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John and Ross explore an article discussing the future of organic search and how much it is expected to change in the near future. They also discuss issues with chat boxes and interstitial penalties, 404s, Local SEO changes, and Ross gets another rant off his chest.

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Google is finally policing Google Partners with stricter policies due to misrepresentation issues. Also, updates to Google’s Quality Rater Guidelines show an increased interest in minimizing the visibility of lower quality content and, more pointedly, fake news.

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Today's show touches on Google's confirmation of an on-site penalty and Natural News is back in Google’s index. They also mention Google now says it will issue manual actions, but also offers advice on how to clean up the unwanted redirects. Mueller files talks about how to Optimize Podcasts for SEO. Plus questions for the listeners. 

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Google is now allowing people to save and socially share their favorite places within lists… about frigg’n time! Also Yelp announced a new feature to allow people to ask questions of a certain location. One problem I see is that anyone can answer… meaning reputation issues potentially abound here.  They take a look into The Mueller Files as well.

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Google releases a video on how to hire SEOs. Read Your Text Out Loud… If it doesn’t sound right, it may not rank well. Manipulating the Back Button does not impact rankings. Fast Track Indexing vs. Normal Indexing. Now sites can fingerprint you online even when you use multiple browsers

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SEO insights and tips are featured from a variety of Googlers who were vocal this last few days: Maile Oyhe, Gary Illyes, and John Mueller.

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Ross and John discuss the latest algorithm updates targeting blackhat SEO tactics like PBNs and linkwheels. They also delve into a wide range of news topics from WordPress updates, to AMP URLs, and fresh examples of Google testing search results using categorization.

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Bing is testing Bing Saves search bookmarking feature; Google PenalizesFrench Link NetworkBuzzea. Ross also recaps his presentation at thethe Design Tech Summit at the International Window Coverings Expo at KBIS / IBS. He discussed the 3 areas of web marketing from Audits and SEO to Analytics and lastly Reputation Enhancement
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Google's Matt Cutts: We're Taking Action Against Buzzea, The French Link Network
Microsoft Launches Bing Saves Private Beta Testing

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Yahoos new deal with Microsoft left open 49% of their search to in-house or 3rd party results. Seems they have signed a deal with Google to help fill that. Not going to happen for EU or India probably to prevent Antitrust issues. Still needs Govt. Approval.

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Google notes links you can ignore, why Title Tags are rewritten, an increase in food thumbnails in search results, and more direct emails from Google Search Console. Lastly, Ross and John answer four excellent questions from the SEO 101 Community on Google+.

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