October 2014 Google Webmaster Report

The last Google webmaster report was fairly slow compared to what we had this past month. This past month we had a change to the Panda algorithm that may or may not have hit this site.

We have some serious reports of major Google flux going on right now. But also, we have a lot of Penguin anxiety that it may launch really soon but it did pass the one year mark.

Google also slapped PBNs, Turkish news sites and warns Polish SEOs. I also covered a lot more on HTTPS, generic Google SEO tips and a ton on Google's new Sitelinks Search and UI changes.

Here is a break down of the stories on Google SEO topics for the past month:

Google Panda:

• Google Panda 4.1 Now Rolling Out; Aims To Help Smaller Web Sites
• Was I Hit By Google Panda 4.1? Looks Like I Was...
• Google Panda Update On September 5th

Google Penguin:

• Chatter: Google Penguin or Panda Refresh Happening?
• Google: Penguin 3.0 Will Most Likely Launch In 2014
• Sad Day: Google Penguin Goes One Year Without A Refresh &...
• Is Google Really Releasing Penguin 3.0 Next Week? Maybe...
• Google: We're Working On A Solution To Refresh Penguin Faster
• Google Confirms That Recovering From Penguin Requires An Algorithm Refresh

Google Penalties:

• Report: Google Severely Hits PBNs (Private Blog Networks)
• Google Penalizes Turkish News Sites For Content Spam
• Google: Lots Of SEOs From Poland Abuse Clients
• Google: The Polish SEO Agencies Harming Non Profits, Sometimes For Free

Google HTTPS:

• 8 Weeks After Migrating To HTTPS: Google Webmaster Tools Analytics
• Google Actively Working On HTTPS Validation Before Ranking Boost
• Google: There Isn't A Magical SEO Advantage By Switching To HTTPS
• HTTPS Migration For Google News Publishers Going Smoothly
• Buffer Migrates To HTTPS, Google Fixes Edge Case

Google SEO:

• Google Processes The Disavow File Continuously
• Connection Time & HTTP Status Codes Used By GoogleBot For Crawl Efficiency
• Google: GoogleBot Doesn't Lose Sleep Over Broken Links
• WebP Formatted Images Are Google Friendly
• Google: Responsive Design Is Not A Ranking Signal Boost
• Google: Rich Snippets Not Really For Your Homepage
• Google: Even After Algorithm Update, Your Rankings Changes May Not Be Immediately Visible
• Google On Mobile Redirection: Now Use 301s, Not 302s
• Google's Matt Cutts Migrates Blog To HTTPS But Uses 302 Redirects
• Google Modifies Domain Clustering Rankings?
• Google Webmaster Tools API Gets Infrastructure Update

Google Sitelinks Search:

• Google Search Site In SERPS Moved Up & May Jump Results To Your Site
• Report: Google Sitelinks Searchbox Taking Queries To Publisher Sites
• Google Webmaster Tools Notices Of Sitelink Search Box
• Google Shares Common Webmaster Issues With SearchAction Schema & Sitelinks Search
• Google: Schema Markup Does Not Guarantee Sitelinks Search Box

Google User Interface:

• Google Smartphone Icons Now Testing Again
• Moz: Google Answer Boxes Now Showing Up 60% More Often
• Google Knowledge Graph For B-List Celebrities
• Google's Knowledge Graph Answers Show Randomized Sources?
• Google: We Sometimes Show Credit For Knowledge Graph & Answers When...

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