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November, 28 2022

• Thanksgiving Holiday Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update - Maybe... For the past several weekends, I've been reporting about a Google search ranking algorithm update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 22 2022

• Google Documents Search Ranking Updates As Systems; Labels Live Or Archived Notable Algorithms Google has published a new document named a guide to Google search ranking system. That document [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 21 2022

• Yet Another Weekend Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update - November 18th - 20th Here we go again, I am reporting about yet another Google search ranking algorithm update over [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 16 2022

• Google Coati Algorithm - The Google Update You Never Heard Of At SMX Next yesterday I have the privilege of interviewing Hyung-Jin Kim, the Vice President of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 15 2022

• Google’s Panda algorithm evolved into the Coati algorithm At SMX Next, Google revealed that, years ago, the Panda algorithm was replaced with an updated [...] - Search Engine Land

November, 14 2022

• Another Weekend Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update - November 11th - 12th It seems as if I see more volatility signals on the weekends with Google Search than I do during [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 11 2022

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update Maybe, Search Console Bugs & Mess, Google On AI Content, Google Ads Gets Buggy & More We had yet another biggish unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update on November 4th and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 7 2022

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update November 4th and 5th - Unconfirmed Google has been busy, on Friday morning, November 4th, I began to see new signals of another Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 4 2022

• Links may be less important to the Google Search ranking algorithm in the future As Google better understands how the content fits in within the context of the whole web, links [...] - Search Engine Land
• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Another Google Algorithm Update, A Confirmed Search Bug, Spam Targets, Links Less Valuable, Keywords In Reviews For Local & More To start things off, I quickly covered the monthly Google webmaster report. Google also had some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 3 2022

• Is Google headed towards a continuous “real-time” algorithm? What a future-focused search landscape would look like and who could benefit - Search Engine Watch

November, 1 2022

• Another Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update / Adjustment On October 28th? Some SEOs are noticing a possible Google search ranking algorithm update on or around October 28th [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 31 2022

• Google’s 2010 and 2018 page speed algorithms were replaced by core web vitals Yep, it is all about the Page Experience update and core web vitals when it comes to Google's [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 28 2022

• Old Google Page Speed Algorithms Are No Longer Used Google's John Mueller confirmed this morning that Google no longer uses the old Google page speed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 24 2022

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On October 22, A Day After The Spam Update Finished. So we had Google confirm that the October 2022 spam update finished Friday morning, the morning of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 19 2022

• Google Spam Algorithm Update Rolling Out Now via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google confirms an algorithm update targeted at fighting spam is rolling out to search results [...] - Search Engine Journal

October, 13 2022

• Unconfirmed Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Around October 13th It has been a while since I reported on an unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update but [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 4 2022

• Wild Google Ranking Swings With Google Algorithm Updates With all these different Google search ranking algorithm updates over the past several weeks, it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 23 2022

• The biggest mystery of Google’s algorithm: Everything ever said about clicks, CTR and bounce rate There's good reason to suspect that Google uses CTR as a ranking factor. Here's how Google [...] - Search Engine Land
• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google's Overlapping Algorithm Updates, Product Reviews Update, Confusing HTTPS Report & Google Ads Serving Bug In this week's video, we cover how Google said they try not to overlap search algorithm updates but [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 20 2022

• Google September 2022 Product Review Algorithm Update Rolling Out Now via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google confirms the September 2022 product review update, the fifth in a series of updates [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 19 2022

• Google Tries Hard To Not Overlap Different Search Ranking Algorithm Updates A lot of folks were thinking that Google in order to bolster the helpful content update rolled out [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 15 2022

• How to tell if you’ve been hit by an algorithm update Are the anomalous traffic patterns you're seeing connected to an update or something else entirely? [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 12 2022

• Google Announces September 2022 Core Algorithm Update via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google announced a September 2022 Core Algorithm Update, which signals noticeable changes to the [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 2 2022

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Weak Google Helpful Content Update, Links In Search Algorithms, Google Ads Glitch & More This week, again from Jerusalem, I spoke about this weird rollout for the Google helpful content [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 31 2022

• Google's John Mueller: No Recent Search Algorithms Focused On Links Outside Of Webspam Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that he is not aware of any recent search algorithm update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 25 2022

• Google Search Algorithm Update On August 24th But Was It The Helpful Content Update? We were all expecting Google to post that the helpful content update started to roll out earlier [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 18 2022

• Google ‘Helpful Content’ Algorithm Update Launching Soon via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google announced it's launching a new algorithm update next week called the helpful content update. [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Google Readying A Product Review Algorithm Update For August via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is preparing to launch another iteration of its product review algorithm in the coming [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 11 2022

• Google’s Algorithms Can Understand When Sources Agree On Same Fact via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Multitask Unified Model (MUM) algorithm is now capable of identifying when multiple [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 8 2022

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On Saturday, August 6th - PRU Tremors Or Something Else? On Saturday, August 6th, we saw a lot of signals that there was another Google Search ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 2 2022

• Legal Ruling May Allow Rumble To See Some Of Google's Secret Ranking Algorithms Glenn Greenwald reported that a "federal district court in California on Friday denied [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 27 2022

• Google July 2022 Product Review Algorithm Update Rolling Out Now via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google confirms the July 2022 product review update, the fourth in a series of updates targeting [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 18 2022

• Google Search Algorithm Update On July 16th Or Was It Related To The Indexing Issue As many of you know, there was a pretty massive indexing issue impacting new content in Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 11 2022

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On July 10th - Not Confirmed Yet again, we are seeing more volatility and ranking instability in the Google Search results. It [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 27 2022

• What to do if you’re negatively impacted by a major algorithm update At SMX Advanced, Glenn Gabe shared how SEOs can address -- and prepare for -- major Google updates. - Search Engine Land

June, 21 2022

• Google Juneteenth Search Ranking Algorithm Tremors? I know we had a long Holiday weekend with both Father's Day and Juneteenth but there were some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 15 2022

• Video: Does Google Search Rollout Algorithm Updates Globally You probably all know the answer to this question, since we covered this countless times. But John [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 10 2022

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Done, Title Link Algorithm Update, Google Ads API, Reviews Missing & More This week, we had a lot of vocality around the Google core update and it has officially completed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 7 2022

• Google Title Link Algorithm Update For Multi-Language Or Transliterated Titles Google announced that it made an algorithmic adjustment (it thinks for the better) for how it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 3 2022

• Google updates its title algorithm for multi-language or transliterated/scripted titles Make sure your titles match the language and/or script of your page or Google may change it for you. - Search Engine Land

May, 25 2022

• Google Launching May 2022 Broad Core Algorithm Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google confirms a broad core algorithm update, called the May 2022 core update, is rolling out [...] - Search Engine Journal

May, 24 2022

• Google Search Algorithm Update Tremors & Instability Continues... So last Monday, we reported about a Google search ranking algorithm update that touched down on May [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 20 2022

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Spammers Kill Bing Sitemap Submission, FID to INP, New Google Ad Label & RIP Bill Slawski There was another unconfirmed update on May 16th... - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 13 2022

• Google’s Chain of Thought Prompting Can Boost Today’s Best Algorithms via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google published details of a breakthrough technology that significantly improves Google's newest [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Mother's Day Algorithm Update, Google I/O News, Horrid SEO Advice In Googleâ��s Courses, New Ad Format & More Google had a big unconfirmed search ranking algorithm update around Mother's Day. Also, this week [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 8 2022

• Google Mother's Day Weekend Search Algorithm Update (May 6th - May 8th) I am seeing signs of a possible Google search ranking update that kicked off late Friday, May 6th [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 6 2022

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google May 1st Algorithm Update, Moz Removed From Google Search, Google Ads Safety Report, New In Microsoft Advertising & More This week in search, we had another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update that touched [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 2 2022

• A guide to machine learning in search: Key terms, concepts and algorithms Want to understand how machine learning impacts search? Learn how Google uses machine learning [...] - Search Engine Land
• Possible Google Search Algorithm Update May 1st With Rumbles All Week For the past week, I have been seeing a different pattern with a possible Google search ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 21 2022

• Larger Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On April 20th & 21st Google again seemed to have pushed out another Google search ranking algorithm update on April [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 19 2022

• Spring Break Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update - April 18th I am seeing signs of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update on April 18, 2022. There is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 15 2022

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update April 13th & 14th (Unconfirmed) There seems to have been another Google search ranking algorithm update, which is unconfirmed by [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 13 2022

• Not All Product Comparisons Trigger The Google Product Reviews Algorithm Alan Kent from Google was asked if if product comparison posts like comparing one product against [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 5 2022

• Google PaLM Algorithm: Path To Next Generation Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's new algorithm is a step toward realizing Google's Pathways AI architecture, provides a [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 4 2022

• Does Google Use Different Algorithms For Each Niche? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers if Google applies different algorithms depending on the niche and [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 1 2022

• Google: Our Search Algorithms Aren't Lazy & Don't Take Time Off Google's John Mueller responded to a complaint that Google's search algorithms around crawling and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 23 2022

• Google Launches Third Product Review Algorithm Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google launches a third product review algorithm update in search results, which builds off of the [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 20 2022

• Spring 2022 Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Google may have started to release another Google search ranking algorithm update starting Friday, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 18 2022

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Weirdness, Google Analytics 3 Going Away, Google Local Review Bugs & More This week, I covered a possible Google update that ticked off a week ago, but it was weird, the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 16 2022

• Hybrid Quantum Algorithms for Quantum Monte Carlo Posted by William J. Huggins, Research Scientist, Google Quantum AI The intersection between the [...] - Google Research

March, 7 2022

• Google Broad Core Algorithm Updates: Everything you need to know What is a broad core algorithm update? Learn the complete history of Google's core updates, what [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 6 2022

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On March 4th - Unconfirmed This past Friday, March 4, 2022, I noticed that the chatter within the SEO community started to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 27 2022

• Are Brand Mentions Important to Google’s Algorithm? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers if brand mentions are important to Google's algorithm - Search Engine Journal

February, 25 2022

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On February 24th (Unconfirmed) I am seeing new signs of a possible, but yet, unconfirmed Google Search ranking algorithm update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 24 2022

• Lookback: Google launched the Panda algorithm update 11 years ago Here's a complete history of the Google Panda Update, its impact on search results, and its lasting [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 22 2022

• Google Strengthens The Pirate (DMCA) Penalty Algorithm Google sent a document to the U.S. Copyright Office that explains how Google's DMCA update (aka the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 21 2022

• Is Author Expertise Important To Google’s Algorithm? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers the question of whether author expertise is important to Google's [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Google: No EAT Score But EAT Is Important & Indirectly In The Search Ranking Algorithm It has been some time since I covered the topic of E-A-T (expertise, authoritativeness and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 18 2022

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update Brewing, Google Ads Disapprovals, Google Reporting Glitches & More This week, we reported about a possible Google search ranking algorithm update brewing, after weeks [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 17 2022

• Is Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Coming Soon? Over the past couple of weeks, the Google search rankings have been pretty stable and calm. It [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 11 2022

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Weird Google Algorithm Patterns, New Google Ad Label, Unusual Googlebot Crawling Issue, Search Console Loss & More Messages The Google algorithm ranking tracking tools seems to be having fun, or maybe they are off, I am [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 7 2022

• Some Google Algorithm Tracking Tools Are Reporting An Update But Results Are Mixed Over the past couple of days, some of the Google search algorithm tracking tools were reporting [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 26 2022

• Most SEOs Think 100% Google Algorithm Transparency Would Lead To Worse Search Results Google has often said that if they shared the full details of how its search algorithms and ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 20 2022

• Google Uses Different Algorithms For Different Languages via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google uses the same search algorithms for most languages, but there are certain cases where a [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Google Reiterates That A Spike In Crawling Unrelated To Upcoming Algorithm Updates Google's John Mueller said again that a spike in crawling activity on your site is unrelated to an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 14 2022

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google 1/11 Search Algorithm Update, Manual Actions Delayed, Core Update Specifics & Microsoft Bing IndexNow News We had our first unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update of the 2022 year... - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 11 2022

• Google Can’t Provide Details About Core Algorithm Updates via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Announcements about core algorithm updates are unlikely to get more detailed in the future, as [...] - Search Engine Journal

January, 4 2022

• How marketers can prepare for and respond to Google’s algorithm updates Google updates its algorithms all the time, which leaves many marketers playing catch-up. At SMX [...] - Search Engine Land

December, 29 2021

• December 27 & 28 Google Search Ranking Algorithm Jolt On? Around December 27th and 28th we may have a Google search ranking algorithm jolt or quick tremor. I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 28 2021

• Google algorithm updates 2021 in review: Core updates, product reviews, page experience and beyond Google had a busy year of search algorithm updates in 2021, but some might question the timing of [...] - Search Engine Land

December, 27 2021

• Google Keeps Track Of Algorithm Changes But It's Hard To Use Even Internally Alan Bleiweiss, a smart and fun SEO, asked John Mueller of Google if Google has a "Google Book [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google: Most Of Google's Search Algorithms Work For All Languages But Not All Did you know that most of the search algorithms Google launches work across all languages? There [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 22 2021

• Google: No Need To Work On Algorithm & Ranking Issues Over Holidays Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that when it comes to Google Search ranking algorithm updates [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 17 2021

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Tremors Continue & It's Big Are you dizzy yet? The Google search results are still super volatile and we are seeing high [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 9 2021

• Google Local Search Ranking Algorithm Update Last Week Google may have also pushed out a local search and map algorithm and ranking update over the past [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 29 2021

• Google: Sites Can Be Stuck In Algorithm Penalty Limbo For Several Years (Rare) Google's John Mueller said in this past Friday's hangout that in rare situations some sites can get [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 8 2021

• Google: We Will Have More Algorithm Updates, Core Updates, Spam Updates & Other Updates Google's Danny Sullivan has confirmed that Google will be releasing more search algorithm updates. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 4 2021

• Google Page Experience Algorithm Update Coming to Desktop via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google confirms the Page Experience Algorithm update, which rolled out to mobile search earlier [...] - Search Engine Journal

November, 1 2021

• Google on Penguin algorithm; aims to ignore spammy links but can lead to distrusting your site Maybe it is best to avoid link building and build a site that naturally gains links? - Search Engine Land

October, 31 2021

• Google Said The Penguin Algorithm May Not Just Ignore Links, It May Target Whole Site When Google released Penguin 4.0, Google said that update was about devaluing links, not demoting [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 27 2021

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On October 26th There may have been a Google search ranking algorithm update on the smaller side on or around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 25 2021

• Google: We Don't Hard Code YMYL Categories Into Our Algorithm Google's John Mueller was asked if energy supply types of websites would fall into the YMYL, your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 20 2021

• Semrush: Google Search Algorithm Updates Are More Extreme This Year Mordy Oberstein from Semrush came out with some data proving I am not insane or crazy, at least, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 18 2021

• Possible Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update October 15th - October 18th I lead with I am sorry for yet reporting on another Google search ranking algorithm update - [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 11 2021

• Yet Another Google Weekend Search Ranking Algorithm Update... At some point, I should just report when there is not a Google search ranking update on the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 4 2021

• Huge Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On October 2nd & 3rd I know I sound like a broken record but yet again, we have another unconfirmed Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google MUM Algorithm Can Do More than Rank Websites via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller said that the MUM algorithm can be applied to many parts of search, beyond [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 29 2021

• Google Announces Search Redesign Using MUM Algorithm via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google announced a redesign of Google Search that introduces an intuitive way to explore topics and [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 27 2021

• Big Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On September 24th and 25th? Once again, there may have been yet another Google search ranking algorithm update this past [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 20 2021

• Possible Google Algorithm Update On September 16th & 17th We may have had another Google search ranking algorithm update this past Thursday and Friday - over [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 13 2021

• Long Volatile Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update: 9/9 - 9/12 Starting Thursday, September 9, 2021 and going on through even today, September 13th, there has [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 2 2021

• Was There A Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On September 1st? There are some signs of the start of a Google search ranking algorithm update that kicked off on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 19 2021

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Wednesday As I mentioned yesterday in my story on the slow rollout for the Google link spam update - there [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 15 2021

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On Saturday I am seeing signs again of yet another weekend search ranking update from Google Search. Again, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 9 2021

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update August 6th Through The Weekend? Ever since Friday morning, August 6th, I've been seeing signals of a possible Google Search ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 1 2021

• Google’s New Technology Helps Create Powerful Ranking-Algorithms via @sejournal, @martinibuster New version of Keras-based TF-Ranking may explain recent pace of Google updates. Allows rapid [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 26 2021

• Google Link Spam Algorithm Update Rolling Out on July 26 via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google begins rolling out the “link spam update,” which makes its algorithms more [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Unconfirmed Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update July 23rd & 24th We may have had one of those smaller unconfirmed Google Search algorithm and ranking updates over [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 1 2021

• June 30th Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update & Fluctuations Yesterday, June 30th, there may have been an unconfirmed update, just two days after Google ran the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 29 2021

• Google Search Spam Algorithm Update Part Two On June 28th Google has confirmed that on June 28, 2021 it has released part two of the search "spam [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 24 2021

• No, Google Search Algorithm Updates Don't Impact Your Direct Traffic Google's John Mueller had to tell an individual that when Google makes changes to its search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Confirmed Google Search Spam Algorithm Update On June 23rd Google has confirmed that on June 23, 2021 it has released a search "spam update." The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 17 2021

• How Do Google Algorithmic Slow Rollout Work? Google often says that is algorithmic updates, be it core updates, page experience updates, and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 13 2021

• Unconfirmed Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update June 11 & 12 There has been a heck of a lot of chatter from the SEO industry over the weekend, starting late [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 11 2021

• Google Predator Algorithms Target Exploitative & Slanderous Sites The New York Times published a story on how Google has been working on and continues to work on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google June 2021 Core Update Touched Down, Local Search Ranking Update, Google Predator Algorithms & More It was a pretty busy week, but to start off, I posted my big monthly Google webmaster report - [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 10 2021

• Google Algorithm Update Targets Slander via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern A New York Times report states that Google is planning on changing its algorithm to demote websites [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Google demotes slanderous content in search through its predatory sites algorithms Google will continue to try to surface high quality, relevant content while downgrading sites that [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 2 2021

• Google Broad Core Algorithm Update Rolling Out June 2 via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is releasing a broad core algorithm update later today on June 2, 2021. - Search Engine Journal

May, 23 2021

• May 22nd Google Algorithm Update Is Off The Charts There is yet another Google search algorithm ranking update that seems to be going on - it touched [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 20 2021

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update May 19th & 20th - Not Confirmed I seem like a broken record but for the past several weeks the Google Search ranking volatility has [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 16 2021

• Mid-May Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Continues There is again significant chatter within the SEO forums and signs from the automated tracking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 13 2021

• May 13th Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update (Not Confirmed) I am seeing early signs and signals of a possible Google Search ranking algorithm update going on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 10 2021

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Tremors On May 7th & May 9th I am seeing an increase in chatter amongst the SEO industry around a possible Google search ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 3 2021

• Google Ranking Algorithm Update; Is It Product Reviews Related? Starting around Friday, April 30th but really spiking a lot on Saturday, May 1st, we are seeing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 26 2021

• Google Web & Local Search Ranking Algorithm Updates Over Weekend Starting around Friday, April 23rd or so, there seems to have been an unconfirmed Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 22 2021

• Evolving Reinforcement Learning Algorithms Posted by John D. Co-Reyes, Research Intern and Yingjie Miao, Senior Software Engineer, Google [...] - Google Research

April, 20 2021

• Google product reviews algorithm update was big but not like a core update, say data providers Here is a roundup of the impact of Google's most recent algorithm update that touched down on April [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 19 2021

• Google Page Experience Algorithm Update Launching in Mid-June via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is pushing back the launch of its Page Experience algorithm update, which will see the Core [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 13 2021

• Google Page Experience Algorithm Update Won't Be Real Time The upcoming Google Page Experience Update which is suppose to launch next month is not going to be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 9 2021

• Google Product Reviews Update: A New Search Algorithm Update Hits The Shelves Google has announced a new search ranking quality algorithm update to its search engine it is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google Search Console Performance Report Image Metrics Algorithm Updated On April 6th, Google said it made an update to "the algorithm for counting image impressions [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 8 2021

• Google announces product reviews algorithm update Google has released a new quality algorithm update that promotes outstanding product reviews. - Search Engine Land

March, 30 2021

• Google News Algorithmic Inclusion Is A Failure For Publishers Back in December 2019 or so, Google stopped the requirement for news publishers to manually submit [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update This Weekend? Before going offline for this long three-day holiday, I saw rumblings of a possible Google update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 19 2021

• March 19th Google Search Ranking & Algorithm Tremors I am seeing some early signs of yet another Google Search ranking algorithm update - it is early [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 11 2021

• Large Unconfirmed Google Local Search Algorithm Update Yesterday The BrightLocal tool picked up one of the the biggest updates I've seen it report in a long time or [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 8 2021

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update/Instability Over Weekend Over the weekend there are a nice amount of chatter from the SEO community around the Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 4 2021

• Google March 2021 Search Ranking Algorithm Update I have yet another unconfirmed Google search ranking update to report on. This was started around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 2 2021

• Google Search February 26 & 27th Search Algorithm Volatility This weekend there was another unconfirmed Google search ranking update, maybe starting around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 9 2021

• Unconfirmed Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update February 8th There are some early signs from both the SEO community and the tracker tools that there is a big [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 29 2021

• Smaller Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On January 27th There may have been a smaller and unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update that touched [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 8 2021

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Signals - January 7th & 8th 2021 I am seeing some signals and signs of a Google search ranking algorithm update touching down in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 7 2021

• Google’s Smith Algorithm Outperforms BERT Google's new SMITH algorithm claims to process passages and long-form content better than BERT - Search Engine Journal
• Algorithms of Oppression: Do search engines reinforce racism? Algorithms of Oppression: Do search engines reinforce racism? [CW: this report includes examples [...] - DeepCrawl Blog

January, 4 2021

• Google Search Traffic to Pirate Sites Down After Algorithm Updates Google’s recent algorithm updates are reportedly reducing traffic to piracy websites, [...] - Search Engine Journal

December, 30 2020

• Google algorithm updates 2020 in review: core updates, passage indexing and page experience Despite the pandemic, Google was busy working on changes to its search ranking algorithm — [...] - Search Engine Land

December, 28 2020

• Christmas Weekend Google Algorithm Update? Doubtful. It is not uncommon to see signals of a Google search ranking algorithm update on or around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 25 2020

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Christmas Day Edition: Google Search Algorithms, Passage Indexing, Local & User Interface Changes Happy Holidays and Christmas to all those celebrating... - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 24 2020

• Google: Why You See Portions Of Your Site Go Up Or Down After Algorithm Updates Google's John Mueller said in a video hangout last week at the 37:02 mark that you can see parts or [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 23 2020

• Google algorithms vs Google penalties, explained by an ex-Googler This former Google quality analysts explains the difference between Google's algorithms, manual [...] - Search Engine Land

December, 22 2020

• Not All Google Search Algorithms Are Suitable For Machine Learning While Microsoft seems to have gone all in on machine learning in Bing, Google has seem not to. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 3 2020

• Google Confirms Rollout of Core Algorithm Update Google confirms a core algorithm update, the December 2020 Core Update, is rolling out today. - Search Engine Journal

December, 2 2020

• December 1 Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update There may be another Google search ranking algorithm update rolling out again. This one started [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 20 2020

• Google Algorithm Update, Core Update By Years End, Passage Indexing & Manual Actions This week... - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 18 2020

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update November 17th & 18th? I am seeing some evidence of another unconfirmed Google Search Ranking algorithm update starting [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 16 2020

• Video: Michael Lewittes on growing a site after an algorithm update He built his own entertainment news site, went through numerous Google algorithm updates and sold [...] - Search Engine Land
• Some Google Algorithm Updates Are Jarring & Others More Gradual In continuation to the conversation Mihai Aperghis had with John Mueller of Google about the core [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 13 2020

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Flutters, Page Experience Update May 2021 With Labels, Google Search Central & Machine Learning This week in search I covered more chatter around tremors in the Google search results, a possible [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 11 2020

• Unusual Google Search Ranking Algorithm Chatter Over the past few days there has been weird levels of chatter from within the SEO industry around a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 6 2020

• Search Buzz Video Recap: 11/4 Google Algorithm Update, Google DeepRank & BERT & Dupe Detection Explored I start off this week's video recap with the monthly Google Webmaster Report... - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 5 2020

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Disturbance On November 4th Over the past few days there has been chatter within the SEO industry about a possible Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 30 2020

• Google Search Algorithm Update On October 28th? There is some chatter and some signs that there may have been a disturbance to the Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 13 2020

• 8 major Google algorithm updates, explained Of countless Google algorithm updates introduced over the last decade, here are the ones that [...] - Search Engine Land
• 8 major Google algorithm updates, explained Of countless Google algorithm updates introduced over the last decade, here are the ones that [...] - Marketing Land

September, 24 2020

• Google On Link Algorithms and How Long for Links to Work Google's John Mueller discusses how often link algorithms update and how long it takes for a link [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 23 2020

• Early Signs Of A Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update On September 23rd I am seeing signs both in terms of SEO community chatter and the automated tracking tools of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 16 2020

• Google Search Algorithm Update On September 15th? Limited Chatter But Tools Spiking. Over the past 24-hours or so, most, if not all, of the Google rank checking tools are showing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 11 2020

• Unpacking the TikTok algorithm: Three reasons why it’s the most addictive social network TikTok has taken the marketing world by storm with personalized content and unique design. Three [...] - Search Engine Watch

August, 16 2020

• August 15th - Another Possible Big Google Search Algorithm & Ranking Update Super rare that I come on, on a Saturday night, and write something here. But I turned up the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 7 2020

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Tremors August 6th & 7th I am seeing signals of yet another Google search ranking algorithm update. There is a lot of new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 5 2020

• Google: Many Manual Actions Are Algorithmic Now & Not Used Google's John Mueller said that many of those manual actions are probably not used anymore. Why? [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 22 2020

• What content survives Google algorithm updates? Be able to anticipate your target audience's needs. - Search Engine Land

July, 20 2020

• The most memorable Google algorithm updates of all time Panda, Penguin and the Florida updates still loom large. What you can learn from their history. - Search Engine Land
• Google Local Algorithm Weighs Business Names Too Highly; Google To Fix This. There has been a number of complaints about Google's local search ranking algorithm giving way too [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 17 2020

• Google: Our Algorithm Reviewers Are Different From User Reports Reviewers Google's John Mueller said that Google has very different people in the corporation who are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 8 2020

• Signs Of A Small Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Around July 6th Over the past couple of days, maybe starting around July 6th but continuing on through today, July [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 6 2020

• Replay: What SEO practitioners can do to make sites ‘algorithm-proof’ Enterprise SEOs talk content creation and optimization for the future. - Search Engine Land

June, 23 2020

• A Big Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Happening Now? I know I reported about a Google search ranking update from over the weekend and then again on June [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• What 20 years of Google algorithm updates say about what SEOs should focus on next More than a history lesson,. How to prepare for the next big Google update. - Search Engine Land

June, 22 2020

• Google Search & Discover Algorithm Ranking Update Over Weekend On Thursday, June 18th, we reported about a possible Google search ranking and algorithm update. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 19 2020

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Updates Thursday, June 18th Over the past couple of days, starting as early as Wednesday, but most on Thursday, June 18th, I am [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 10 2020

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Brewing There are some signs of a Google search ranking algorithm update happening now. Google has not said [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 8 2020

• Google: Disavowing Links Would Rarely Help You Algorithmically Google's John Mueller in an interview with Marie Haynes said that it would be "really [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 29 2020

• Google Page Experience Update - Google's Next Algorithm Update Coming Next Year Google announced a new algorithm update that will be launching sometime in 2021. I covered it in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 22 2020

• Google Ranking Algorithm Update Tremors I am seeing signs from both the SEO chatter in the community and the tracking tools that the past [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 18 2020

• Google: Core Updates Are A Collection Of IR Scorer Algorithms Gary Illyes from Google took a shot at explaining how he sees Google's core updates. He said on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 5 2020

• Is it an algorithm update or is Google adapting to new search intent? [Video] ‘The idea that what's happening with searcher behavior is not causing these shifts means that [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 4 2020

• Google Confirms May 2020 Core Algorithm Update Rolling Out Today Google’s Danny Sullivan has confirmed that a core algorithm update is rolling out today [...] - Search Engine Journal

May, 1 2020

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Mobile-First Indexing Postponed, Site Speed Tiny Factor & More SEO This week, we possibly had another Google search ranking algorithm update on April 28th and 29th... - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 27 2020

• Vlog #64: Mordy Oberstein On Quality Content Though Google Algorithm Updates & Are Featured Snippets Worth It Mordy Oberstein, the Chief Marketing Officer at RankRanger... - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 22 2020

• Google shouldn’t pause algorithm updates during the pandemic, expert SEOs say [Video] While it’s not business as usual, search engines need to continue to help users, provide [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 21 2020

• Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update Possibly Around April 16th Last Thursday, April 16th (the last day of Passover) there may have been a Google search ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Will The Next Google Broad Core Algorithm Update Be Delayed? Some webmasters and SEOs are asking if Google will be delaying the next broad core algorithm [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 6 2020

• Not Going To Happen - Google Won't Give Up Ranking Algorithm Secrets To SEO The Register has a story that is headlined UK judge gives Google a choice: Either let SEO expert [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• UK court to Google: Expose algorithm or withdraw key piece of defense evidence Litigant Foundem has retained an SEO as an expert and wants him to review confidential docs Google [...] - Search Engine Land
• Is recent Google algorithm volatility related to COVID-19 or normal? Live panel to discuss Tuesday Live with Search Engine Land to livestream discussion with Barry Schwartz, Moz's Dr.Pete, Marie [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 4 2020

• Google May Be Forced to Reveal its Search Algorithm to an SEO Google is involved in a lawsuit that has the potential to result in the company revealing its [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 25 2020

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility Many of the tracking tools that follow the changes and volatility in the Google search results have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 18 2020

• Possible Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update This Week Normalcy makes us happy, even if that normalcy is change. And that is what we seem to have this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 17 2020

• 60% Of SEOs Prefer If Google Pause Algorithm Updates During COVID-19 Outbreak Yesterday I asked should Google pause algorithm updates based on some folks in the SEO community [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 16 2020

• Google’s Mueller Clarifies Page Layout Algorithm Google's John Mueller clarifies a point about Google's Page Layout Algorithm - Search Engine Journal

March, 12 2020

• Bing: The Magnitude Of Algorithm Changes Has Been Larger Than Usual Frederic Dubut from Bing said on Twitter that Bing has been very business working on algorithm [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 11 2020

• Possible March 10th Google Search Algorithm Update I am seeing some chatter from March 9th through March 11th (today) about a possible Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 3 2020

• Google Algorithms Do Not Give Shopify Preferential Treatment John Mueller from Google was asked if Google does anything special for Shopify, since it is such a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 2 2020

• Google Weekend Search Algorithm Ranking Fluctuations & Chatter Over the weekend, like between February 28th, February 29th and March 1st, there was significant [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 24 2020

• Google unleashed the Panda algorithm 9 years ago today Has SEO got easier or harder since the first Google Panda update rolled out nearly a decade ago? - Search Engine Land

February, 17 2020

• Google Local Algorithm Update: February 14th Through Today It looks like there was a significant Google local search algorithm update starting this past [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 13 2020

• Google Confirms: No Core Algorithm Update Google confirmed that there was no Google update. This is what happened. - Search Engine Journal

February, 10 2020

• Big Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update - Currently Unconfirmed Starting on Saturday the chatter within the SEO community as well as the signals from the automated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 5 2020

• Using the Apriori algorithm and BERT embeddings to visualize change in search console rankings By leveraging the Apriori algorithm, we can categorize queries from GSC, aggregate PoP click data [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 3 2020

• Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update Signals In Early February 2020 I am seeing renewed signs from mid-last week of yet another Google search ranking algorithm update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 30 2020

• We Got Chatter: Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update & Fluctuations Let me start off by saying that while there is a nice amount of chatter in the SEO community [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 24 2020

• A Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update On January 23rd? This is going to be a hard one to judge because I see chatter within the SEO community and also [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 7 2020

• Google January 7th Search Ranking Algorithm Update Early Signals I am seeing some early signals of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update starting today, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 6 2020

• Video: A.J. Ghergich on not chasing the Google algorithm and focusing on human intentions From scaling your agency all the way to thinking about SEO in a deeper way - check out this [...] - Search Engine Land
• Vlog #34: A.J. Ghergich On Scaling An Agency, Not Chasing The Google Algorithm & Searcher Intentions A.J. Ghergich invited me to his office in St. Louis right by Busch Stadium where the St. Louis [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 2 2020

• Google New Years Search Algorithm Update? Mixed Signals. There is some significant chatter in the SEO industry around a possible new years update that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 26 2019

• Google Christmas Search Algorithm Update Chatter - I Don't Think So Over the past few days or so, I have been seeing chatter both at WebmasterWorld and Black Hat World [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 18 2019

• The big list of 2019 Google search algorithm updates From core updates to BERT, here are the big algorithm changes that shook up search rankings in 2019. - Search Engine Land
• Google Search Algorithm Update This Week; Mixed Signals & Confusion There is so much confusion and mixed signals right now, mostly because of a Google Analytics bug [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Yandex Announces Major Algorithm Update Russian search engine Yandex announced an update that offers 1,500 improvements. - Search Engine Journal

December, 16 2019

• Google: We Can Debug Our Search Ranking Algorithm At Many Levels Google's John Mueller said in a webmaster hangout that Googlers, at many levels, not just the elite [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 13 2019

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google 12/11 Algorithm Update, BERT Expanded, Google News Changes & Bing This week, we may have had a larger Google update roll out around December 11th, before that a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 12 2019

• December 11th Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Signals There are now signs that there is a Google search ranking algorithm update going on. The signals [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 10 2019

• Recent Google Algorithm Update Chatter May Be Related To An Analytics Bug There is a lot of chatter in the past 24-hours in the SEO forums, mostly at WebmasterWorld, around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 5 2019

• December 4th Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update. Maybe? Some of the tracking tools are spiking up and showing signals of a Google search ranking update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 4 2019

• Video: Jeff Selig on the early days of SEO, Google algorithms & international SEO Is there ROI in international SEO? How do you build sites that rank after Google algorithm updates? - Search Engine Land

November, 27 2019

• Google November Core Algorithm Updates Probably Not Just Links The past couple of weeks have been pretty volatile in terms of Google organic search results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 19 2019

• Did Google Just Confirm The Weekend Google Algorithm Update? A bunch of folks are asking Googlers like Danny Sullivan and John Mueller if they can confirm that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 18 2019

• Local SEOs still seeing volatility in ranking with Google’s latest algorithm update The local search updates this month seem to be about relevance and how Google understands search [...] - Search Engine Land
• Yet More Google Search Ranking Algorithm Tremors Over The Weekend It has been one rocky month with both Google organic search ranking updates and local search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 13 2019

• Google Confirmed Search Algorithm Update Rolled Out; Here Is What We Know As you know, we saw a huge amount of chatter around a big Google search ranking algorithm update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 12 2019

• Here’s what you need to know about Google’s newest algorithm update Google’s biggest local algorithm update since 2016 will require businesses and agencies to be [...] - Search Engine Land
• Google did several search algorithmic updates; somewhat confirming update rumors Google said "We did, actually several updates" this week. - Search Engine Land

November, 11 2019

• Unconfirmed Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update November 8th Friday morning, November 8th, I saw a sprinkle of chatter across the industry about a Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 7 2019

• Google Featured Snippets Are Impacted By Algorithmic Updates Dr. Pete, Pete Meyers, from Moz, posted on Twitter "Any algo update that impacts query [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 5 2019

• FAQ: All about the BERT algorithm in Google search What it is, how it works and what it means for search. - Search Engine Land

October, 31 2019

• Evolution of Google’s News Ranking Algorithm Image: Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Did the Algorithm Behind How News Articles Rank at Google [...] - SEO by the Sea

October, 25 2019

• Welcome BERT: Google’s latest search algorithm to better understand natural language BERT will impact 1 in 10 of all search queries. This is the biggest change in search since Google [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 24 2019

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Signals On Wednesday Over the past 24-hours or so, maybe piggy backing off the weekend update or maybe a tremor to a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 21 2019

• A Google Search Algorithm Update Rolling Out? There are some signs of a Google search ranking algorithm update rolling out since over the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 11 2019

• New Term: Google Baby Algorithms Gary Illyes from Google threw out a term, he made up, Google does not use it internally I think he [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google: Some But Not All Algorithms May Trigger Spikes In Crawl Rates Gary Illyes from Google said yesterday that some baby algorithms may trigger a spike in crawl [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 3 2019

• Possible Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On October 3rd I am seeing some early signs of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update kicking off [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 24 2019

• Google is Releasing a Broad Core Algorithm Update Today, September 24th via @MattGSouthern Google has given SEOs and site owners advance notice that a broad core algorithm update will be [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 19 2019

• Google: The Reviews Rich Results Algorithm Still Rolling Out Danny Sullivan from Google said yesterday that the new algorithm to be more restrictive on when to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 16 2019

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Signs Heating Up More On Friday, yes, Friday the 13th (hence the graphic), I reported on signals of a possible Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 13 2019

• Google: Our Newer Search Algorithms Have Been Promoting Original Reporting In Search Yesterday Google announced yesterday that algorithmic updates it made to the search results a few [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Friday The 13th Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Chatter I am seeing some early chatter of a Google search ranking algorithm update today on Friday the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 6 2019

• Google on Algorithm Update Recovery – 4 Takeaways via @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offers four takeaways recovering from a broad core algorithm update. - Search Engine Journal

September, 5 2019

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On September 4th & 5th? I am seeing new signs of yet another Google search ranking update starting late yesterday, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 4 2019

• Video: Marie Haynes discusses Google algorithm updates, penalties and more on E-A-T How does one go from being a veterinarian to a running full time SEO agency? - Search Engine Land

August, 30 2019

• Signs Of A Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On August 29th There are signs of a Google search ranking update touching down late August 28th through August [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 21 2019

• Are we right for fawning over core algorithm updates? Every update Google rolls out needs to be discussed on some level but the amount of attention [...] - Search Engine Land

August, 19 2019

• Google Search Ranking & Algorithm Update Over The Weekend? Over the weekend, maybe started late Friday, August 16th, more noticeable on Saturday, August 17th, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 13 2019

• YouTube Updated its Algorithm in July, Upsetting Many Creators via @MattGSouthern A recent report reveals YouTube launched a significant algorithm update in July – and [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 2 2019

• Google Launched A Freshness Algorithm For Featured Snippets In Late February Yesterday, Google also confirmed that in late February, it launched a new algorithm aimed at making [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 1 2019

• Google launches new algorithm to better understand useful & timely information This doesn't mean all featured snippets need to be new and fresh, it just means when the answer [...] - Search Engine Land
• Google Publishes Guidance on Core Algorithm Updates via @martinibuster Google published guidance on Core Algorithm Updates and how to create quality content. - Search Engine Journal
• Signs Of Another Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update I am seeing signs both in terms of early chatter within the SEO community and industry and the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 19 2019

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Again, Bigger Now? What is going on? Again, three times in about a week, we are seeing increase chatter and the tools [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 18 2019

• Google Algorithms Cannot Judge The Realness Of An Author Name? With all the E-A-T discussion, a lot of SEOs are into building up the authority of the authors that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 15 2019

• Possible Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update July 11 & 12th? I am seeing some limited chatter within the SEO community about a Google algorithm update happening [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 5 2019

• Google’s Algorithm Adjusts Itself When a Real World Crisis is Occurring via @MattGSouthern A Google engineer says changes have been made to the search algorithm in response to real-life [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 2 2019

• Facebook Updates News Feed Algorithm to Reduce Sensational Health Claims via @MattGSouthern Facebook updated its news feed algorithm to reduce the reach of posts making sensational or [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 29 2019

• LinkedIn Changes its Algorithm to Surface More Personalized Content via @MattGSouthern LinkedIn is changing how posts are ranked in users' feeds, tailoring content to their professional [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 28 2019

• Potential Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On June 27th I am seeing chatter within the SEO community throughout the past 24 hours and many of the automated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 19 2019

• Possible Google Search Algorithm & Ranking Update June 19th I have been watching the chatter this morning from the SEO community on WebmasterWorld and social [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 17 2019

• Google: Core Update Is Not Like The Panda Algorithm Danny Sullivan from Google said on Twitter over the weekend that the Google core updates are not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 5 2019

• Big & Still Going: The Google June 2019 Core Search Algorithm Update It is probably a bit too early to make any definitive statements but so far what I am seeing from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 4 2019

• Google June 2019 Core Search Algorithm Update Now Rolling Out As expected, Google told us yesterday afternoon that the June 2019 core update has started to roll [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google algorithms are not Google penalties They both determine how websites rank but it's important to understand the differences before they [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 3 2019

• Google Announces June 2019 Broad Core Algorithm Update via @martinibuster Google officially announced a broad core algorithm update for June 2019. - Search Engine Journal

June, 2 2019

• Google pre-announces June 2019 core search algorithm update Tomorrow there will be a confirmed Google algorithm update - keep an eye out. - Search Engine Land

May, 31 2019

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Mobile-First Indexing, Indexing Bugs, Favicons, Search Quality & AdSense Another busy week in search where we had a possible Google search ranking algorithm update on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 29 2019

• Early Signs Of A Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update I am seeing very early signs of a Google search ranking update that started last night and has been [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 27 2019

• LinkedIn Says They Got Hit By A Google Algorithm Update In February 2017 It is incredibly rare for a public company to admit they got hit by an algorithmic update by Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 24 2019

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Two Indexing Bugs, New Mobile Search Design, Quality Raters Guidelines & More It was a pretty busy week with a possible Google search algorithm update on Wednesday. In [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 23 2019

• Was There A Google Search Algorithm Update Around May 22nd? Over the past couple of days there has been limited chatter around ranking fluctuations and changes [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 22 2019

• Google Algorithm Updates & Data Refreshes Are Different Systems All of you know there are ranking algorithms, data refreshes and infrastructure changes - those are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 18 2019

• Link Distance Ranking Algorithms via @martinibuster Understanding link ranking algorithms may improve how you approach link building. - Search Engine Journal

May, 17 2019

• The Forgotten History of Link Ranking Algorithms via @martinibuster Google's link algorithms are always changing and being improved. Learn how links may be used today. - Search Engine Journal
• Bing Open Sources Their Vector Search Algorithm To Make Finding Results Fast Bing announced they have made their Space Partition Tree And Graph (SPTAG) vector search algorithm [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Says No Updates, GoogleBot Info, Google Discovery & Gallery Ads, Bing Algorithms & Much More It was a busy week, Google told us there were no core updates or infrastructure updates recently [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 16 2019

• Facebook Rolls Out Multiple Updates to its News Feed Ranking Algorithm via @MattGSouthern Facebook is updating its news feed algorithm to prioritize the ranking of more personal content. - Search Engine Journal
• Microsoft goes open source with one of its Bing algorithms Microsoft's Space Partition Tree and Graph algorithm enables developers to apply vector search to [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 15 2019

• Google: No Changes With Search Algorithm Or Infrastructure Last Friday I reported about potential Google search ranking updates and then SEJ reported that I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 10 2019

• Google Search Algorithm Update Signals Around May 9th I am seeing some limited chatter around a possible Google search algorithm update around May 9th, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 29 2019

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Around April 26th? I am seeing both chatter and tracking tools reporting a possible Google search ranking algorithm [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 18 2019

• Navigation Removal Trick Impacting Google Rankings Algorithm? An SEO, I believe his name is Dido, asked John Mueller of Google in this morning's video hangout if [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 16 2019

• Google Search Algorithms Are Designed To Be Granular But Older Updates Were More Broad Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that when it comes to Google's search algorithms they try to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 8 2019

• Google Algorithm Update Tools Going Off - Is It A False Alarm? The automated tracking tools that look for Google search algorithm updates and large ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 7 2019

• New Google Content Algorithms and Ranking Effects New Google Content Algorithms may provide information on recent Google updates. - Search Engine Journal

April, 2 2019

• Google's Ranking Algorithm Allows SEOs To Be Unique Google's John Mueller responded to a Reddit thread where the webmaster didn't understand why a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Facebook’s “Why Am I Seeing This Post?” Explains How its News Feed Algorithm Works Facebook is adding a new component to the news feed that answers the question "why am I seeing [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 1 2019

• Content Strategy and the Google March 2019 Algorithm Update MarketMuse shares surprising content strategy trends associated with the March 2019 Update - Search Engine Journal

March, 29 2019

• Why SEOs should get to know Karen Spärck Jones, originator of search engine algorithms Let Jones' tf*idf be your guide. It underpins nearly all modern sophisticated search engine [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 25 2019

• Google Search Algorithm Update Fluctuations From March 20th to 22nd As you know, we had a pretty big Google update that Google confirmed as a core update on March [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 20 2019

• Google: Most Algorithm Updates Have Incremental Changes to Previous Updates Google's John Mueller was asked about the March core algorithm update and whether it softened the [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 18 2019

• New Google Algorithm May Update Page Ranking Google published a new research paper on an important update to how web pages are ranked. - Search Engine Journal

March, 13 2019

• Google has released a broad core search algorithm update this week A rare Google confirmation came related to a Google search algorithm update this week. Google [...] - Search Engine Land
• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On March 12 & 13th I am seeing plenty of signs from the SEO community, the tracking tools and so on that there was and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 6 2019

• March 5th Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update? I sound like a broken record but I am once again seeing chatter and signals of yet another Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 4 2019

• March 1st Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update - Unconfirmed On Friday afternoon, March 1st, maybe going through Saturday, March 2nd, there may have been yet [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 25 2019

• Google Search Algorithm Update Signals On Friday February 22nd Over the weekend I have been tracking a lot of chatter within the SEO community on WebmasterWorld [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 19 2019

• Google Algorithms Detect & Adjust Rankings For YMYL Queries The Google white paper I just covered mentions explicitly that Google's algorithms can detect if a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 18 2019

• Google Search Algorithm Updates Continue Through Weekend The chatter has not simmered down that much from the February 12/13th Google algorithm update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 13 2019

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update & Fluctuations Continue A week ago we reported on chatters and signals of a Google search ranking algorithm update. That [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 7 2019

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Happening Today? I am seeing some early signs that there is a Google search ranking algorithm update happening [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 25 2019

• Google: Disavowing Bad Links May Help Google Algorithmically Trust Your Links Google's John Mueller said in a webmaster hangout on Tuesday at the 16:44 mark that in some cases, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 21 2019

• Google: There Is No Time Frame For Algorithmic Changes To Take Effect Google's John Mueller said on Twitter yesterday "There is no fixed timeframe for algorithmic [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 16 2019

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Chatter January 15th Over the past 24-48 hours, I've been seeing some chatter amongst the SEO communities, a bit more in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 10 2019

• Google Search Algorithm Update On January 9th? The Google search results and rankings have been pretty unstable the past week or so. There are a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 7 2019

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Around January 6th Google may have pushed out their first larger search algorithm update of 2019 over this weekend. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 21 2018

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Mobile First Indexing Update, Medic Update, Link Schemes & More This week in search, Google probably did a search algorithm update last weekend - but they did not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 17 2018

• A Google Search Algorithm Update Over December 15th Weekend It looks like over the weekend, starting maybe this past Friday or Saturday and picking up speed on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 13 2018

• Limited Chatter: Google Search Algorithm Update This Week For the past week or so, I've been seeing chatter within the community about Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 7 2018

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Changes, Sticky Search Bar, Filter Bubbles, Livestreams & Holidays This week I covered the big monthly Google webmaster report for December. Google may have done a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 3 2018

• Google Search Algorithm Update Hits Friday November 30th? I was going to cover the chatter and signals of a Google update this past Friday on Friday but when [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 26 2018

• Google Thanksgiving Search Algorithm Ranking Update There are a nice number of SEOs and webmasters in the forums claiming they saw huge changes in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 20 2018

• Mid-November Google Search Algorithm Update Reversals? Friday we reported about a possible Google update, which is unconfirmed, but where a nice amount of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 16 2018

• Facebook Adjusts Algorithm to Reduce the Reach of Clickbait Content Facebook is taking steps to reduce the reach of sensationalist and provocative content. - Search Engine Journal
• Early Signs Of A Google Search Algorithm Update I am seeing some early signs that there may be a Google search algorithm update rolling out this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google: Quality Raters Guidelines Are Not One-To-One With The Ranking Algorithm I feel like Google has to spend more time telling SEOs to stop obsessing about specific details [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 13 2018

• SEO Contest Exposes Weakness in Google’s Algorithm An SEO ranked a site written almost entirely in Latin. Does Google have a spam problem? - Search Engine Journal

November, 9 2018

• Worried About Unconfirmed Halloween Google Algorithm Update? A closer look at the evidence of a Halloween update reveals there is not much to worry about. - Search Engine Journal

November, 7 2018

• Google Creepy Search Algorithm Update Continues With Stronger Volatility Earlier this month we reported about a Google algorithm update that happened Halloween night [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 30 2018

• SEOs Turn To EAT After Recent Google Algorithm Updates Google had a big issues years ago, every Google algorithm update was about PageRank and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 29 2018

• Is Google's PageRank Algorithm Still Important For Google Search Rankings? Long gone are the times of monthly Google PageRank updates, Google dances, and checking Google data [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 26 2018

• Google Search Rankings Seems Unstable; More Algorithm Tweaks Or Penalties? Over the past few days the SEO communities and forums have been in a somewhat state of stress [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 25 2018

• Google’s PageRank algorithm, explained In their original paper presenting Google, Larry and Sergey define PageRank like this: PR(A) = [...] - Search Engine Watch

October, 19 2018

• Google Listens & Responds To A Site That Lost 60% Of Their Traffic After An Algorithm Update In this mornings hangout with Google's John Mueller, one web site owner who lost 60% of his traffic [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 17 2018

• October 16, 2018 Google Search Algorithm Update Trust me, I am even getting tired of reporting on Google search algorithm updates - we've had so [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 16 2018

• Google Search Algorithm Updates Impact Sites That Didn't Have Ranking Changes Google's John Mueller said that most Google Search algorithm updates will have an impact on every [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 11 2018

• Google Clarifies a Few Things About Recent Search Algorithm Updates Google's Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, has published a series of tweets regarding recent updates [...] - Search Engine Journal

October, 10 2018

• Google: Mobile-First Indexing Unrelated To Search Ranking Algorithm Changes Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that all the search ranking algorithm changes we have been [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 9 2018

• Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update Again On October 8th & 9th? I know, Google updates every day, but I promise, I try to limit my coverage of these Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 5 2018

• Google Search Algorithm Ranking Shuffling On October 4th The Google search results don't seem to be settling down at all, at least not over the past five [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 30 2018

• Google Confirms An Algorithm Update Occurred This Week Google's Danny Sullivan has confirmed that an algorithm update occurred this week. Here's what we [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Google Birthday Update: Google Confirms Small Algorithm Update On September 27th On Friday we reported on a possible Google update that touched down on September 27th. Google's [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 28 2018

• Google Search Algorithm Update On September 27th I am hearing some chatter around a possible Google search algorithm update that took place [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 26 2018

• Google: Make Content More Relevant to Recover from August Algorithm Update To site owners working to recover from August's core algorithm update, Google's John Mueller [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Google Images Algorithm Now Uses Page Authority & Image Placement On A Page Google said on Monday that they have updated their image search algorithm to use the authority of a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 25 2018

• What is Google’s Neural Matching Algorithm? A review of what Google's Neural Matching Algorithm might be and how it might impact SEO. - Search Engine Journal

September, 21 2018

• Google Search Algorithm Shifts Around September 19th? I am seeing some chatter, nothing too insane, around a Google search algorithm update around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 12 2018

• Google Algorithm Update On September 11th I was offline the past two days but when I came back, I saw a nice amount of chatter of a possible [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 7 2018

• Google: Manual Actions Still Expire & Sometimes Algorithms Take Over Google's John Mueller reminded us on Twitter that manual actions still do expire, we knew this from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Search Console Out Of Beta, Google Ads Exact Match Expanded & More This week, Google seemed to have rolled out a small search algorithm update on Thursday - we are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 6 2018

• Google Search Ranking Update Brewing? Early Signs Of Algorithm Shifts. I am seeing super early signs of a Google search algorithm update brewing right now. There is some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 24 2018

• Google Search Algorithm Update Starting On August 22 There is new chatter and signals that there may be a Google search algorithm update starting around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 16 2018

• Key takeaways from Google’s latest algorithm update We're looking at Google's latest algorithm update. - Search Engine Watch

August, 7 2018

• Google AdSense Earnings Fluctuations Not Related to Algorithm Update Google has confirmed that any fluctuations in AdSense earnings is not related to the recent search [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 6 2018

• Google Core Algorithm Update Roll Out Slowing Down The big core Google search algorithm update seems to start slowing down. The rollout might be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Was There A Google Local Maps Algorithm Update Too? Last Wednesday there was a big confirmed Google core web search algorithm update but some SEOs are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 2 2018

• What Google & SEOs Are Saying On The August 1st Algorithm Update Here is a recap of how Google and SEOs are talking about the big Google broad core algorithm update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 1 2018

• Google Search Algorithm August 1st Update Rolling Out Now; Might Be A Big One Google may have done a large algorithm update, impacting the search results. The SEO community is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 23 2018

• Google’s Search Algorithm Does Not Recognize Off-Site Sentiment Google’s Danny Sullivan has confirmed, once and for all, that off-site sentiment does not [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Google Search Algorithm Update Saturday July 21st? Starting maybe late Friday and into Saturday there were signals of a possible Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 18 2018

• Announcing Cirq: An Open Source Framework for NISQ Algorithms Posted by Alan Ho, Product Lead and Dave Bacon, Software Lead, Google AI Quantum Team Over the [...] - Google Research
• 4 New Insights Into Google’s Algorithm Google's testimony to House Judiciary Committee reveals 4 facts about how Google's algorithm works. - Search Engine Journal

July, 13 2018

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Speed Update, Algorithm Shifts, Bing Tests, Google & Bing APIs & More This week, the much anticipated Google Speed Update began rolling out. We did see some limited [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 11 2018

• Google Search Algorithm Update Currently Mild Since the roll out of the Google Speed Update - the SEO community has been on high alert to see [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 3 2018

• Rumors Of A Google Search Algorithm Update Coming Soon The SEO industry is a funny place in that we are constantly tracking Google updates as they are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 18 2018

• Google Search Algorithm Update Signals & Chatter Just like last weekends Google update chatter, we are seeing similar levels of chatter and signs [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 11 2018

• A Google Algorithm Update On Friday, June 8th? There is some chatter starting around Friday, June 8th, in the ongoing WebmasterWorld thread about [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 5 2018

• Google: Algorithm Updates Impact Sites Quickly, Technical Changes Take A While To Impact A Site Google's John Mueller said in a hangout with webmasters at the 47:47 minute mark that if a site [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 18 2018

• Google: Google Algorithm To Generate Content Not For Search Image credit to Shutterstock The ability to autogenerate content for the web is nothing new, it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 17 2018

• Google’s New Algorithm Creates Original Articles From Your Content Google has published a new algorithm. It paraphrases your content to create brand new content. - Search Engine Journal

May, 14 2018

• Is A Google Search Algorithm Update Brewing? I am seeing some very limited and niche chatter around a possible Google algorithm and search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 7 2018

• Google Publishes New Algorithm Research Google published a research paper about a new machine learning algorithm. It proposes a new way to [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Google Publishes New Algorithm Research Google published a research paper about a new machine learning algorithm. It proposes a new way to [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 27 2018

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Algorithm Update, Autocomplete Changes, Negative SEO, Hijacks & One Line AdWords This week in search, we got confirmation about the large Google update from Google as being a broad [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 25 2018

• Google Ranking Algorithm Update Continues On For Over A Week As you know, Google confirmed a "broad core algorithm" update that started a week ago [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 23 2018

• Google Confirmed Last Week Algorithm Update As "Broad Core Update" Earlier last week we reported on a Google algorithm update that seem to have been kicked off and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 20 2018

• Google Confirms Algorithm Update Released on April 16th Google confirmed that another broad core algorithm update was rolled out this week. - Search Engine Journal
• Google confirms rolling out a broad core search algorithm update earlier this week Google has confirmed the rumors that there was a Google search algorithm update that took place on [...] - Search Engine Land
• Google Update & Ranking Algorithm Fluctuations Continue Earlier this week, we reported that we saw signs of a Google algorithm update kicking off - the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm & Ranking Update, Job Listings Penalty & Mobile-First Indexing This week we saw a long going Google algorithm update that has been ongoing for a few days or so [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 17 2018

• Google Algorithm & Ranking Update Kicking Off? There may be a Google search and ranking algorithm update starting off this morning. I received a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 13 2018

• Research: Google local algorithm uses 2:1 clustering formula Study identifies Local Pack results distance pattern. - Search Engine Land

April, 11 2018

• Google Confirms March 7th Algorithm Update Was About Relevance, Not Quality Google’s John Mueller has confirmed the March 7th algorithm update did not necessarily target [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 10 2018

• Facebook Discusses How Feed Algorithm Works Facebook's Head of News Feed discusses algorithm. That's then compared to a Facebook algorithm, [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 30 2018

• Google: Manual Reviews Cannot Lift Algorithmic Search Penalty If you are hoping Google can do something on their back end to lift an algorithmic penalty, you are [...] - The SEM Post
• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Mobile First Indexing Release, Algorithm Updates, Bing Search & More This week was pretty hectic in the search world. Google announced they are beginning to roll out [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 26 2018

• Google Algorithm Update March 23rd : Chatter & Signals As I mentioned in my Friday video, there seemed to be some chatter around the algorithm update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 19 2018

• AMA with Google highlights: The core search algorithm update, mobile-first index status & more From nofollow links to negative SEO, the core search algorithm and Google showing zero search [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 13 2018

• Google’s Broad Core Algorithm Update Examined Analysis of Google's Broad Core Algorithm Update is. Although Google states there is no fix, there [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 12 2018

• Google confirms core search ranking algorithm update Google acknowledged the suspected update but says there is nothing webmasters can do to fix their [...] - Search Engine Land
• Google Confirms Algorithm Update Occurred Last Week Google has confirmed that a broad core algorithm update was released last week. - Search Engine Journal

March, 3 2018

• Google’s Second Most Important Algorithm? Before Google’s Panda, there was Phil They named the project Phil, because it sounded friendly. (For those who required an acronym, they [...] - SEO by the Sea

March, 2 2018

• Google Algorithm Update Brewing? Depends Who You Ask. Over the past couple days or so, the ongoing WebmasterWorld thread has some folks passionately [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 23 2018

• A Summary of the Google Zürich Algorithms & Optimization Workshop Posted by Silvio Lattanzi, Research Scientist, Google Zürich and Vahab Mirrokni, Research [...] - Google Research

February, 22 2018

• Google Algorithm Update Chatter & Signals February 20th I am starting to see a bit of chatter around the SEO industry about a possible Google algorithm and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 14 2018

• Facebook Discusses 4 Parts of their News Feed Algorithm Adam Mosseri, Head of News Feed at Facebook discusses how their algorithm chooses what news sources [...] - Search Engine Journal

January, 19 2018

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Speed Update, Algorithm Shifts, Search Console Invites & AdSense Earnings This week in search, Google announced an update named the Google Speed Update designed to downgrade [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 18 2018

• Google Speed Update: Google Algorithm Designed To Downgrade Slow Mobile Pages Google announced yesterday a new ranking algorithm designed specifically to downgrade the search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 16 2018

• Possible Google Algorithm Update January 15th I am starting to see some early chatter within the webmaster and SEO community around a Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 12 2018

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Tweaks, Search Console Rolling, Google News Delisting & Facebook News Feed This week we covered more ongoing tweaks to the Google search algorithms. We also covered the roll [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 8 2018

• Google Search Algorithm Update Tweaks Continue Into January As you know... - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 28 2017

• Google Hopes To Communicate Larger Algorithm Changes In Future Danny Sullivan posted on Twitter that he hopes Google will communicate more about larger Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 27 2017

• From algo to aggro: How SEOs really feel about Google algorithm updates Algorithm updates got you down? You're not alone. Columnist Jamie Pitman shares highlights from a [...] - Search Engine Land

December, 22 2017

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Guest Blog Posts, Rich Results & Eric Schmidt This week in search, Google confirmed they did many minor updates around the time of what I called [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 20 2017

• Google confirms mid-December search ranking algorithm update As the update continues to roll out, early indications suggest disruptions in mobile SERPs, sites [...] - Search Engine Land

December, 15 2017

• Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update: The Maccabees Update There is currently both a lot of chatter in the SEO forums and many of the tools are lighting up [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 27 2017

• Google Engineer Cites Complexities Around AI Algorithms Explaining Themselves Google has been saying for a year or so that they are moving from a mobile first world to an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 15 2017

• Google On Disavow File: Good For Existing Or Preempting Manual Actions & If You Don't Trust Algorithms Yesterday, Google's John Mueller answered a question around Google's Gary Illyes saying you don't [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Mid-November Google Algorithm Search Ranking Update Yesterday I saw signs of a spike in webmaster and SEO chatter about ranking changes in Google. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 14 2017

• Google: We're Still Making Changes To Penguin & Panda Algorithms Eric Kuan from Google on stage with Gary Illyes and Nathan Johns from Google at PubCon said that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 3 2017

• November Google Algorithm Search Results Update? I am seeing signs both within the search community and from the automated tracking tools of an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 27 2017

• Google Search Algorithm & Ranking Update Brewing? Over the past 24-48 hours there has been an uptick in chatter across social media, the SEO [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 9 2017

• Google Search Algorithm & Ranking Update : October 7th - 9th Looks like we had a Google algorithm update over the weekend, starting probably late Friday... - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 6 2017

• Google Says They Are Not Done Announcing Future Algorithms For about almost 14 years now, I've been reported on Google algorithm updates. We've been through [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 29 2017

• Google On Algorithm & Ranking Updates This Week: We're Always Improving Our Search Results Starting around Tuesday of this week, we noticed Google algorithm and ranking shifts throughout the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 27 2017

• More Google Algorithm & Search Results Shuffling Yea, yea, yea, more of the same. Google is updating their search results, it is in flux, search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 19 2017

• 8 major Google algorithm updates, explained Almost every day, Google introduces changes to its ranking algorithm. Some are tiny tweaks; others [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 18 2017

• Google Search Algorithm Update On September 16th I was incredibly tempted to do a special alert news story Saturday night on a Google algorithm [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google: Search Algorithm Monitoring Tools Get It Right At the Brighton SEO conference, Gary Illyes from Google said that the third party SEO or search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 8 2017

• August 22, 2017: The day the ‘Hawk’ Google local algorithm update swooped in Have you noticed a recent shift in Google's local search results? Columnist Joy Hawkins shares [...] - Search Engine Land
• Google Search Algorithm Update Today The chatter and discussions around a Google search algorithm update is pretty strong this morning [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google Local Algorithm Update August 22, 2017: Possum Updated? Local search expert, Joy Hawkins reported that the local pack algorithm update from a year ago, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 6 2017

• Google Search Ranking & Algorithm Update Underway? Chatter... In the past 24 to 48 hours I have been noticing an uptick in SEO and webmaster chatter around a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 31 2017

• Google: We've Changed The Way We Think About The Panda Algorithm Gary Illyes from Google said on Twitter this morning that Google has changed the way they think [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 29 2017

• Google: Stop Watching The Search Algorithm I am pretty serious about reporting on Google search algorithm updates despite Google not liking it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 23 2017

• Yandex upgrades search algorithm to better understand user searches Yandex updates their version of RankBrain from Palekh to Korolyov, which is now able to analyze the [...] - Search Engine Land

August, 22 2017

• Google Algorithm & Ranking Update Chatter Starting over the weekend, mostly Saturday and Sunday on August 19th and 20th, there were some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 21 2017

• Announcing the NYC Algorithms and Optimization Site Posted by Vahab Mirrokni, Principal Research Scientist and Xerxes Dotiwalla, Product Manager, NYC [...] - Google Research

August, 17 2017

• Google Calls Algorithm Monitoring Tools "Blackhat Scrapers" Back in the good old days, I use to simply use the chatter in the SEO discussion forums to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 3 2017

• Google Quality Raters Review Algorithms, Not Individual Web Sites SEOs are somewhat obsessed with the Google quality raters despite Google saying repeatedly that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 31 2017

• Google Maps Local Ranking Algorithm Update On June 11th? There is a new thread at the Local Search Forums discussing ranking changes in the local pack that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 10 2017

• Signs Of A Google Search Algorithm Update Over Weekend There are some early signs of a Google search algorithm update over the weekend, around Saturday [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 3 2017

• Submit Your Data On Google's June 25th Algorithm Update As you know, we are pretty confident there was a nice Google algorithm update around June 25th... - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 27 2017

• Google algorithm update may be rolling out since June 25 Did you notice changes in your Google organic search traffic or rankings? There may have been a [...] - Search Engine Land
• June 25th Google Search Algorithm Update Legit Yesterday I reported about the early chatter and reports of a Google algorithm update brewing. Well [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 26 2017

• Google Algorithm Update Brewing? Maybe. I received a few emails yesterday, saw some comments on this site and on WebmasterWorld and the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 19 2017

• What advanced SEOs need to know about algorithm updates Columnist Casie Gillette recaps a session from SMX Advanced on how to identify and respond to [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 16 2017

• Was There A Small Google Algorithms Update This Week? June 14th, or around that date, there may have been a small algorithm update in Google that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 15 2017

• Google: We Will Communicate About Major Search Algorithm Updates One of the SEO industry's gripes with Google is that they rarely confirm search algorithmic [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 14 2017

• Google: We Are Rewriting Our Page Speed Algorithm For Mobile One of the more confusing things around the mobile first index is will page speed be a factor or [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 26 2017

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Updates, Link Spam Warning & Many Search Tests This week in search, I go into more detail on the search algorithm and ranking changes we are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 23 2017

• Google Search Ranking & Algorithm Shifts Still Underway That Google algorithm update from last Wednesday seems to still be going on. Yesterday I posted a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 22 2017

• Theories On Google Algorithm Update & Changes Last Week Last week we reported on a possible Google algorithm update starting last Wednesday. We had most [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 19 2017

• Was There A Google Algorithm Update Starting On Wednesday? On Wednesday, some webmasters and SEOs began noticing the automated tracking tools from places like [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 15 2017

• Google: We Do Understand Our Highly Complex Algorithms Google's John Mueller said it is not true that Google's own engineers do not "know the exact [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 19 2017

• Was There A Google Algorithm Update On April 17th & 18th? So, while I was offline, there seems to been a Google algorithm update. Not at Fred, Penguin or [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 27 2017

• Google Fred Algorithm Confirmed & Cites Overall Quality Issues As you know, we finally received real confirmation this past Friday on the March 7th/8th update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google: Machine Learning Won't Take Over The Google Algorithm Last week, during the AMA with Google at SMX West, Google's Gary Illyes said he doesn't see machine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google: We've Never Denied An Algorithm Update That Happened Gary Illyes from Google said on Friday, right after officially confirming the Fred update that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 24 2017

• Google May Have Confirmed The Fred Algorithm Update Yesterday, during the AMA with Google session at SMX West... - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 22 2017

• Google: Phantom Updates Are Core Algorithm Update Google has been very quiet about what SEOs have been calling the "Phantom update." The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 15 2017

• Google Algorithms Now Target Offensive, Upsetting, Inaccurate & Hateful Results Yesterday, Google released a new quality raters guidelines PDF document that was specifically [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 9 2017

• Google Fred Update: Big Google Algorithm Update Links Related As you know, yesterday I posted about the big Google algorithm ranking update and it seems to be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 8 2017

• Large Google Algorithm Ranking Update: Black Hat Related? There appears to be a large Google ranking or algorithm update happening right now in the core [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 20 2017

• Google says no algorithm changes in new deal to demote pirated content in UK search results Google and Microsoft Bing agree to reduce pirated content from their search results in an agreement [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 16 2017

• Can we machine-learn Google’s machine-learning algorithm? As Google becomes increasingly sophisticated in its methods for scoring and ranking web pages, it's [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 13 2017

• February 7th Google Algorithm Update Was Big Last week, I reported about a Google update that touched down on Tuesday, February 7th. Well... - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google: No comment on possibility of a Feb. 7 algorithm update Did your rankings in Google get better or worse over the past week? Many webmasters and SEOs are [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 10 2017

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Mobile Bugs, Search Console & AdWords This week in search, I posted my monthly Google webmaster report, check it out. Google may have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• The impact (and lack thereof) of Google’s mobile popup algorithm Back in August 2016, Google warned that it would be releasing an algorithm to crack down on [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 8 2017

• Google: HTTPS URLs Likely Canonical In Their Duplicate Content Clustering Algorithm This is probably an obvious and logical statement but Gary Illyes of Google felt the need to post [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google Search Algorithm Update February 7th We just had some Google algorithm update a week ago potentially targeting spammy links I believe. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• What were Google’s biggest search algorithm updates of 2016? While we’re still piecing together lessons from last year's wins and losses, here is a visual [...] - Search Engine Watch

February, 3 2017

• Google Japan Algorithm Update Lowers Ranking Of Low Quality Sites We cover many Google algorithm updates here but not all the international ones. A big one hit [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• New Google Algorithm Update Targets PBNs & Links, Penguin Tweak? For the past 48 hours, I've been hearing some rumbles around Google algorithm updates and sites [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update Hits, Mobile-Friendly Test API, AMP, Local & AdWords This week was fairly slow until today, when we reported on an algorithm update that seems to have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Unconfirmed Google algorithm update may be better at discounting links and spam Did Google update their Penguin algorithm? Did Google block private blog network links? Something [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 27 2017

• Google: We Try To Launch All Our Algorithms Globally Now Back in the day, Google use to launch specific algorithms in different regions. Like with Panda, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 24 2017

• Google Update Brewing? Chatter & Tools Point To Algorithm Update Over the past 24-hours, the ongoing WebmasterWorld thread has seen an uptick in chatter around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 20 2017

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Mobile Interstitial Penalty, Link Operator & Matt Cutts I am back after skipping two shows due to sickness but I try to catch you up in this one video. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 17 2017

• Google Algorithm Update On January 16th, MLK Day? Yesterday was a US holiday, so overall there was less people working, searching and buying online. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 9 2017

• Which Google algorithm changes impacted marketers most in 2016 – and what can we expect from 2017? Between the long-awaited rollout of Penguin 4.0, a strengthening of Google's mobile-friendly [...] - Search Engine Watch

January, 6 2017

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Mobile First, Algorithm Update, 2017 SEO Advice & More This week was expected to be slow because of the holiday week but hey, we may have had a small [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 29 2016

• Google Algorithm Update During Holiday Break? Doubt It. I am seeing some chatter over the past few days of traffic and algorithm shifts within Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 21 2016

• Google Updated Their Algorithm For "Did The Holocaust Happen?" Controversy? Over the past week or so, Google has been getting some heat around various anti semitic and racist [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 16 2016

• December 15th Google Search Algorithm Update Signals Looks like on Thursday, December 15th there was a Google search algorithm shift. We have some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, AMP Images, Schema Reviews & SEO This week, besides for me feeling pretty lousy, was busy. We had a potential Google update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 6 2016

• Google Updates Us On YouTube's Trending Algorithm Yesterday... - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 2 2016

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Sentence Compression, Top Stories Fake News Algorithm & Search Console Updates Today is the 13th year anniversary of this site and me covering the search industry. Today I talk [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 1 2016

• Google Machine Learning Sentence Compression Algorithms Powers Features Snippets The other day, I covered at Search Engine Land a Wired article named Google's hand-fed AI now gives [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 28 2016

• Google Tweaking Top Stories Algorithm To Filter Out Fake News? It looks like Google is or has worked on tweaking the top stories algorithm to filter out fake news [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 18 2016

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Snippets Bug, AI, AMP, AdSense & AdWords This week in search I covered the November 10th Google update that Google has not fully confirmed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 16 2016

• Google: Nothing To Announce For November 10th Search Algorithm Update On Monday, we reported about the ongoing chatter around a potential Google search algorithm update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 4 2016

• Google: Displaying Rich Snippets Doesn't Mean All Algorithms Think Your Site Is Quality It is true, a site can lose their rich snippets over quality issues or never get the rich snippets [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 3 2016

• Yandex Palekh Algorithm Catches The Long Tail With Machine Learning Yesterday, Yandex announced that they launched something similar to the Google RankBrain - well, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 2 2016

• Google Page Layout Algorithm Penalty Is Updated Automatically The page layout algorithms/penalty that penalizes sites with too many ads distracting users from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google Algorithms Do Not Give WordPress Preferential Treatment There are some rumors in the industry that Google's algorithms have a positive bias towards [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 1 2016

• SEOs Dress Up As Google Algorithms On Halloween - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 21 2016

• Google: We A Bunch Of Original Source Detection Algorithms Google's John Mueller said in the webmaster hangout this morning at the 2:40 mark that Google has a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 18 2016

• 77% Of Webmasters Want Google To Confirm More Algorithm Updates The majority of SEOs and webmasters want Google to confirm more algorithmic updates. At least those [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• How Google uses machine learning in their search algorithms Gary Illyes of Google tells us Google may use machine learning to aggregate signals together for [...] - Search Engine Land
• Google’s HTTPS algorithm still only looks at the URL to give ranking boost Believe it or not, insecure web pages can still get the HTTPS ranking boost. - Search Engine Land

October, 17 2016

• Google: Machine Learning Will Never Take Over the Whole Search Algorithm Ever since Google announced RankBrain, a machine learning algo, there has been much speculation [...] - The SEM Post

October, 13 2016

• Google's Use Of Machine Learning In Ranking & Spam Algorithms Is Complicated This week we reported that Google's Penguin algorithm doesn't use machine learning. This was based [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 11 2016

• Google: Penguin is Not a Machine Learning Algorithm Ever since the new real time Penguin algorithm was released by Google, there has been speculation [...] - The SEM Post
• Google: Penguin Doesn't Use Machine Learning Within The Algorithm When Google launched Penguin 4.0 some folks speculated that it was using some sort of machine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google Algorithms Labels Links As Penguin, Footer, Disavowed & More - Googlers Can Look Up Link Labels Yesterday, I covered at Search Engine Land an interview I did with Gary Illyes last week where Gary [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Why Google’s quality updates should be on your algorithmic radar [Part 2]: The connection to low-quality user experience In the second installment of his two-part series on Google's quality updates (aka Phantom updates), [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 10 2016

• Google Panda Algorithm Does Adjust Rankings Down Unlike Penguin As you know, with Google Penguin 4.0 the algorithm no longer demotes (downgrades the ranking) of a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google's Algorithms & Signals Don't Forget, They Collect History We've covered the topic of Google remembering stuff for a long long time - yes, they keep an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 7 2016

• Google: Reconsideration Requests Never Worked For Penguin Or Other Algorithms In the latest Rand Moz weekly video... - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 5 2016

• Google Update Chatter Suggests Penguin Movement Or Algorithm Changes Monday I scheduled a post about webmasters noticing Penguin recoveries after not seeing much of an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 30 2016

• Google: You Can Expect More Algorithm & Ranking Changes Google's Gary Illyes said on Tuesday on Twitter that you, meaning webmasters and SEOs, "can [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 23 2016

• Penguin is Now a Real-Time Component of Google’s Core Algorithm Penguin is now running in real-time as a part of Google’s core algorithm. The update goes [...] - Search Engine Journal
• Google updates Penguin, says now runs in real-time within the core search algorithm The latest announced release, Penguin 4.0, will also be the last, given its new real-time nature. - Search Engine Land
• Penguin is now part of our core algorithm Google's algorithms rely on more than 200 unique signals or "clues" that make it possible [...] - Google Webmaster Central
• Google Penguin 4.0, The Real Time Penguin Algorithm Is Live Google has officially confirmed on the Google webmaster blog that they've began rolling out the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 20 2016

• The 280-Year-Old Algorithm Inside Google Trips Posted by Bogdan Arsintescu, Software Engineer & Sreenivas Gollapudi, Kostas Kollias, Tamas [...] - Google Research

September, 19 2016

• Poll: Should Google Comment About More Google Algorithm Updates & Changes? As you all know, we've been busy covering many of the Google ranking shifts over the past few weeks [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 16 2016

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Shifts, Penguin, Schema, AdWords, Maps & More This week in search, we saw even more signals of a massive Google update, both seem not to be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google downplays the Google algorithm ranking update this week as “normal fluctuations” Was there a major Google algorithm change this week? Many webmasters believe so. - Search Engine Land

September, 15 2016

• Google Search Algorithm Update Chatter On Fire Something is going on and it is getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. On September 2nd we [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 13 2016

• Even More Google Algorithm & Ranking Update Chatter A week ago Friday, September 2nd, we reported on a Google algorithm update, which turned out to be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 6 2016

• Google said Friday’s update was not due to the Penguin algorithm Google's John Mueller told us to cross off Penguin from the list of explanations for the Google [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 2 2016

• Google Local Pack Results Algorithm & Ranking Update Looks like we got a big update going on, this one in the Google local pack results. The local SEO [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Early Signs Of A Google Core Search Algorithm Update It has been almost a month since we reported Google ranking changes, which is rare and it looks [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Web & Local Algorithm Updates, Real Time Index & AdWords Changes This week in search got off to a slow start but ended with a bang. We are seeing early signs of a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 29 2016

• With Panda in stealth mode, why Google’s quality updates should be on your algorithmic radar [Part 1] What are Google's quality updates (aka Phantom updates), and how can you recover? In part one of a [...] - Search Engine Land

August, 11 2016

• Why links are still the core authority signal in Google’s algorithm Link metrics have been the foundation of Google’s ranking algorithm since the beginning, but [...] - Search Engine Land

August, 2 2016

• Google Algorithm Update? A Reversal Of Last Weeks Update? This morning there was a large surge in webmaster chatter around fluctuations and changes in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 20 2016

• New Google ranking study shows links are incredibly important to the ranking algorithm Despite many thinking that links are a declining ranking signal in Google's algorithm, this new [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 15 2016

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Local Algorithm & Updates, Penguin Status, SEO & AdWords Changes This week in search, we saw changes to the Google local algorithm and results. We also reported on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 1 2016

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, RankBrain, Authorship, Keyword Planner & AMP This week in search, I covered a potential Google quality search algorithm update that happened [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 29 2016

• Data Suggests A Google Algorithm Update Occurred in June 2016 Data collected from Glenn Gabe at G-Squared Interactive shows strong evidence that a Google [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 15 2016

• Google: Even Quality Algorithms May Wait To Show Webmaster Won't Repeat Offense It makes sense that if you do something wrong to a friend or colleague, they may trust you less. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 14 2016

• Google Algorithm Update Brewing? We Got Early Some Chatter. I am seeing some really early signs from the SEO community chatter around a possible Google update. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 6 2016

• Are The SEO Weather Tools Off Again On Algorithmic Changes? Whenever the automated tracking "SEO Weather" tools go off, I get tons of people telling [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 1 2016

• Google To Use Mobile Page Speed In Mobile Friendly Ranking Algorithm Soonish At the Search Marketing Summit in Sydney today, Gary Illyes from Google has been reported as saying [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 27 2016

• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Trillions Of Searches, AdWords Updates, Algorithm Changes & Hiring This week in search, Google had their Google Performance Summit and announced they do trillions of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 16 2016

• Google's Advice On DMCA Pirate Algorithm Penalty Back in August 2012 Google released their DMCA algorithm penalty, also known as the Google Pirate [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 12 2016

• Google’s mobile friendly algorithm boost has rolled out The new Google mobile friendly algorithm is out and it is suppose to give an additional ranking [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 11 2016

• Google Dismisses Any Recent Major Algorithm Update Over the past few days or so, the various Google search results tracking tools have been pretty [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 6 2016

• Google: Most Algorithm Updates Go Unnoticed Gary Illyes from Google said on Twitter that most algorithm updates done by Google go [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 22 2016

• Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm Now Factors in Viewing Time Facebook is going beyond the basic signals of liking, commenting, and sharing to now factor in [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 15 2016

• Google: You Can Be Negatively Impacted By One Algorithm & Positively Impacted By Another So let's say your site was hit by Google Penguin 3.0 almost 18 months ago and you feel you are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 6 2016

• Is Google Testing The Penguin 4.0 Algorithm? I think we are on the verge of seeing Penguin 4.0 launch soon at Google - I think we are just about [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 25 2016

• Former Google Spam Fighter: Machine Learning Already In Spam Algorithms Yesterday we reported that Google is aiming to use machine learning in spam algorithms, to better [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google: Web Spam Algorithms Global But Some Regions Pose More Spam Issues For Google Continuing with our coverage of the Google Q&A via WebPromo that we covered over the past day, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 19 2016

• People Like Twitter’s Algorithmic Timeline, Going to Become the Default Twitter is going through the process of making its algorithmic timeline the new default; meaning [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 16 2016

• Google to boost mobile friendly algorithm this coming May Google announced they are increasing the mobile-friendly update factors but don't expect another [...] - Search Engine Land
• Instagram to Introduce New Algorithm-Based Feed Instagram announced this week that its reverse-chronological feed will soon become and [...] - Search Engine Journal

February, 11 2016

• Google: Crawl Rate Increases Are Not Related To Algorithm Updates Often I'll see webmasters and SEOs say that they see a huge spike in GoogleBot crawl activity on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 9 2016

• Google Mobile Algorithm Tests Underway? On Friday, Dr. Pete Meyers, the man behind Mozcast said on Twitter that his tool picked up [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 21 2016

• Google Explains What It Means To Be Part Of The “Core” Algorithm To be core, the algorithm needs to be consistent enough to run by itself without much worry that it [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 20 2016

• Google: Why It Is So Hard To Confirm All Algorithm Updates A couple hours ago, Google's Andrey Lipattsev a Search Quality Senior Strategist participated in a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
• Google: Real Time Penguin Algorithm Should Launch In Weeks Gary Illyes from Google did it again, he said on Twitter that he thinks the Penguin update that was [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 18 2016

• Google Core Algorithm Updates Continue As SEOs Notice Weekend Google Update Another Google update this weekend has been confirmed, but it is a core update, not Penguin. - Search Engine Land

January, 15 2016

• Google: Nothing Has Changed Now That Panda Being Part Of Core Ranking Algorithm As I keep trying to get the answer to what's the difference now that Google added Panda into the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 14 2016

• What's The Diff Google? Now That Panda Is Part Of The Core Algorithm? I asked the question a few times but I have not received any answer on the topic at all... - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 13 2016

• Google’s Panda Now Part of Its Core Ranking Algorithm Panda is now part of Google's core ranking algorithm, meaning the quality of you website's content [...] - Search Engine Journal

January, 12 2016

• Google Had A Major Core Ranking Algorithm Update This Past Weekend Google has pushed a core ranking algorithm update over the weekend. Did you notice ranking changes [...] - Search Engine Land
• Wow: Google Panda Is Now Part Of Google's Core Ranking Algorithm Honestly, I am surprised Google did it (we know they had to, but I am surprised it happened)... - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 8 2016

• Google Testing New Search Ranking Algorithms In The Wild? There has been this steady chatter for the past few days around webmasters and SEOs seeing ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 23 2015

• Yahoo Updates Mobile Search, Tweaks Mobile Search Algorithm Yahoo announces changes to its mobile search experience. - Search Engine Journal
• Yahoo Updates Mobile Search, Tweaks Mobile Search Algorithm Yahoo announces changes to its mobile search experience. - Search Engine Journal

December, 3 2015

• Google: New Penguin Algorithm Update Not Happening Until Next Year Webmasters and SEOs need to have a bit more patience, as Google is not releasing the updated [...] - Search Engine Land

November, 25 2015

• Google's Gary Illyes: I Don't Actively Work On The Penguin Algorithm As we anxiously await the next Google Penguin algorithm release, more and more questions are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 27 2015

• FAQ: All About The New Google RankBrain Algorithm Google's using a machine learning technology called RankBrain to help deliver its search results. [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 22 2015

• Google Update Their Ranking Algorithms? Some Webmasters Believe So. All the signals are pointing to a significant Google update over the past week, here is what we [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 21 2015

• Yahoo Says It Has Its Own Algorithm For Mobile Search Results Yahoo's Marissa Mayer says they have their own mobile search algorithm which helps them provide a [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 16 2015

• Google: Your Site Can Have Both Manual Actions & Algorithmic Penalties This is probably obvious to any reader here and I believe Google has said this in the past, but [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 6 2015

• Google: New Algorithm Changes “Aggressively Targeting Hacked Spam,” May Impact 5% Of Queries Company says searchers may see some search results pages that have fewer than the typical ~10 [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 1 2015

• Google Confirms The Real Time Penguin Algorithm Is Coming Soon The next Penguin refresh will be happening pretty soon and should be a real-time algorithm. - Search Engine Land

September, 11 2015

• Google May Add Structured Markup & Data To Ranking Algorithm Google hints that one day, Google may decide to use structured data in their ranking algorithm. [...] - Search Engine Land

August, 17 2015

• KDD 2015 Best Research Paper Award: “Algorithms for Public-Private Social Networks” Posted by Posted by Corinna Cortes, Head, Google Research NY The 21st ACM conference on [...] - Google Research
• Google: We Have Algorithmic Diagnosis Tools So We Are Not In A Black Box We know Google can check if a site is penalized or not. Google has told webmasters in real time [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 12 2015

• Google: 404s Don't Impact The Google Panda Algorithm Google's Gary Illyes responded in short to a Google Panda question, asking if having 404ed pages [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 5 2015

• Google Watch Times Algorithm For Rankings? Google was granted a patent this week that about how Google may rank some search results. The [...] - SEO by the Sea

July, 31 2015

• Google: We Don't Give Advice On Algorithmic Penalties Google's John Mueller in this mornings Google Hangout said at the 4:37 mark into the video that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable