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Timeline of search engine optimization

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The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline:
* What are some significant updates involving search engines?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Notable update".
** You will see some significant updates by prominent search engines, mainly Google; aimed at improving aspects like geographic intent, end-user data, {{w|content farm}} combating, etc.
* What are some notable SEO tool services?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "SEO tool launch".
* What are some of the several competitions specialized in SEO?** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "{{w|SEO contest}}".** You will see a number variety of notable contests launched in several countries. * What are services (some numbers illustrating the evolution of search engine?** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Statistics".** For internet userbase evolution, sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look them for the group of rows with value "Statistics (internet userbasefree)"offering analytics, SEO rank tracking software, blogging, etc.
* What are some events describing practices against search engine guidelines?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "{{w|Spamdexing}}".
** You will see a number of Black hat SEO techniques, and related events.
* What are some significant updates involving search engines?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Notable update".
** You will see some significant updates by prominent search engines, mainly {{w|Google}}; aimed at combating {{w|spamdexing}}, but also improving aspects like geographic intent, end-user data, etc.
* What are some of the several competitions specialized in SEO?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "{{w|SEO contest}}".
** You will see a number of notable contests launched in English and other languages.
* What are some events providing context to SEO?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Background".
| 2003 || || {{w|Google}} || Product launch || After acquiring [[w:Blogger (service)|Blogger.com]], Google launches [[w:Google AdSense|AdSense]], which serves contextually targeted Google AdWords ads on publisher sites.<ref name="20 Years of SEO: A Brief History of Search Engine Optimization"/>
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| 2003 || || || SEO evolution || Blogging {{w|Blog}}ging becomes popular and is utilized for SEO. {{w|Blogger}} and {{w|WordPress}} become widely used.<ref name="seo.comf"/>
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| 2003 || November 16 || {{w|Google}} || Notable update || Google launches its Google Florida update, aimed at combatting {{w|keyword stuffing}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Florida: The First Major Algorithm Update |url=https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-algorithm-history/florida-update/#close |website=searchenginejournal.com |accessdate=23 June 2020}}</ref>, a practice consisting in loading a webpage with keywords or numbers in an attempt to manipulate a site's ranking in search results.<ref>{{cite web |title=Irrelevant keywords |url=https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66358?hl=en |website=support.google.com |accessdate=29 June 2020}}</ref>
| 2005 || || || Product launch || {{w|Nofollow tag}}s are created as a means to combat spam. SEO professionals begin using this tag as a way of {{w|PageRank}} sculpting.<ref name="20 Years of SEO: A Brief History of Search Engine Optimization"/>
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| 2005 || August || || Concept development {{w|Spamdexing}} || The term ''[[w:Spam blog|splog]]'' (short for spam blog) is popularized around the time, when it is used publicly by {{w|Mark Cuban}}, who writes: " A splog is any blog whose creator doesn’t add any written value. I’m sure some might argue that packaging data, such as news feeds or the blog posts of others is added value. I dont think it is."<ref>{{cite web |title=A splog here, a splog there, pretty soon it ads up… and we all lose |url=https://blogmaverick.com/2005/08/15/a-splog-here-a-splog-there-pretty-soon-it-ads-up-and-we/ |website=blogmaverick.com |accessdate=27 June 2020}}</ref>
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| 2005 || || || {{w|SEO contest}} || Msnbetter Thangoogle launches as a Polish SEO contest intended to promote SEO in {{w|Poland}} and get the attention of search engines.<ref name="Previous SEO Competitions"/>
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