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Hi there - I was wondering if anyone else has noticed a big shift in the Google Local 'snack pack' in the past 48 hours?

We have noticed a big change in clients results - specifically today.

Has anyone else noticed any changes or perhaps data on possible changes?

I am aware of this update: https://www.seroundtable.com/big-google-search-algorithm-ranking-update-29953.html but perhaps there maybe another update since.

Any input would be much appreciated!

Phil.

Hi there! We have a client who has been generating back links from external sites over a period of two years with all the same anchor text which all link back to the home page.

This anchor text is also their main search phrase they wish to score highly on.

In total, they have roughly 300 domain names linking to their site. Over 50 of these domain names all have the same anchor text. These links have been generated through articles and blogs.

So roughly 20% of the total number of links all have the same anchor text.

Over the past 6 months the client has noticed a steady drop in their rankings for this term.

From the back link analysis we have done, we believe it is this which is causing the problem.

Does any one else agree?

For the remedy, do we go in and see if we can change the anchor text or disavow them through Google webmaster tools? Suggestions?

Thanks for your help!

P

thanks for the suggestion. I should be able to do this, but if we need further help I will be sure to reach out to you.

Hi all! we are doing some back link analysis on a clients competitors site. The competitor has roughly 300,000 links generated from an estimated 1,500 domain names.

Is there an easy way to determine how many of the 300,000 links come from which of the 1,500 domain names?

Essentially we want to see which of these domain names are generating the majority links? Is there a tool we can use to determine this? Or is it good old fashioned leg work?

Ideas...?

Thanks in advance

Phil.

Hi there - we have noticed today a big shift today around for some clients major search terms. Some minor - some considerable! The search results have been mainly aimed at local search phrases i.e around cities etc.. Has any one else noticed a major shift is search results today or aware of any Google algorithm updates?

Thanks Marie. Strange though as competitors have not been affected at all. Time will tell.

Thanks

P.

Hi guys - we have noticed a site we work one has taken a hit on its rankings over the past week.

We have been through all the usual reason - hacking, duplicate content, back links, other sites copying text etc - but can not find any reason why its rankings have been affected.

Has any one else noticed unexplained changes in rankings with sites about a week ago?

Thanks in advance!

Phil

Hi Jon, Do you have an update as to when the new crawler will be available. We have just started getting 804 HTTPS SSL error's for one of our sites.

Hi there! We are working on clients site for SEO.

We have noticed that our clients 'desk top search results' on Google differ from the 'mobile / tablet search results'.

For the desktop - the client is in the top 4 results of page one for Google, but for mobile / tablet results they are at the bottom of page one.

We converted the clients site to be responsive 6 months ago. We have been through Google webmaster tools and made all suggested alterations. All programming is to a high standard.

Competitors all seem to keep their current rankings - whilst our clients seem to drop.

Any suggestions what the issue is would be very much appreciated

Thanks in advance.

Phil.

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Hi - we have a client whom we work with for SEO. During a review we noticed in Webmaster Tools, there was an IP address with over 30,000 links to our clients site. The IP address is 92.​60.​0.1​23.

From looking up the IP address details, it looks like it is based in Europe - but we are unable to establish what it is, where the links are and who created it.

We are concerned it could be a potential spammer trying to cause an issue with the SEO campaign.

Is there any way of finding out any more details apart from the basic information about the location of the IP address?

Also - if we submit a disavow via webmaster tools, we are unsure what issue it will have on the clients site if we do not know what it is and the type of links it is creating. Any ideas?

Thanks for your help!

Phil.

Hi - we have been building as SEO strategy but need clarification on what benefit  'anchor text' has for SEO rankings?

For example - we have been creating links from external sites to ours, but the anchor text is not our main search term. I.E - the Anchor Text reads 'web design', but the ALT TAG reads 'web design birmingham'.

Question is - if we wish to achieve maximum SEO rankings for the term 'web design birmingham', where should it appear....in the ALT TAG or the Annchor text'?

Many thanks!

Phil