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Google is constantly introducing more personalized features across its products and maps is no different. Now with the upgraded My maps, you can also share routes and destinations with the public, and get some inspiration from other people's maps! 

In the latest Google Hangout an interesting question was asked, with an even more interesting answer: "Will the Penguin 3.0 launch in 2014?" John Mueller's guess is yes. It seems that there will be an update, and we will be told when something is happening. 

A few weeks ago we explained why White Label SEO reporting is important and today we're going to demonstrate how easy it is to create automated white label PDF reports with Rank Ranger's SEO platform.

You may have noticed when searching for certain sites that have a built in search, the search box appears along with sitelinks on a Google SERP. Now, Google has updated these search boxes in three ways.

In July I posted about Twitter introducing analytics for organic tweets, however that was only for business and verified accounts, meaning if you had already run ads with Twitter, you could access this. Now Twitter has introduced analytics for everyone, giving people more information about their Twitter accounts without using a third party tool.

In June we reported that Google was dropping the images from Authorship results. This showed that Google was definitely moving away from authorship, so it is no surprise that now the entire authorship result has been removed. 

Facebook has announced two major improvements to the news feed. While these improvements are aimed at customers, it is beneficial for companies in the long run. They are taking a stand against click-baiting and a move toward video sharing in this update to their algorithm.

Now you can search any query and get the same effects that are returned when search for one of Google's "Easter Eggs". This makes for fun games with friends and messing with your colleagues!

Possibly the most significant update of 2014 has hit Google! Our Rank Risk Index has been showing fluctuations since August 8th and today a major spike is clear. Google has not yet made an announcement but it is clear that something is going on.

Make a better informed rank tracking decision when setting up an SEO campaign, let's explore the SERP (count as is) and SERP (explicit domain count) ranking system count options.

Twitter has come out with a new feature (currently only available on the mobile app) where you can "Copy link to Tweet", in other words embed another tweet into your new tweet. This is a great alternative to simply retweeting or even quote retweeting, because you now have the opportunity to give your own complete opinion on another tweet, while still giving your followers the reference of the original tweet.