Best source to keep abreast of Google Alogorith Changes
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Good morning from 13 degress C about to chuck it down wetherby UK...
I want to make sure i keep my finger on the pulse regarding Google Algorithmic changes.
What is the best source to make sure your kept up to date with Googles ongoing tweeks to its Algorithm (apart from SEO moz).
Thanks,
David
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Search Engine Land & SEO Roundtable are probably the 2 best news sources when it comes to keeping abreast of the latest algo updates:
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Appeciate the straight talking EGOL
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Hey David,
SEOmoz themselves do a nice job of documenting the major algorithm changes and linking to supporting documentation from sights like SearchEngineLand/Journal, etc.
It's also nice historically if you want to go back and look at past changes
Google Algorithm Change History:
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Forums that are visited by lots of noobs, people who use SEO as a ranking tool instead of content, and "SEOs" who have shallow understanding of ranking factors usually get really busy right after an algo change.
They explode with lots of reactionary post titles like... "Wah! My rankings disappeared!"........ "Google hates me!".... etc. These begin within an hour of the the algo's roll-out, peak over the next 48 hours and drag on for a few weeks. Many of these visitors are first-time posters in the forum and arrive in a panic because they don't understand what happened to their site.
If you watch these forums and follow a few of the threads where intelligent people describe their problem and knowledgeable people respond, you can frequently get a sense of what and who is getting whacked. If you know the difference between "intelligent" and "knowledgeable" (very different human qualities) you can get the most out of this reading.
The SEOmoz Q&A has a bit of this but not as much as forums such as SEOChat, DigitalPoint and the Google Support forums.
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Set up iGoogle/Google Reader with a bunch of news feeds, Twitter feeds, etc. probably the best way to stay in touch with the SEO world.
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I would definitely suggest regular reading of Google Webmaster blog http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/ where they write about current and upcoming changes. Also, read Matt Cutts http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/type/googleseo/
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