The difference between an algorithm update and refresh.

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Penguin is refreshing soon, but what happens to links you disavow now?

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Switching to https? What happens to your disavow?

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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What Google says about negative SEO

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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How to check Webmaster Tools for a Google Penalty

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Are you confused about guest posting? Here’s what Google says you can safely do.

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Questions from a conference newbie.

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Get email notification for any new messages in Webmaster Tools

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Apparently you can tell if a link has been disavowed. So I did some experiments…

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Google reapplied a penalty and gave us no notice!

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Your traffic drop may not be because of a penalty! Complete list of reasons for your traffic to drop.

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Google Webmaster Central Hangout for May 5, 2014

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout Summary – April 11, 2014

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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The webspam team made a mistake and forgot to remove a penalty.

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout Summary – April 7, 2014

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Analyzing Sep 2024 traffic drops for Forbes & CNN: Sections of sites unrelated to the brand were affected

Did Google start to prioritize expertise over authority in September 2024? In this article, we'll look at sections of Forbes and CNN that saw traffic dips. In Glenn Gabe’s most recent article, he wrote about sites that were possible targets for abusing Google’s site reputation abuse policy were seeing declines. Google responded saying that this […]

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What are Twiddlers in Google’s ranking systems? And how can we use this knowledge to rank better?

Twiddlers are C++ code objects used in Google’s ranking algorithms that help Google re-order search results. They are used in a Google system called Superroot which is Google’s ranking framework. I came across this 2017 Google document on Twiddlers upon reading Mario Fischer’s excellent breakdown of what we can learn about how ranking works based […]

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