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Google Updates Webmaster Guidelines Regarding Redirects, plus the slow march of the Penguins continues with word from Gary Illyes that it will come sometime.  Also, Jim Hedger and Dave Davies discuss the launch of Youtube Red, and Liability Hammer Comes Down on Google, But Hits Users.

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Today on Webcology Dave Davies and Jim Hedger discuss whether or not the new government in Canada is good or bad for tech, Michael Wolf’s insights in Business Insider today, new updates at Google, Comscore market rankings, and Back to the Future Day!!

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Google Penguin or Penalty? Google scrubs Ajax crawl plans. Google Trying to Fix Wix Trix; Http to Https – Transfer disavow; The real reason behind HTTPS! Plus, Twitter Inc. lures Google Inc executive Omid Kordestani to become its executive chairman, the latest step in the company's turnaround efforts.

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Google Panda is reported to be rolling out in increments. Google Authorship not dead? Aggressively attacking hacked spam sites; Study: 29% Of Sites Face Duplicate Content Issues and 80 percent Aren’t Using Schema.org Microdata. Plus, Jim Hedger and Dave Davies discuss what happened this week at Pubcon Las Vegas 2015 and the creation of a new charity made in the name of beloved digital marketer Dana Lookadoo.

 

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Jim Hedger and Dave Davies discusses the goings on at SMX East 2015 where Gary Ilyes from Google spoke about if you go https for SEO purposes, youre doing it wrong. Plus, the days of virtually free data are ending thanks to mobile.

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Jim Hedger and Dave Davies discuss local search ranking factors, a new report that says Google has the fourth most popular app, growing faster than Facebook, Google Analytics changes to hourly default view for behavior. Plus, Schema.org will be the new ranking signal on Google SERPs.

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David Mihm,  the  ‎Director of Local Search Strategy at Moz, offers Useful Applications of Facebook Search for Marketers following up on his MozCon 2015 presentation where he showcased Graph-powered insights for small-business marketers—with utility well beyond Facebook.

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Jim Hedger and Dave Davies discuss a SERoundtable article where they published a temporary workaround, where users can access the search queries report by after logging into Google Search Console. Plus, Google shot the Serif; Flash Frozen by Google; What has always existed for the Freshman Class of 2019? Also, David Szetela now VP of Search Marketing Operations at Bruce Clay and Did Google Reverse the Panda 4.2 Update?

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Jim Hedger and Dave Davies discuss 5 awesome Schema.org rich snippet plugins for WordPress users, and Facebook M adds to mobile assistant sprawl with Cortana, Siri, and Google Now.  They also talk about the fake "women' scandal on Ashley Madison, and the Google Street View car getting hit with tomatoes at a Spanish tomato-throwing festival.  Lastly, Jim and Dave tell about a secret search landing a programmer a job at Google, and about the YouTube Gaming launch.

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Matt Cutts Still with Google, Leave continues through end of the year.  New Bug with Indexed URLS in Google Search Results ; Social Signals do not directly impact Google search rankings. Plus Jim Hedger and Dave Davies welcomes the team from Mobile Moxie to discuss all thing mobile with Cindy Krum and Emily Grossman

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