Google reapplied a penalty and gave us no notice!

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Your traffic drop may not be because of a penalty! Complete list of reasons for your traffic to drop.

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Google Webmaster Central Hangout for May 5, 2014

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout Summary – April 11, 2014

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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The webspam team made a mistake and forgot to remove a penalty.

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout Summary – April 7, 2014

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Here is what Google says about footer links and penalties.

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout Summary – March 28, 2014

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Google Webmaster Central Hangout – March 24, 2014

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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The Google Penalty Newsletter

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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My response to Link Research Tool’s report on cashlady.co.uk

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Manual Spam Actions Viewer not showing that your penalty is lifted?

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Penguin is not just about bad links – John Mueller says there are other factors too.

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Can you recover from Penguin by 301 redirecting your homepage to a page blocked by robots.txt?

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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Not seeing evidence that your disavow file has been updated? It’s a bug.

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Hype or Not? Should you be investing in AI Agents?

Google says every enterprise will soon rely on multi-agent systems - multiple AI agents working together.  That sounds exciting and futuristic, but what I’ve found when talking to my clients is that while agents sound like something we should all be building, there’s little information to help you decide what your business should be doing […]

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Google Quality Raters now rate AI Overviews

Today Google's Quality Rater Guidelines updated September 11, 2025 with some minor changes. I think some of these are worth noting however! Three examples were added to the guidelines that I believe are significant as they all instruct the raters to assess content that is an AI Overview. An example was added of an answer […]

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