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In regards to inbound ratios, branded anchor text is considered natural but exact match anchor text is considered suspicious. But how does the algorithm distinguish a brand from a keyword? Especially in cases where the website's brand name is also a keyword that other websites are trying to rank...

Does anyone have theories for how Google's algorithm selects articles/pages for "Interesting Finds"? For those who don't know, "Interesting Finds" is a grouping of 4 articles/pages featured on a Mobile SERP. It only appears on certain search queries. One example of a query that shows...

It's long been the assumption that Google has a more advanced algorithm than other search algorithms. Sometimes I check website rankings on Bing, Yahoo, & Duck Duck Go to compare and contrast. I've found that many of my sites rank better on Bing for example than Google. Does anyone have insights...

I understand that a notification appears on GSC for a manual penalty but what does an automatic penalty look like? Is it arbitrary? Like you can be penalized and still be on the first page of a SERP but not in the top 5? Or would it be extremely obvious like you are knocked to page 8? I've...

I'm witnessing a specific case involving a moderate volume but low competition keyword that is showing signs of manipulation in the "searches related to" list on the bottom of the SERP. For example, more than one of the "searches related to" terms have zero topical relevance to the query but...

Hello I have been in SEO for 5 years and have found a lot of good information on this forum. I'm wondering if anyone can point me to a marketplace service to influence related searches or autosuggest on SERPs, if such a service exists.