Recently, Google's John Mueller responded to question from a Twitter user asking what's up with the Link: search operator, saying that this feature no longer works. This is one of the oldest SEO link tools and its kinda sad to see it die off. Google also doesn't list the Link: command on its search operators resource page anymore - https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433

So its best to now use quality link tools such as Majestic and MOZ's Open Site Explorer. The link report in Goog...
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Google is known to display social profile links for brands, companies and people in their respective Knowledge Graph panels. The social profile links have historically include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram and Google +.
However, something interesting changes have taken place in the past few months. Specifically, a major change I noticed was the removal of LinkedIn profile links from Knowledge Graph panels a few days after their stock plummeted earlier in February. I noticed ...
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Some of you may have noticed that Google is no longer bolding Page Titles and Hyperlinking Breadcrumbs in the SERPs. These changes were not publicly announced by Google but were pretty significant as they impact search visibility. Many in the SEO community saw these changes and were scratching their heads as to what is going on. Here is a breakdown of the situation:

Page Titles

Google stopped bolding page titles in the SERPs in Q4 of 2014. This was surprising as it was a key part of impacting s...
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