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Everything We Know about the Helpful Content Update (So Far)

Exposure Ninja

Panda, an algorithm update released in 2011 , was an attack on “content farms” Content farms were websites which posted 100s or 1000s of pages (using mostly scraped or thin content) to rank for as many keyword queries as possible. Detailed enough (without going overboard). Trustworthy.

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Google Search at 25: SEO experts share memorable moments

Search Engine Land

Williams-Cook saw it all – big names in affiliate marketing saw their traffic go down the drain, agencies were getting the boot from clients whose rankings tanked, and suddenly, folks were charging money to remove links. There were places where you could buy links, and services promising to boost your rankings actually worked!

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