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Did Google Drop A Secret Algorithm Update Last Weekend?

Google My Business Blog Image Several SEOs throughout the industry suspect that Google dropped a secret algorithm update last weekend. Why, you ask? Well, several SEO blogs and websites reported wild fluctuations in rankings across the entirety of Google from February 7th to February 9th. However, before we break down what the major SEO companies reported over the weekend, we should start things off with… Read More

The January 2020 Google Core Update

google algorithm small Google updates its search algorithm with what they call Broad Core Updates a few times a year. With 2020 off to a rough start with potential war, a virus outbreak, and other world events, it's only fitting that Google decided January would be a great time to start rolling out a new one. Titled the January 2020 Google Core Update,… Read More

BERT – All You Need to Know

Google recently implemented its new neural network training technique called BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) to Search. BERT promises to make pretraining natural language processing (NLP) networks much easier for Google. It will allow them to better process natural language search queries. Well, that's a lot of tech jargon that may or may not make any sense to you.… Read More

A Recent Google Core Update Began Rollouts on September 24th

Google My Business Blog Image Google began rolling out a Core Update on September 24, 2019. They pre-announced the update in June, naming it the September 2019 Core Update. As this update was planned for global application, it affected all markets and search engines throughout the Google software family. Is This A New Communication Strategy from Google? In the past, Core Updates weren't announced until… Read More

Should You Hire a Bail Bondsman or Pay Your Own Bail?

Nobody likes being arrested and thrown in jail. It's even worse to be behind bars when you haven't yet been convicted of any crime. In fact, it's downright unconstitutional to be held without proper reason. Remember, one of the primary tenets of our justice system is "innocent until proven guilty." Fortunately, through bail, pretrial release from jail is 100% possible… Read More

How To Prevent Playground Injuries

It is the unfortunate truth that every two and a half minutes or so, a child is admitted to the emergency room for a playground or schoolyard-related injury. In fact, according to a study performed by the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) emergency rooms treat more than 20,000 children under 14 years-old every year for playground-related brain injuries.… Read More

Three Reasons a Judge Might Deny Your Right to Bail

Did you know that your "right" to bail isn't really a right at all? A judge, for any number of reasons, can choose to deny any defendant their "right" to bail. While it's true that they can deny bail for any number of reasons, the most common three reasons a judge might deny you bail are: Flight risk Non-US citizenship… Read More

Making Leave a Review Links With Google

When it comes to online marketing, getting your hands on legitimate positive reviews is pure SEO (Search Engine Optimization) gold! The more reviews you get, the more likely your site/business will obtain a higher authority score from search engines like Google. However, having your customers and visitors leave your reviews can be difficult. Well, at least it used to be… Read More

Google March Broad Core Update – Florida 2 Update News

According to Mr. Danny Sullivan at Google, the search engine giant has launched its March 2019 Broad Core Update (dubbed "Florida 2") as of March 30th, 2019. This was a large core algorithm update that may carry some search engine result fluctuations with it. Let's dive into what has changed and what has remained the same with this recent core… Read More

What Is Review Gating & How Does it Affect Your Business?

Review gating is against Google My Business guidelines. Here is what local business marketers should be aware of in order to avoid Google review penalties. The Google My Business review guidelines were updated and helped illustrate that review gating was highly against Google My Business guidelines. It was more of a clarification than a new policy. Let's begin by going… Read More