Site owners will now receive alerts when Google detects duplicate content on another domain through their Webmaster Tools platform. The new alerts will help webmasters be proactive about sites that copy or republish their work and in some cases discover issues within their own sites. It’s no secret that copied content is a huge problem … Continued
Businesses looking to have negative reviews removed from Rip Off Report had their wish granted when the entire site was temporarily removed from Google. All 500,000+ pages were gone and at first it was thought to be a penalty, but it was later revealed that they had sent a removal request through one of the … Continued
The impact of Google +1 can now be tracked in both Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics with special reports and plugins to monitor activity, engagement and impact. Webmaster Tools now has a +1 metrics section with three new reports in the left sidebar: Search Impact, Activity and Audience. – Search Impact: This report displays a … Continued
Analytics reports are becoming more robust as data from Google Webmaster Tools will now be integrated into Google Analytics. Google made the announcement earlier today at SMX and expanded on it with a subsequent post on their analytics blog. The data sharing is now in a pilot program, but when it’s rolled out later this … Continued