SearchCap: “Illegitimate” SEO Sentenced, German Publishers Sue Google & App Indexing Crawl Errors

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"Illegitimate" SEO Sentenced To 37 Months In Federal Prison For Extortion   Jan 6, 2016 by Barry Schwartz An SEO named William Stanley was sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay $174,888 in fees for SEO extortion.

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German Publisher Group Sues Google Again Under Draconian Copyright Law   Jan 6, 2016 by Greg Sterling A group of German publishers has filed a civil complaint against Google. The group, constituted as VG Media, claims to be enforcing Germany’s “Ancillary Copyright” Law, passed in 2013. This is the latest episode in an ongoing dispute between German news publishers and Google. Essentially, the publishers are suing to get Google to pay them […]

Six Trends Shaping Location Marketing In 2016   Jan 6, 2016 by Adam Dorfman How will local marketing change this year? From apps to beacons to mobile wallets, columnist Adam Dorfman covers six trends local search marketers should pay attention to.

Google Revamps The Android App-Indexing Crawl Errors Report In The Search Console   Jan 6, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google has updated the broken crawl error report for App Indexing in the Google Search Console. And now there are three app crawl error types in Search Console.

Enhance Search Engagement With A Complementary Paid & Organic Visibility Strategy   Jan 6, 2016 by Thomas Stern Columnist Thomas Stern explains how paid and organic search efforts can be used together to boost ROI through increased brand awareness and visitor engagement.

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Industry

Scientology says Google gave it $6 million in free advertising, Business Insider

Local & Maps

How Many Views Do Your Reviews Get? Find Out Now!, Yelp Official Blog

Update to the Google Maps APIs Premium Plan, Official Google for Work Blog

Searching

Bing Adds "Watch Now" Links to Movie and TV Knowledge Panels, thesempost.com

Bing Predicts: New England to repeat as pro football champions, Bing Search Blog

Connecting All the Information Dots Through Search, www.cmswire.com

Google Bolding Keywords in Local Reviews in Knowledge Panel, thesempost.com

Social Search Engines Are Dead. Long Live Social Search Engines., State of Digital

SEO

18 Ways to Avoid Google Penalties, Ignite Visibility

Google Says Decimal Points In URLs Are A Bad Idea, Search Engine Roundtable

Google Says Self-Signed SSL Certificate Won't Work For HTTPS Ranking Boost, Search Engine Roundtable

Google Update Yesterday: I'm Not Too Sure., Search Engine Roundtable

How To Run A Quick Health Check Of Top Landing Pages When Seeing a Drop In Organic Search Traffic, hmtweb.com

January 2016 Google Webmaster Report: Penguin, Updates, HTTPS, & Search Console, Search Engine Roundtable

The Importance Of Placement: SEO And Site Format, thesempost.com

Search Marketing

What Big Brands Need to Know About Google's Filter, Moz

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