This follows in the wake of Forbes and JC Penney being punished for link selling and buying.
Google’s updated Social Search Function now shows your social media connections’ results integrated within the search results. This updated version searches Twitter, Flickr, Quora, LinkedIn or Google Reader to show applicable integrated content based on your search.
Is the age of your domain important for your ability to rank well in Google results? And if so, just how important is domain age to your SEO? Ecreative IM tackles the question with simple answers, including what Google themselves has to say on the importance of domain age in their rankings.
