Google Penguin 3.0 Vibrations Getting Chilly...

I know, the boy who cried wolf, but my job here is to bring to you what the SEO community is buzzing about and they are buzzing about a possible Google Penguin update, or at least Google testing things that may imply Google is pushing out a Penguin update. Didn't I expect Penguin to be launched a week or two ago? Yes and I was wrong but I honestly believe Google was testing something related to Penguin and then decided to pull it back. And...

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Google: Refreshing Penguin Is Not So Simple

It seems like Google Penguin has been on some sort of vacation, since it has now been over 10 months since the last refresh. The sad part is, those who have spent the past 10 months trying to "fix" their sites, are in a penalty box just waiting. They are suffering, many businesses cannot sustain paying payroll with such a hit, and small mom and pop shop are closing up shop. So why can't Google refresh the algorithm to let those who...

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70% Said Google's Penguin 2.1 Update Hurt them

About six-months ago, Google unleashed a major update to Penguin, the Penguin 2.1 update. The earlier feedback from that update was that is was a big impact to webmasters and mostly SEOs who used links in an aggressive manner. So I posted a poll asking you how you did with the update. Being that six-months later there has been no reports of a new Penguin refresh or update, I figured I post the poll results today. We had over 2,800 responses...

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On 22nd May Google Penguin 2.0 Update Release

Google Penguin was actually Google’s second-biggest update (with Penguin 2.0 being the 3rd in the series) after Google’s first such update – rolled out all the way back in February 2011 – called the Google Panda. 1) Link Profile Quality 2) Content Quality 3) Cluster Results 4) Exact Match Anchor Text 5) Non Relevant Links 6) Non Natural Back-Links 7) Advertorials Resource: http://blog.grazitti.com/whats-new-in-google-penguin-2-0-updat...

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Finally Google announced Penguin 4 Update

The fourth release of Google’s spam-fighting “Penguin Update” is now live. But Penguin 4 has a twist. Penguin 2.0 technology under-the-hood, which Google says is a new generation of tech that should better stop spam. It contains  Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, announced during This Week in Google, Episode #199, the new Penguin 2.0 update. Matt referenced the video of him talking about the next generation...

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