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No, Google Says There’s Been No Penguin Update

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No, Google Says There’s Been No Penguin Update This morning, I noticed a lot of buzz around  a possible Google Penguin update . The SEO space was noticing huge changes in the search results from previously penalized sites, many that were impacted by the  Google Penguin update . The Google Penguin algorithm targets sites trying to manipulate their search results through link building efforts that they deem as unnatural. This is not the manual actions for unnatural links but rather an algorithm that detects these types of links automatically. A Google spokesperson told us at Search Engine Land, there is no Penguin or other spam efforts going on now. So this update, at least according to Google, is not spam related. In fact, Google made it sound like there was no update at all. There were many webmasters talking about changes in rankings over the past 24-48 hours, independent of the  Panda 4.0 update  from a week ago. Most of them said the update impacted their sites that had P

Official Gmail Blog: Landing another blow against email phishing

Email phishing, in which someone tries to trick you into revealing personal information by sending fake emails that look legitimate, remains one of the biggest online threats. One of the most popular methods that scammers employ is something called  domain spoofing . With this technique, someone sends a message that seems legitimate when you look at the “From” line even though it’s actually a fake. Email phishing is costing regular people and companies millions of dollars each year, if not more, and in response, Google and other companies have been talking about how we can move beyond the solutions we’ve developed individually over the years to make a real difference for the whole email industry.  For more information visit here

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