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Matt Cutts Lobbying To Reward Secure Sites With Better Rankings; Google Secures Keyword Referral data for PPC Outside of AdWords Apr 17, 2014

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Matt Cutts Lobbying To Reward Secure Sites With Better Rankings;Google: 410s Are Immediate and 404s Are Delayed For 24 Hours;Google secures keyword referral data for PPC outside of AdWords;Paid Platforms will still work;Google Glass is now Kosher for Passover
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Google On IE8 Drops SSL and Passes Full Referrer; Matt Cutts: Almost All Penalties Are For Quality Violations Apr 10, 2014

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Google On IE8 Drops SSL and Passes Full Referrer; Matt Cutts: Almost All Penalties Are For Quality Violationswhen askedwhat percentage of penalties/filters are based on violations of Googles Quality Guidelines versus technology issues or bugs on the webmaster side?
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Bing Webmaster Guidelines and Keyword Stuffing; Google Places Quality Guidelines Apr 04, 2014

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Bing updates their Webmaster Guidelines, adding that if you use keyword stuffing, it can lead to demotion or even the delisting of your website. Also, Google quietly updates their Google Places Quality Guidelines for naming your business
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MyBlogGuest Penalized; How Google Looks Without Backlinks as a Ranking Factor Mar 24, 2014

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Matt Cutts goes after guest blogging: myblogguest.com, discusses how Google looks without backlinks as a ranking factor and asksWhat should sites do with pages for products that are no longer available?
Plus, Google now has a smaller, wearable version of Android on the way built-in with Google Now, some revealing info from a hangout on air with Nick Kellet of List.Ly, including howin WordPress use the plugin and you can embed the list which will make it spiderable and how thethe javascript version offers the same look but is not spiderable. Also, a Google + question about large images above the fold causing problems with the latest algorithms.
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More Blogging and Google Plus Insight with Chef Dennis Littley Mar 03, 2014

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Chef Dennis Littleygives his insights into blogging and Google Plus. Dennis manages theG+ Food Bloggers Community in part 2 of this hour-long interview.
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Chef Dennis Littley Insights into Blogging and Google Plus Feb 24, 2014

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Chef Dennis Littleygives his insights into blogging and Google Plus. Dennis manages theG+ Food Bloggers Community. You can check out A Culinary Journey with Chef Dennis at his website
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Guest Blogging: Stick a Fork In It; Expedia Paid Link Damage; Google Slams Paid Ads Jan 22, 2014

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Guest Blogging: Stick a fork in it - its done;Expedia Lost 25 Percent Of Their Search Visibility In Google Possibly Over Unnatural Links;Google slams paid ads - shows stats in an infographic?! Ross also discusses plans for marketing and how you should never under-budget.
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Bing Begins Supporting SSL Search; Google On Links Within Widgets Jan 13, 2014

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Bing Begins Supporting SSL Search Query Data Does Not Pass [Not Provided];6 Major Google Changes Reveal the Future of SEO;Google Apologizes For Berlin Street Being Renamed "Adolf Hitler Platz" On Google Maps;Official: Google's Latest Official Stance On Links Within Widgets; WhyThe Internet of Things just got real with Googles 3.2 billion dollar Nest buy
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Search Spammers and Duplicate Content Dec 23, 2013

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Google Reveals Top Searches of 2013: From Nelson Mandela to Twerking ;Google’s Matt Cutts On Search Spammers and how 25-30 percentOf The Web's Content Is Duplicate Content and Thats Okay; Google Still Working On Promoting Subject-Specific Authorities In Search Results. Ross and John also answer listener questions on writing content non-geographic specific to attract links or focus more on getting reviews, SERPS with Author Image and paginating comments.
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Website Bans, Funneling Traffic and a Listener Site Review Dec 16, 2013

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Talking Website Bans, Funneling Traffic and a Listener Site Review as Ross talks about diagnosing website bans, funneling traffic and finding the best ways to judge if your site requires a new navigation, plus Ross goes over a couple of site reviews
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