September 2014 Google Webmaster Report

Truth is, the month of August was not as crazy as previous months, especially the month of July. We did however have some significant things happen this month.

Google killed authorship, penalized more link networks, updated their quality guidelines, revealed they made 890 changes to search, tipped us off on more SSL/HTTPS signal facts and had a fun teapot spill.

I should add that there were tons and tons of speculation around Google updates this past month, all unconfirmed by Google.

Here are all the main stories you may want to catch up on for the past month:

Google Authorship:

• Google Kills Off Their Authorship Support

Google Penguin & Algorithm Update Rumors:

• Is Google Launching Penguin 3 Today?
• Getting Chilly... Google Penguin 3.0 Vibrations
• Google: Refreshing Penguin Is Not So Simple
• Google Algorithm Update Around August 8th

Google Spam & Penalties:

• Google Penalizes Link Networks In Europe & Germany Over Weekend
• Google Guidelines Update: Low Quality Guest Blogging Considered Content Spam

Important Google Topics:

• Google's Head Of Search 10 Biggest Search Milestones With 890 Changes In Past Year
• Automating The Google Knowledge Graph With Google's Knowledge Vault

Google SSL/HTTPS Corner:

• My HTTP To HTTPS Status Report For RustyBrick
• I Just Migrated This Google News Site To HTTPS
• Google: SSL Errors Do Not Currently Impact HTTPS Ranking Boost
• Google HTTPS: Run On A Per URL Basis In Real Time & Not Part Of Panda
• Google Change Of Address Tool Does Not Support HTTPS Migration
• Google News Publishers Can Switch To HTTPS
• Going HTTPS/SSL Will Now Give You A Ranking Benefit In Google
• Twitter Outranks Me After HTTPS Migration
• Google's Feedburner Doesn't Like HTTPS Source URLs
• Security Certificate Companies Promoting Google's HTTPS Algorithm

Google Webmaster/SEO:

• Google Webmaster Tools Notifications For Faulty Mobile Redirects
• Google Webmaster Faulty Redirects Notices May Be Ignored
• GoogleBot Skipping Unrendered Page & Crawling/Indexing Final Rendered Page

Google Tests, Features & Bugs:

• Google Images Bug Shows Russian Car Crash For All Queries?
• Google Testing Dropping Local Carousel
• Google Testing Green, Gray & Red Stars In Search Results
• Google Search Now Understands More Than One Language At A Time

Cute Google Easter Eggs:

• How Google Treats HTTP 418 - I'm A Teapot
• Google Teapot Easter Egg Uses Mobile Gyroscope

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