In January, we had Google release a major update to their personalized results with Search Plus Your World. We had a new Panda release, Panda 3.2. We had Google release an algorithm that penalizes sites based on ad layout. So it was a busy month.
The ongoing WebmasterWorld thread has discussion mostly about Panda but some recent chatter about three things:
Google stopped sending traffic at 11am on February 1st to some publishers
“Duplicate Keyword Sites” In search results.
Results on page two and forward are not matching the keyword searched on.
The first might be an issue with some sites and Google Analytics, I am digging deeper.
Overall, here are the most important topics we covered on Google SEO in the past 30 days:
Webmaster Reaction Towards Google Search, Plus Your World
Confirmed: Google Panda 3.2 Update
Google Page Layout Algorithm & Penalty
Links In IFrames Pass Value In Google
Is On Page SEO Dead With Google?
Google Title Tag Bug Causing Untitled Snippets?
New: Test Sitemaps & Features In Google Webmaster Tools
Google Updates Average Position In Webmaster Tools & Analytics
New Improved Download Options For Google Webmaster Tools
Google Expands Hacked Sites Label In Search Results
Google: Spam Links To 404 Pages Won’t Hurt You
Google: Robots.txt Files Must Be Smaller Than 500KB
How Google Picks Your Title In Search Results
GoogleBot Slows Down For SOPA
Google’s 30 Most Recent Search Quality Changes
Google’s New Privacy Policy Is Easier But Scarier
For the January 2012 Google SEO report, click here.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
