Each day, Google usually releases one or more changes designed to improve our results. Some are focused around specific improvements. Some are broad changes. Last week, we released a broad core algorithm update. We do these routinely several times per year. As with any update, some sites may note drops or gains. There’s nothing wrong with pages that may now perform less well. Instead, it’s that changes to our systems are benefiting pages that were previously under-rewarded. There’s no “fix” for pages that may perform less well other than to remain focused on building great content. Over time, it may be that your content may rise relative to other pages.What are algorithm updates? Google algorithm updates are when Google releases new changes to how they rank the search results. As explained above, sometimes these updates can impact more or less sites. We covered a lot of algorithm updates, to learn more, see our Google algorithm updates category.
Affordable Internet Marketing Services is our specialty and we employ a holistic approach to achieve and maintain first page rankings for your online business within the major search engines. We do have one goal in mind…to generate more revenue for your business.
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Google confirms “small” search ranking algorithm update this past week
North Carolina bar accuses lawyer of stealing from 2 death row exonerees
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Saturday, September 29, 2018
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GOP will seek Rosenstein appearance to explain alleged Trump wire suggestion, lawmaker says
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College interns get badges and chance to work with police cybercrimes unit
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SEC sues Elon Musk for false and misleading statements about Tesla on Twitter
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Friday, September 28, 2018
Ginsburg praises #MeToo movement after activists criticize joke about groping involving her
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Ford testifies about assault, says ‘uproarious laughter’ from Kavanaugh and friend stands out
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Lawyer suspended for road rage incident in which he allegedly stomped on onlooker’s cellphone
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- Mobile FM radio ads shown to drive incremental store traffic Sep 27, 2018 by Robin KurzerDial Report’s new data shows a demonstrable lift for businesses on days that their radio spots run.
- Mobile-first indexing: Will it change your rankings on desktop? Sep 27, 2018 by Janet Driscoll MillerGetting conflicting information about whether the mobile-first indexing change will impact your rankings? Brush up on the different processes behind search results.
- Your AI does not need tickets to the big game Sep 27, 2018 by Rex BriggsOnly when we address all of the ways that fraud and inefficiency have plagued media buying will we end their threat to a healthy, thriving marketplace.
- Connect with the best and brightest marketers at SMX East Sep 27, 2018 by Marketing LandYou are part of an exclusive community — a community of passionate, creative, driven search marketers eager to learn the latest tactics to boost conversions, drive sales, and increase awareness. SMX® East is your chance to connect with others like you. Share tips, talk shop, and forge new friendships at our exclusive networking events happening
- Snapchat launches multiple e-commerce ad options in time for holiday shopping Sep 27, 2018 by Amy GesenhuesShoppable Snap ads are rolling out, and advertisers can now import catalogs to automatically create product ads.
- IAS media quality report paints a slightly more optimistic picture for programmatic ad buyers Sep 27, 2018 by Robin KurzerWhile publisher-direct display ads still have the lowest level of brand safety risk, programmatic is steadily catching up.
- Parse.ly, Notablist make internal data public to help marketers see beyond walled gardens Sep 26, 2018 by Barry LevineSeparately, the two marketing intelligence companies are choosing to make available valuable information from their platforms.
- How to integrate online and offline for the best overall result Sep 26, 2018 by Grace KayeRemember the days when the “dinosaurs” of traditional media had to learn digital ways? Now digital natives must get educated about billboards, print and TV.
- Twitter looks to crowdsource content policies Sep 26, 2018 by Amy GesenhuesThe app launched a user survey to gather feedback on dehumanizing language, but will it help deliver a safer platform for marketers?
Search News From Around The Web:
- 5 ways to use Google Maps on Apple CarPlay, Google Blog
- Google Extends Titles In Snippets From 55 to 67.5 Characters, Search Engine Roundtable
- Did Someone Steal Your Content? Here’s What to Do, SuccessWorks
- Google Maps VP Jen Fitzpatrick on 20 years at Google, Fast Company
- Google Search Console Page Filter Throwing Off Accuracy Of Numbers?, Search Engine Roundtable
- Inside Google’s original garage, 1998-style, Google Blog
- SEO Campaign Guide (2018): A Visual Walkthrough, Raven Blog
- Stitching your trip plans together across Google, Google Blog
- Throwbacks and thank yous on our 20th birthday, Google Blog
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
How do you deal with procrastination?
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Posted September 26, 2018, 12:00 pm CDT
- Commit to spending 25 minutes working as intensely as possible on that assignment or project you’re putting off.
- Think of a reward you’ll give to yourself for your work once the 25 minutes have elapsed.
- Time yourself with a kitchen timer, or go high-tech and use a phone app.
- Once the 25 minutes are over, even if you want to continue working, reward yourself first!
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Lawyer defends F-word remark as work product; judge says ‘wicked words betoken wicked deeds’
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Posted September 26, 2018, 6:05 am CDT
“It may be the case with attorney Sacco that a single comment can sum up a career. The comment at issue here—made by attorney Sacco after some 30 years of practice—is as revealing as it is unacceptable.” Judge Thomas Moukawsher of ConnecticutThe judge had admonished Sacco about her conduct five times during the hearing and concluded that the next deposition would occur in court. At the next deposition, on Nov. 29, Sacco lectured opposing counsel on the position of his microphone, refused to accept a court ruling that she could not sit in the witness box next to her witness, and continued “bickering and sniping at the court,” Moukawsher said. She interrupted virtually every exchange with objections, refused to sit down when asked and then ordered to do so, the judge said. The deposition ended after additional warnings and a motion for sanctions by the opposing counsel that included Sacco’s F-word statements. Sacco’s client fired her and got a new lawyer. At the sanctions hearing, Sacco’s lawyer had claimed the F-word remark couldn’t be considered because it wasn’t on the official transcript and it was attorney work product. Moukawsher rejected those claims. The remark is important because it reveals a plan to disrupt a court proceeding, not because it does or doesn’t appear on the record, Moukawsher said. And attorney work product applies only when there is an attempt to keep the information confidential. A reasonable lawyer would take steps to mute a microphone to prevent inadvertent disclosure of work product, Moukawsher said. And while the plan to give the court or a lawyer a hard time might be an expression of strategy, “it is hardly the kind of strategy this court should protect,” Moukawsher said. Sacco had received five prior monetary sanctions and a sixth sanction of monitoring by another lawyer for one year. Moukawsher concluded that suspension was required “after 20 years of failed efforts” to deter Sacco’s deposition misconduct. During that time, Sacco “fought with opposing counsel, interrupted their questions, peppered depositions with objections designed primarily to disrupt them, raised frivolous claims about testimony and now she has done the same thing in front of the court,” Moukawsher said. “There can hardly be a clearer case of a party who knows what not to do but has done it anyway.” Moukawsher said he would consider reducing the 120-day suspension to 90 days after receiving satisfactory evidence that Sacco has received at least 20 hours of suitable counseling. She was also ordered to pay “the costs she has forced on the parties to these proceedings.” Sacco is a partner with Heidell Pittoni Murphy & Bach, according to the Connecticut Law Journal. She is not listed as a lawyer on the firm’s website. The law firm issued this statement to the ABA Journal: “We cannot comment on the recent decision, but we are committed to ensuring that all attorneys in our firm adhere to the strictest professional standards.” The law firm did not respond to a question about whether Sacco was still working at the firm. The ABA Journal also asked the firm to forward a request for comment to Sacco, but did not get a response. See also: ABAJournal.com: “Judge Sanctions Lawyer $11.5K for Coaching Witness at Deposition”
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Chemerinsky: Another blockbuster Supreme Court term is ahead
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Posted September 26, 2018, 6:00 am CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court’s term ended June 27 with the drama of major rulings and Justice Anthony Kennedy’s unexpected announcement of retirement. The court will begin its new term Monday, Oct. 1, probably with the issue of Kennedy’s successor being unresolved. As always, before it adjourned in late June, the court granted review in what likely will be about half of the docket for the coming term. The remaining cases for the term will be granted from late September through mid-January. At this point, review has not been granted in any cases involving the most controversial issues, such as abortion rights, affirmative action, campaign finance law or gay and lesbian rights. It is quite possible that the court still will take cases about these issues for this term. But there are potentially important rulings about many different areas of law.PRECEDENT
In reviewing the docket, I noted that the court has three cases where the sole issue is whether a long-standing precedent should be overruled. Deservedly, there is great attention as to the Roberts court’s attitude towards stare decisis. These three cases all interestingly involve aspects of federalism. In Gamble v. United States, the court will consider whether to overrule the “separate sovereigns doctrine,” which provides that the federal government and state governments are separate sovereigns, and double jeopardy does not bar prosecutions against the same person for the same crime in both federal and state courts. This was the holding in Abbate v. United States (1959) and Bartkus v. Illinois (1959), though the doctrine can be traced to Supreme Court decisions going back to the middle of the 19th century. Most recently, in Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle (2016), the court held that the United States and Puerto Rico are not separate sovereigns for purposes of double jeopardy. But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in a concurring opinion joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, urged the court to reconsider the separate sovereigns doctrine. The court granted review in Gamble to do just that. Terance Gamble was convicted in Alabama in 2008 of of second-degree robbery. In 2015, as a result of a traffic stop, he was found to have a gun, which violated both state and federal laws preventing a felon from being in possession of a firearm. He was convicted in state court and sentenced to a year in prison. Gamble also was indicted in federal court and entered a conditional guilty plea after the district court rejected his argument that this was impermissible double jeopardy. His federal sentence is 46 months, or almost three years longer than the state court sentence. The issue before the court is simply “whether the court should overrule the ‘separate sovereigns’ exception to the double jeopardy clause.” Another pending case about overruling precedent is Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania. In Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City (1986), the court held that a claim that private property has been taken by a state or local government is not ripe for review until there has been the exhaustion of state remedies. The court reasoned that it cannot be said that government has taken property without just compensation so long as it has mechanisms available that can provide such relief. This is different from virtually all other constitutional claims where no exhaustion is required before bringing a suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania involves a township ordinance that allows the public to access any private land containing a burial ground of any size. The township decided that this law applies to 90 acres of farmland owned by Rose Mary Knick, where officials allege graves are located. The question presented is “Whether the court should reconsider the portion of Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank (1985), requiring property owners to exhaust state court remedies to ripen federal takings claims.” Yet another case about whether precedent should be overruled is Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, which is before the Supreme Court for the third time. (I should disclose that I am representing the respondent, Gil Hyatt, in this case). In Nevada v. Hall (1979), the Supreme Court held that a state may be sued in another state’s courts. Pursuant to this, Hyatt, a Nevada resident, sued the Franchise Tax Board of California in Nevada state court for torts that it committed against him in trying to prove that he had not actually moved to Nevada. The jury ruled in his favor and awarded him $389 million in damages. The Nevada Supreme Court largely affirmed, though it reduced the damage award. In 2016, the case came before the Supreme Court and it split 4-4 on the question of whether Nevada v. Hall should be overruled. The court, though, said that California could not be held liable for more than Nevada would face in liability if sued in Nevada court. The case was remanded to the Nevada Supreme Court, which again upheld liability and further reduced the damages award. The Supreme Court granted review on the question of “Whether Nevada v. Hall, which permits a sovereign state to be haled into another state’s courts without its consent, should be overruled.”DEATH PENALTY
There are two important cases about the administration of the death penalty. In Madison v. Alabama, the court will consider whether it is cruel and unusual punishment for a state to execute a person who has developed severe dementia and is unable to remember his offense. The court previously ruled that it violates the Eighth Amendment for a state to execute the mentally insane—Ford v. Wainwright (1986); Panetti v. Quarterman (2007)—or the mentally disabled— Atkins v. Virginia (2002). The question is how this applies to a prisoner who has developed dementia, something courts will increasingly face with an aging population on death row across the country. In Bucklew v. Precythe, the court will consider whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to use a method of execution, lethal injection, that risks great pain and suffering because of a rare medical condition. In Baze v. Rees (2008) and Glossip v. Gross (2015), the court rejected facial challenges to laws that provided for execution by lethal injection. Bucklew v. Precythe is an as applied challenge based on Bucklew’s rare and severe medical condition.DELEGATION OF POWER
Many have noted that the conservative justices on the court have indicated a desire for more judicial oversight of administrative agencies. In Gundy v. United States, the court will consider whether the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act is an unconstitutional excessive delegation of legislative power to the attorney general. SORNA makes it a federal crime for a sex offender to travel across state lines if he or she has not registered as a sex offender as required by a state’s law. Congress left many matters to the attorney general, including deciding how this should apply to offenders who were convicted before SORNA was enacted. The Supreme Court last declared a federal law unconstitutional as an excessive delegation of powers in 1935. If the court were to invalidate SORNA on this basis, it would open the door to challenges to countless federal laws with broad delegations of power to executive officials and agencies.FORFEITURES
In Timbs v. Indiana, the court will consider whether the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of excessive fines applies to state and local governments. Tyson Timbs was convicted of selling 4 grams of heroin. Although the maximum fine for this under Indiana law was $10,000, the state sought forfeiture of his $42,000 Land Rover because it had been used to transport the drugs. The Indiana Supreme Court rejected the argument that this disproportionate penalty violated the excessive fines clause, concluding that the U.S. Supreme Court never had found the excessive fines clause to be incorporated into the due process clause and to apply to state and local governments. That issue is now squarely before the Supreme Court.CY PRES AWARDS
Often when there is a class action suit, it is not possible to disperse all of the funds resulting from a judgment or settlement. Courts then make a cy pres award—usually an award to a nonprofit institution—that furthers the purpose of the lawsuit. For example, a consumer class action suit might lead to cy pres awards to consumer protection organizations or to law school consumer clinics. Frank v. Gaos arises from the settlement of a class action suit against Google for sharing information with businesses about the search terms people used in their Google browser. The funds from the settlement were to go entirely into cy pres awards to further the purposes of the lawsuit: informational privacy. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the settlement and the cy pres award. The court will consider whether such “cy pres only” settlements are permissible under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, which governs class action suits, and whether they violate the First Amendment. Of course, the court also could deal with the larger issue of cy pres awards in class action litigation. Eliminating or reducing cy pres awards could have a significant effect on many law schools, including mine, and on nonprofit organizations. Even with only about half the docket set, it is clear there is going to be another blockbuster term in the Supreme Court.Erwin Chemerinsky is dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law. He is an expert in constitutional law, federal practice, civil rights and civil liberties, and appellate litigation. He’s the author of seven books, including The Case Against the Supreme Court (Viking, 2014).
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
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Gender equity has come a long way, Justice Ginsburg tells Columbia Law students
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Court must consider defendant’s ability to pay when setting bail, Dallas federal judge says
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