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Over the past 10 years, Google has used focus groups to help them review their search results and the quality of the pages that they rank highly. If a user in the program, called a Search Quality Rater, gives a site a low rating, that doesn't actually (immediately) impact current Google rankings. Rather Google sets their Search Quality Raters into action for running their experiments.

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Fix all thin content. Check. Use disavow tool to remove bad links. Check. What's next on the SEO checklist? Learn about RankBrain and why it has become the third-most important Google ranking signal.

Ghost has launched its first major interface update in two years. I personally can't believe it's been that long since Ghost was launched and took the blogging software audience by storm. This update is exciting news especially if you're a current Ghost user, or you've tried it in the past but didn't think it was quite ready for prime time.

You just launched a new site for your small business. Congrats! You may be a bakery, a dog salon or an ice cream shop. Now the trick is getting the word out. Focusing on SEO is a great way (and in most cases entirely free) to promote your website and more importantly your business. After all, over 90% of consumers use the internet to find local businesses.

At Hosting.com, we're all about making sure you get the fastest page load speeds possible. That way your audience can have an excellent user experience when they visit your site. Your audience's experience is a big part of the puzzle for you to be successful, but you need an audience in the first place.