Weekly SEO news: 24 September 2014 |
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In the news: even websites with less than 10 links can
get a Google penalty, your website must be significant to rank, more
HTTPS problems, what you watch on TV might be a ranking signal, and
more. Table of contents:
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2. Search engine news and articles of the week |
Less than 10 links to site? Google still gives site
manual penalty"Apparently it doesn’t matter, whatsoever, how many links to your site you have. Even if you have 8 links pointing to your website, if those links are inorganic or violate Google’s Webmaster Guidelines, the site can still receive a manual penalty from Google." Google's John Mueller: your site does not rank
because it's not significant In an online discussion, Google's John Mueller told a webmaster that his site wasn't ranking because the content of the website wasn't great: "Thinking about moving your site to HTTPS, in order to tap into the promised chance to rank better in Google? Buffer recently discovered that the technicalities of doing it could cause you to plunge in traffic. [...]
"Dynamic Sitelinks are clickable text additions to your ad that help enrich and enhance the information you’ve already supplied through your headline and ad copy. Google granted patent on using what you watch on TV as a ranking signal "The patent says that it might monitor what’s on TV in your area, and look for queries that might be related to that information. So, if someone searches for 'Eagles' and there’s a documentary about the band, the 'Eagles' playing on TV in your area, that’s a signal that may influence the search results you receive."Search engine newslets
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