Older entries:

• Google: We Mostly Just Ignore Widget Links And Not Penalize For Them | March 10, 2022
• Many SEOs Will Buy Links In 2022 Despite Google's Webmaster Guidelines | January 10, 2022
• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Link Spam Update Complete, Google Changes Titles In Search Results, Search Console Data Bug & Google Ads | August 27, 2021
• Google Link Spam Update Took A Full Month To Roll Out | August 25, 2021
• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Update, Pages Dropping In & Out, Big Publishers Benefit & Author URLs and Rankings | August 20, 2021
• Google Link Spam Update Still Rolling Out Over 3 Weeks Later | August 18, 2021
• Google Link Spam Update Is Here | July 27, 2021
• Google: Really, Link Exchanges Are Against Our Guidelines | July 12, 2021
• Reminder: Google Prefers To Neutralize Bad Links Automatically | June 25, 2021
• PSA: Google Will Use Your Link Spam Email Requests Against You | June 11, 2021
• Google: PBNs Are Pretty Obvious | May 17, 2021
• Poll: Most SEOs Would Ignore Spammy Links But Many Would Disavow Them | December 2, 2020
• SEMrush Selling Links That Are Against Google's Guidelines | June 3, 2020
• Google Does Monitor Link Selling Forums & Facebook Groups | May 29, 2020
• Google: Reciprocal Links Aren't Necessarily Bad But... | January 23, 2020
• Google: We Ignore Links From Sites Where Links Are Unlikely To Be Natural | December 2, 2019
• Google's Gary Illyes: I've Talked To SEO Spam Email Senders | November 11, 2019
• Google: Ignore Link Spam Ransom Attempts | October 15, 2019
• Google's Nofollow Link Attribute Didn't Help Improve Blog Comments; Sorry | January 15, 2019
• Google: More On When To Ignore Bad Links | December 13, 2018
• Google: We Don't Need To Notify You Of Bad Links Because We Just Ignore Them | December 12, 2018
• Google Canada Caught With Paid Link For Non-Profit Contribution | September 13, 2018
• SEO Industry Mocks BuzzFeed Story On SEOs Buying Links At Popular Web Sites | July 3, 2018
• Google: Link Spam In Forum Comments Work Very Badly | June 12, 2018
• 60% Of SEOs Say They Hurt A Web Site In Google With Spammy Links | May 21, 2018
• Take Our Poll: Were You Able To Hurt A Web Sites Ranking With Spammy Links? | April 26, 2018
• Google: Link Wheels & Web 2.0 Google Tricks Probably Don't Work | February 26, 2018
• Tracking Down A Google Penalty Over PBNs | January 2, 2018
• New Google Update Targets Link Spam & Other Unnatural Links? | December 29, 2017
• Google Responds To Blog Bribes: It Can Lead To Search Penalties | December 7, 2017
• Google: Those Spammy Links Aren't Benefiting Your Competitors | June 30, 2017
• Google's Two Pronged Approach To Search Spam: Ignore vs Penalize | June 13, 2017
• Google: The Guest Post Link Warning Was Just A General Reminder | May 30, 2017
• Google Warns: Don't Do Article Creation For Links | May 26, 2017
• Google Won't Tell Webmasters Which Links They Do Not Count For Spam Reasons | February 6, 2017
• Google: Giving Charity & Donations In Exchange For A Link, Is A Paid Link | December 6, 2016
• Updated: Google: Penguin Can Discount All Your Links, Good Or Bad | October 14, 2016
• Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Penguin Recoveries, Buying Links, Google Home & Assistant | October 7, 2016
• Google Not Concerned With Negative SEO With New Penguin 4.0 | October 4, 2016
• Google Confirms It Will Penalize BlogDash For Link Schemes | August 10, 2016
• Google: Links From Adult Sites Are Not Spammy Or Problematic | August 8, 2016
• Yandex Slaps Link Sellers | September 15, 2015