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Leaked – Google Quality Guidelines 4.1 March 2013

Leaked – Google Quality Guidelines 4.1 March 2013

Google document given to Search Quality Evaluators by Google in order for them to assess if the results shown are meaningful. Haven't had chance to look at this in detail but thought i'd share. [gview file="http://www.farhanhussain.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/general_guidelines_lionbridge.pdf" save="1"] Watch this space!!

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Google Panda 3.8 (June 25th 2012) – Refresh Only

Google announced on Twitter released a Panda update (3.8), but this was only a refresh. They did not make any algorithm signal updates, so in essence they just re-run the Panda algorithm through the index. Googles Tweet said: Heads up: we're pushing a new Panda data refresh that noticeably affects only ~1% of queries worldwide. More…

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Was it a Panda? or was it a Penguin?

There are a few steps you can take to see which one of these Google animals has slapped you. The easiest way is to launch Google analytics and look into the organic reporting, look out for drops in traffic. Specifically concentrate on the dates below: April 19th 2012 - Panda April 24th 2012 - Penguin…

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What is Google Penguin?

April 24th 2012 was when Google released a change to their algorithm, this was named "Penguin" and was said to target sites who are over optimizing or spamming in order to manipulate the SERP's (something we all do to a certain degree). Google Webmaster Blog: “The change will decrease rankings for sites that we believe…

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