It's a totally unexpected PageRank update for Webmasters - before the year end! No one had expected a new Google Toolbar PageRank update after the recent one in February, 2013.   Toolbar PageRank is the ‘simplification of real PageRank' – which is a complex algorithm. Google usually throws a new PR update on quarterly basis.   Here is the list of earlier PR updates from Google: 4 February 2013 7 November 2012 2 August 2012 2 May 2012 7 February 2012 7 November 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 January 2011 April 2010 Dec 31, 2009 30 October 2009 27/28 May 2009 June 200...

Google+ had started supporting hashtags in the month of May; however the company recently announced that Google Search will now allow its users to search for Google+ posts by using these hashtags. Now when you can see a little bit of Google+ in every product of Google, no wonder the Google+ hashtags too are making their way into other Google products.     Hashtags are basically useful in Google+; they enable you to find and manage the posts that use them. So if you now enter your search query on Google for a hashtag, you may see the latest feature to the right side of the regular sea...

A new search algorithm was revealed on the 15th birthday of Google - Hummingbird! This algorithm is specially designed to receive more precise and faster query results; and this why is named 'Hummingbird'. Unlike most of previous search algorithms, this one is totally based on semantic search. It emphasises on user intent versus individual search terms. The announcement of this new algorithm quite stirred both worlds; technology and SEO. It is currently influencing around 90% of the worldwide searches via Google.   Hummingbird brings to you a lot of improvement in Google search with some ...

Google keeps changing its search algorithm every year and this change could be approximately 500-600 times. However, most of these changes are minor. Google also calls out the major update that seems to significantly affect the search engine results. One of these major updates is Google Penguin which was very first announced on April 24, 2012 (Penguin 1). All those Websites that seem to violate the rules and regulations of Google Webmaster have to face significant drops in their search engine rankings after this Penguin update.   Here is when the immediate next Penguin updates were releas...