It was a busy week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable. First up, Google’s Matt Cutts said Google targeted polish link networks. Google had a bug that impacted movie blogs, they fixed it and their rankings returned. Google told us that without communication, the penalty may flow to a new domain name - very interesting. Google wants examples of scraper sites outranking the original source. Google’s Matt Cutts said clarity over jargon and that they may or may not use EXIF data for image ranking. Bing gives a warning that poor grammar may have a negative impact on rankings. Former Googlers explain why they won’t give up the secret ranking sauce. Google AdWords now has flexible conversion counting settings. Did you know you can spoof your Google +1s? Google has two new easter eggs, the first is blink html and the second is marque html. Google’s Panda algorithm turned three years old this week. And Yahoo is turning 19 years old tomorrow. That was this week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.
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Search Topics of Discussion:
- Google Targets Poland In Latest Link Network Penalty
- /Film & Other Movie Blogs Drop In Google, Matt Cutts Promises To Investigate
- Google Bug Fix Returns Traffic To SlashFilm & Other Movie Blogs
- Google Penalties Might Follow You To A New Domain Name
- Google's Matt Cutts Wants You To Send Him Examples Scraper Sites
- Google's Matt Cutts: Content Clarity Over Technical Content
- Google May Or May Not Use EXIF Data For Ranking Images
- Bing Warns: Poor Grammar May Lead To Poor Rankings
- Ex-Googlers Explain Why They Won't Give Up The Secrets To Ranking In Google
- Google AdWords Flexible Conversion Counting
- You Can Fake Your Google +1 Counts With Redirects
- New Google Easter Egg: Blink HTML
- Google Marquee HTML For Scrolling Results Count
- 3 Years Ago Today, SEO Changed Forever With Google's Panda Algorithm
- Yahoo Turns 19 Years Old - Birthday Cake
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