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An Overview of the Major Google Algorithm Updates of 2014

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Pirate: A search filter designed to prevent sites that have a lot of copyright infringement reports (as filed through Google''s DMCA system) from ranking well in Google''s listings. It was first introduced in August 2012. It also seems to have given local directory sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor better visibility in Google''s search results.

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How Big Brands – With Help From Google & Yahoo – Finance Online Piracy

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The results, which named Google and Yahoo among the top offenders, used Google’s own Transparency Report to name the 10 ad networks with most takedown requests under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for copyright infringement on pirated sites. But the general public has been relatively in the dark. .

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