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Google Adds New Content To Webmaster Academy

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If you haven’t heard of Google’s Webmaster Academy, don’t worry. Google Webmaster Central, however, recently announced that new content has been added to the educational program for webmasters. There does seem to be some useful content at Webmaster Academy. Communicating with Google about your site.

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Content Farms: Did Google Go Far Enough?

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» Content Farms: Did Google Go Far Enough? Thursday, Google introduced a new algorithm to reduce the rankings of content farms in its search results. Indeed, did Google go far enough? 3 result was from eHow, which is on Google’s list of “content farms.&# Pardon the digression.

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Is Google+ Real Content Marketing?

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Google+ just seems to keep getting more and more popular. But should we consider it content marketing? That’s an interesting question and it really gets to the heart of what exactly is content marketing. Content marketing goes beyond your own Web properties. Social media is a form of content marketing.

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Google Places, Google+ Local, And You

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Google, in particular, is well known for changing things. Well, one of the things that has changed about Google in the last year is a strong emphasis on a social media service called Google+. Well, one of the things that has changed about Google in the last year is a strong emphasis on a social media service called Google+.

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4 Unconventional Google Keyword Research Tools

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Google does more than help searchers find information online. It also helps content producers come up with good ideas for their content. These 4 unusual keyword research tools are perfect for webmasters and content producers come up with ideas. Google Trends will tell you. I encourage you to use them.

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Two New Google Developments

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Google, as always, is branching out. They’ve add an Events tab to the social network Google+. Again, that doesn’t sound like much, but this is a popular feature on Facebook and the fact that Google+ is adding the feature means that they are serious about competing in the social arena. Google’s New Tablet.

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5 Google Algorithm Changes You Should Know

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David Amerland has outlined 39 Google algorithm changes that took place in May and what they really mean. The Penguin Update was a broad, sweeping Google algorithm change that re-ordered much of the web. There were actually three changes in Google’s algorithm in May that addressed alt titles. Improvements to Penguin.

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