Instagram On Bots, Dealing With Dodgy Reviews & Google To Define Dupe Content: Weekly Forum Update

This week has been the week of “what took so long”: Instagram is finally taking an action on fake followers and Firefox is finally addressing its speed issues. In other discussions of note, members provide tips for how webmasters can control for “dodgy” reviews, Google provides a not-so-clear clarification on duplicate content, and more! Instagram […]

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Google’s Planned Chrome Adblocker & Latest Internet Trends Report Released: Weekly Forum Update

This week has been rich in interesting discussions! Forum members have been talking about Google’s planned  Chrome Adblocker, 2017 State of the Internet Trends report, Google’s drop of NOODP meta tag support and what it means for marketers and marketing conferences. Here are our highlights: Report: Google Plans Ad Blocking in Chrome In a perplexing […]

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Clickbot Bypasses Google Bouncer & Warning On Low Quality Guest Posts: Weekly Forum Update

Does click-through-rate impact Google rankings? Is Google preparing to hit guest posting links again? Will we all be forced to migrate to HTTPS? This week’s forum discussions bring up important points. Join in! Ad Click Bots Discovered In Game Apps In Google Play Store According to researhers at Check Point, Malware “Judy” bypassed Google Bouncer, […]

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Using Analytics To Drive Change For SEOs, Facebook & Google Data Transparency – Weekly Forum Update

This week has seen some very interesting discussions around leveraging analytics for SEO, transparency in digital advertising, and of course some interesting technical SEO questions. Analytics is THE engine of change Member iamlost states a case for how analytics can be an agent of change for SEOs who are making do without keyword level metrics, […]

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Google Quality Raters Speak Out, Changing Value Of A #1 Ranking & When Responsive Is Not Mobile Friendly: Weekly Forum Update

This week has been rich in interesting updates from search and social platforms. Our forum users have actively discussing Google’s raters getting a cut in hours, Twitter teaming up with Bloomberg, Googlebot ignoring robots.txt directives and more! Please click the links below for more details: Google raters get a cut in hours and start to […]

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