Unconfirmed Google algorithm ranking update ‘Fred’ focusses on link quality

The SEO industry has been watching an unconfirmed Google ranking update that seems to target more of the link quality aspects of the overall algorithm. A large amount of the chatter regarding this update comes from Black Hat communities which would suggest that it is focussing on filtering out spammy results due to poor quality…

Google Mobile Friendly Ranking Update Rolls Out Today
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Google Mobile Friendly Ranking Update Rolls Out Today

Announced earlier in the year, Google stated that they were looking to improve their mobile results in a new upcoming update that would focus on the mobile friendliness of websites. Based on a comment from a Google employee it is speculated that the update will have a bigger impact on related search results than we…

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BBC News receive a manual link penalty notification from Google

Last Saturday the world’s largest broadcast news organization, BBC News, received an unnatural link notification from Google. A BBC News representative posted in the Google Help Forums about the notification seeking advice on how to find and remove them:   I am a representative of the BBC site and on Saturday we got a ‘notice…