Evolution of SEO 1994 - 2014

MEDIAVIS1ON CELEBRATING 10 YEARS DIGITAL MARKETING SPECIALISTS EVOLUTION OF SEO 1994 - 2014 1994 YAHOO! + Yahoo launched Google 1998 AGoogle AdWords 2000 + Google launch Google launches pagerank to rank sites more accurately + Google launches Adwords 2002 + First Google APIS released Ads 2003 2004 + Google "Florida" algorithm update to crack down on spam and keyword stuffed content + Text Link Ads is launched, where sites can purchase links for the ever important anchor text + Google Adsense launched + Google Local launched + Yahoo adopts its own search algorithm Google ilil Trends 2006 2005 + Search engines announce support of xml site maps + Google Trends launched + Google Analytics launched + Google mobile web search launched + Nofollow attribute launched Jogle SEO WEB 2007 seo timeline Remove IMAGES seo tools seo tips VIDEO + Text Link Ads is banned by Google + Universal search seo test Press Enter to search. NEWS MAPS 2008 + Google Suggest/Autocomplete launched + Google site search 2009 + Real time search + Microsoft drops Live Search and introduces Bing + Rel canonical tags 2010 + Instant search for mobile + Place search launched + Google instant launched (search results as you type) 2011 + Google Images with Sorting + Adwords Express launched + Voice search on desktop launched + Search by image launched + First Panda update. Moved focus from keywords to readable content for users. Prevent low quality sites from achieving high rankings. Punished those who used duplicate copy. 2013 + Hummingbird update - algorithm change designed to improve Google's natural language processing and semantic 2012 + Google launches disavow tool + Knowledge graph carousel Google DMCA penalty + Knowledge graph + First Penguin update – penalise websites with low quality link building tactics understanding of web pages + Penguin 2.0 4.0 2014 + Penguin 3.0 + Authorship removed + Panda 4.0 + Content Marketing & PR Acquires Inbound Link Power + Focus on Mobile Design & Marketing + Focus on Personalisation MEDIAVIS1ON DIGITAL MARKETING SPECIALISTS