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The Google Pigeon Update and how its seen as a very impactful algorithmic update specific to local search. Plus, Moz Guest Post controversyand more MozCon 2014 takeaways including Stephanie Beadell on Bad Data via Surveys, Stacey MacNaught on Content Creation and Rich Millington on Building a successful community Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcir...

More from MozCon 2014 as Ross speaks about Maintaining SEO Focus with Marshall Simmonds, Founder of Define Media Group Inc, who presented a dicussion entitled Keep the Focus on the Doughnuts. Also, Ross talks to Mike Ramsey of Nifty Marketing, who spoke aboutLocal SEO Lessons from Small Town USA Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On location from MozCon 2014, Ross speaks with Dr. Pete Meyers, the Marketing Scientist at Moz, who spoke about Content Marketing and How to Never Run Out of Great Ideas. Ross also talks to Mark Traphagen, the Senior Director of Online Marketing for Stone Temple Consulting who spoke on Claiming Your Kingdom for Brand Dominance. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out:...

The Smoking Gun: Deleted Google Author Photo Boosts Ad CTR ;Google hits Poland again with link network penalties;Groupon Tests Direct Traffic;Google Website Quality Guidelines Leaked;E.A.T. is the new acronym - Expertise, Authority and Trust;Head Of Googles Web Spam Team Matt Cutts Is Going On Leave       Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/...

Google Drops Google+ Images and Circle counts from standard SERP listings;  John Mueller comments about How to implement Authorship; plus the results of a Searchmetrics Schema study  plus a listener question on the risk of duplicate content.       Related articles across the web How to Setup Google Authorship; Manual Action Detail in Google Webmaster Tools Bing Showing Authorship; Google Improved...

Ross and John highlight Matt Cutts' SMX Advanced 2014 You and A where he discusses the Google PayDay Algorithm, Reconsideration Requests, Penguin Updates and more. Plus, the release of the Amazon Fire Phone: Bing gets a lot more exposure and a study says Google Universal Results Show Up For 85percentOf All Searches: Videos In 65 percent & Maps In 1 percent. Google Algorithm Changes for Fix...

Ross and John broadcast on location from SMX Advanced 2014 in Seattle , and they speak with the President of Stone Temple Consulting, Eric Enge and the CEO of Mobile Moxie, Cindy Krum. Related articles across the web Matt Cutts Announces Updates Coming to Google Penguin and Panda Algorithms and more from SMX West 2013 Matt Cutts On What SEOs Can Expect From Google Coming Up Javascript and PageRank...

What is SEO and What is Not SEO? David Harry from the SEO Training Dojo discusses a very heated Facebook group thread where this very topic came up for debate. They discuss how certain fields like social media, PR, webdesign and even linkbuilding arenot SEO thought might individually affect SEO in some way. Related articles across the web Matt Cutts On What SEOs Can Expect From Google Coming Up Go...

WTF, rel=dofollow links? Red Flags for Google?  SEO’s Sued for Violating Google Guidelines; More than two Links on a page … Google takes the 1st one. Google Penalized eBay But Was It Panda 4 Or A Manual Action? Bing is Shutting Down its Webmaster Forums; Google: Dropping Links In Forums Can Hurt Your Both Algorithmically and Manually; Google: Panda 4.0 Brings in ‘Softer Side,’ Lays Groundwork For...

Ross takes us some steps onHow to Obtain Links to Your Website Through Outreach and Link Attraction. Ross takes us thr0ugh several variables fromchoosinga photo from another persons collection in an article to generating social love from themtochallenginganarticle written by an authority in your industry with your own strong and valid opinion. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Pr...

From  Getting clients to know their sites: perform an audit and having them  Review their social signals/effectiveness, Ross and John discuss How to Determine Why Your Competitors are Succeeding and You’re Not Related articles across the web Duplicate Meta Descriptions; Merchant Quality Chatters Spurns Google Zebra Rumor Ethics and Google; Contracts with Vendors, Impacting Rankings in Hours How to...

Ethics and Google;Contracts with Vendors; Trying to sneak in Links asJohn recounts his experience from this week plus another patent this week confirms that Citation act as Links. Plus,Click thru test .... Impacting Rankings in the short term in a matter of hours. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Matt Cutts Lobbying To Reward Secure Sites With Better Rankings;Google: 410s Are Immediate and 404s Are Delayed For 24 Hours;Google secures keyword referral data for PPC outside of AdWords;Paid Platforms will still work;Google Glass is now Kosher for Passover     Related articles across the web Google Glass Now Kosher For Passover Matt Cutts Goes to Washington Anglo Rank: Another Private Link Netw...

Google On IE8 Drops SSL and Passes Full Referrer; Matt Cutts: Almost All Penalties Are For Quality Violationswhen askedwhat percentage of penalties/filters are based on violations of Googles Quality Guidelines versus technology issues or bugs on the webmaster side? Related articles across the web Anglo Rank: Another Private Link Network Foiled By The Cutts; Duplicate Meta Descriptions How to Setup...

Bing updates their Webmaster Guidelines, adding that if you use keyword stuffing, it can lead to demotion or even the delisting of your website. Also, Google quietly updates their Google Places Quality Guidelines for naming your business   Related articles across the web Bing Webmaster Guidelines Updated To Include Demotions For Keyword Stuffing Google Navigation Changes To Webmaster Tools; Google...

Matt Cutts goes after guest blogging: myblogguest.com, discusses how Google looks without backlinks as a ranking factor and asksWhat should sites do with pages for products that are no longer available? Plus, Google now has a smaller, wearable version of Android on the way built-in with Google Now, some revealing info from a hangout on air with Nick Kellet of List. Ly, including howin WordPress us...

Chef Dennis Littleygives his insights into blogging and Google Plus. Dennis manages theG+ Food Bloggers Community in part 2 of this hour-long interview. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Chef Dennis Littleygives his insights into blogging and Google Plus. Dennis manages theG+ Food Bloggers Community. You can check out A Culinary Journey with Chef Dennis at his website Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Guest Blogging: Stick a fork in it - its done;Expedia Lost 25 Percent Of Their Search Visibility In Google Possibly Over Unnatural Links;Google slams paid ads - shows stats in an infographic?! Ross also discusses plans for marketing and how you should never under-budget.     Related articles across the web Matt Cutts: "Stick A Fork In It, Guest Blogging Is Done" Expedia Lost 25% Of Their S...

Bing Begins Supporting SSL Search Query Data Does Not Pass [Not Provided];6 Major Google Changes Reveal the Future of SEO;Google Apologizes For Berlin Street Being Renamed "Adolf Hitler Platz" On Google Maps;Official: Google's Latest Official Stance On Links Within Widgets; WhyThe Internet of Things just got real with Googles 3.2 billion dollar Nest buy Related articles across the web...

Google Reveals Top Searches of 2013: From Nelson Mandela to Twerking ;Google’s Matt Cutts On Search Spammers and how 25-30 percentOf The Web's Content Is Duplicate Content and Thats Okay; Google Still Working On Promoting Subject-Specific Authorities In Search Results. Ross and John also answer listener questions on writing content  non-geographic specific to attract links or focus more on get...

Talking Website Bans, Funneling Traffic and a Listener Site Review as Ross talks about diagnosing website bans, funneling traffic and finding the best ways to judge if your site requires a new navigation, plus Ross goes over a couple of site reviews Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Another Private Link network foiled by the Cutts as Googles head of search spam, Matt Cutts, just confirmed on Twitter that Google has targeted another private link network namedAnglo Rank. Plus,Different quality guidelines when results may be important for both your money and your life. Also,Matt Cutts talks this week about Duplicate Meta Descriptions: is essence, it is better to have none at all...

Matt Cutts discusses duplicate Meta Descriptions , that in essence, it is better to have none at all than duplicated. Plusmerchant quality talks lead to the rumor of a Google Zebra update. Also, Ross and Scott answer a listener question regarding available resources thatwalk a client through what to expect in the SEO process, what it'll be like, what they need to do and understand, and how to...

Image Mismatch: The Latest Google Webmaster Tools Manual Action Penalty, plus Ross and John answer listener questions on Google Authorship,Custom Google+ URLs, linkbuilding, the Google Disavow tool and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy