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The History of the Google Algorithm

ClearVoice

2012 – Pirate The aptly named Pirate update generated negative rankings for Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown requests. This means that it’s unclear how many DMCA violations trigger a negative ranking factor. If Penguin found artificial links, Google assigned a negative value to the site involved.

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How Poor Website Security Negatively Impacts SEO Rankings

Single Grain

In fact, as of July 2018, all visitors to sites without a TLS certificate receive a “not secure” notification from Google: These notifications have resulted in websites without the extra SSL layer seeing reduced traffic and conversion rates. Upon finding duplicate content, file a DMCA complaint with Google.

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