Google manual action penalties were due to links for freebies

SEW | Daily Apr 12, 2016 In today's newsletter, we look at Google's penalties in relation to links in product reviews, we have a handy guide to Google Analytics terminology, a closer look at Accelerated Mobile Pages, and we complain about the growth of content recommendations. Today's Top Story Google manual action penalties were due to links for freebies by Graham Charlton Analytics Google Analytics: a guide to confusing terms Google Analytics is a hugely useful and in-depth tool for measuring and monitoring your website's performance, as long as you can learn its language. Read more by Rebecca Sentance Content Does the web really need any more content recommendations? It has now become almost impossible to read news online without encountering recommendations for related content. ... Read more by Graham Charlton SEO Google Accelerated Mobile Pages and content: the need for speed When Google launched the mobile update in April 2015, it was intended to reward brands with mobile-friendly websites. Even without the update, however, marketers can not ignore the increasing importance of mobile. Read more by Jim Yu Social Is Twitter dying? Insight and opinion from #ClickZChat It's fair to say Twitter has had a fairly rough time of it in the recent past. The platform has struggled to grow its audience and, despite huge brand recognition, mainstream usage has proven elusive. Read more by Matt Owen Unsubscribe Unsubscribe from SEW Update subscription preferences Useful links Promote your business Submit a job 55 Broad Street, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10004 sales@searchenginewatch.com feedback@searchenginewatch.com Copyright ® 2016 Search Engine Watch. All rights reserved. You received this email because you subscribed to Search Engine Watch. Add us to your address book