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According to Google representative, John Mueller, the much-anticipated Penguin 3.0 algorithm update began rolling-out on Friday, October 17th. This past weekend, some sites began noticing changes in their organic rankings and many were attributing the changes to the Penguin update Google's been building anticipation for since earlier last month. Today, Google's John Mueller has confirmed that Penguin is, in fact, responsible for any of these changes in the search results we've seen over the past few days. As the first

Gary Illyes, Google’s Search Quality Engineer, has announced at Search Marketing Expo East that there is an excellent chance that Google will be launching their much-awaited Penguin 3.0 algorithm update next week. Hundreds of thousands of web owners devastated by the Penguin 2.1 update that hit on October 4, 2013, have eagerly been awaiting this release in the hopes that Google's new Penguin 3.0 update will help them recover the rankings they lost after being severely penalized back in 2013.

On July 24, 2014, Google announced the roll out of their updated local search algorithm, dubbed 'Pigeon'. Google's new algorithm specifically targeted local results and has dramatically altered the face of local search. Join us for a free webinar Wednesday, September 24 at 11AM PST to find out how to harness Google's new Pigeon Local Algorithm to boost your rankings and increase traffic, leads and sales for your business. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP! When: Wednesday, 11 AM PT /

Many factors have been added to the way that Google's algorithm understands and displays your content, your site, and your overall online authority. Google Authorship was one such factor. What it created was a way to link the content you created with your Google+ profile. It intended to give your content not only an identifiable author for search engines, but for searchers too, in addition to an extra bit of attention as author names and images were then displayed next

These days, there aren’t a lot of short cuts left. If you want to be seen as an authority, you have to be one. Being an authority online is about more than just being a thought leader in your industry—it’s a reflection of the time you’ve taken to translate that leadership, that expertise, and that insight into what you share and the ways you engage your customers online. These are brands that customers trust as influencers in their industries and

It has been nearly a year since the last Penguin update was released--10 months to be exact, leaving many wondering: When exactly will the next update be coming? According to Google's representatives, we won't have much longer to wait. Many of Google's algorithm changes have become increasingly subtle. Changes are constantly being made to improve the results the search engine's provide, rolled in with their regular refreshes and made without any kind of announcement from the webmasters at Google. Panda,