Official Google answers to common SEO questions

Question:

Are you ever going to do 'weather reports' like Yahoo! does algorithm updates? Simply a confirmation that one has happened would please many SEOs, as clients might think they've been penalized. Your algo update reports years ago were wonderful.

Google's Matt Cutts answers:

Summary of the answer:

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Answered: 23 September 2009. Views: 1,000.

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