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Google Explains Recent Penalties Targeted ‘Links For Products’ Schemes

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Yesterday, we reported that a significant number of websites had been hit with Google penalties over the weekend for “unnatural outbound links.” Since then, Google has clarified that the manual penalties issued this weekend were specifically…
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Google Issues Outbound Link Penalties To Websites

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  Over the weekend, Google sent out a new wave of penalties, this time smacking down sites for “unnatural outbound links.” The majority of websites are safe from the latest round of manual penalties, but you may be in trouble if you’ve…
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Hit The Sweet Spot With Your Social Media Content Length [Infographic]

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When it comes to social media, less is often more. That is especially the case for word counts of your social media posts and blog articles, according to an infographic recently shared by Express Writers. Twitter has a cap of 140 characters…
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Instagram Unveils New 60 Second Videos

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  Instagram is breaking away from the model it helped pioneer by extending videos from the standard 15-second length to a full 60 seconds. The company made its name by taking advantage of the trend for micro-length videos similar to Vine’s…
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Google Is Not a Search Engine Says The EU

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Is Google a search engine? The answer might seem obvious, but you’d be surprised to find out that Google is in fact not a search engine. At least, according to a recent piece of legislation adopted by the European Union it isn’t. The same…
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Google+ Accounts Are No Longer Needed To Leave Reviews On Google

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In a move that should please many online businesses, Google is making it easier to leave reviews on the platform. Finally, users can leave reviews without a Google+ account. To clarify, while you don’t need a Google+ account, you do still…
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Yahoo Predicts The Hottest Search Trends For Spring 2016

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Want to know what everyone will be searching for this spring ahead of time? Yahoo claims to have the answers in their newly revealed list of top search trends for this spring. Using search data from last year and recent months, Yahoo uncovered…
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Google Finally Tells Us The Three Most Important Ranking Factors

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Google has always kept it search engine ranking algorithm a closely guarded secret, but it is finally letting webmasters and online marketers in on the three most important factors for ranking well. Google has confirmed the top three ranking…
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Twitter Makes Its Algorithmic Timeline The Default For All

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When Twitter’s algorithmic timelines started appearing as a test on the social media site, you would have thought they had announced users had to commit a sacrifice before posting. Angry memes were shared, many users threatened to leave…
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