September 2014 Google Webmaster Report: Authorship, Penguin, HTTP & Teapots

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