{"id":3745,"date":"2013-03-15T16:57:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T21:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rocketclicks.com\/blog\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2013-03-15T16:57:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T21:57:32","slug":"matt-cutts-announces-panda-updategoogle-settles-data-harvesting-case-facebook-opens-up-about-graph-search-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocketclicks.com\/industry-news\/matt-cutts-announces-panda-updategoogle-settles-data-harvesting-case-facebook-opens-up-about-graph-search-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Cutts Announces Panda Update,Google Settles Data Harvesting Case, Facebook Opens Up About Graph Search, & More."},"content":{"rendered":"

This Week\u2019s Industry News<\/h1>\n

Compiled By Rocket Clicks Staff<\/h1>\n

Matt Cutts Casts A Spell Of SEO Doom Over Bad Websites<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Taking the stage to an awed hush at SMX West (we assume), Google\u2019s Matt Cutts announced an impending comeuppance for violators of its quality website guidelines. Specifically, Cutts said a Panda update is headed our way this Friday or Monday, and an upcoming Penguin update will be \u201cvery significant.\u201d Plan accordingly, ye SEO sinners.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Cutts later said that Panda updates will soon be integrated into the real-time updating process of Google\u2019s algorithm, meaning we\u2019re less and less likely to see one-time bulk changes and more likely to gradually see things shift.<\/p>\n

Source: Search Engine Land<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook Discusses All Things Facebook Search-Related<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Facebook is starting to open up about the algorithm that produces its Graph Search Results. In a blog post that also mentions plans for comment and user post search functions in the works, Facebook\u2019s Sriram Sankar provides a high-level overview of how they score different queries, and how Facebook combats results that may be too homogenous.<\/p>\n

Source: Search Engine Land<\/a><\/p>\n

Bing Ads Makes Changes To Campaign & Ad Group Targeting<\/strong><\/h3>\n

With its February release, Bing Ads made changes to how ad group and campaign targets relate to each other. Prior to the February release, ad group targets overrode campaign targets. Now, both target settings will be considered to boost ad relevancy and delivery.<\/p>\n

Source: Search Engine Land<\/a><\/p>\n

Google Place Pages Don\u2019t Allow Redirects<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The latest update of Google Place\u2019s guidelines now forbids your listing page from containing any URL that redirect to other URLs.<\/p>\n

Source: SEO Roundtable<\/a><\/p>\n

Over Half Of Mobile Purchases Happen Within One Hour Of Initial Search<\/strong><\/h3>\n

55% of purchase-related conversions via mobile happen within one hour, according to a new Google-Nielsen study. The study, conducted over Q4 2012, employed several different methodologies-user diaries, search query logging and online follow-up surveys.\u00a0 Additional findings included:<\/p>\n