84 Noteworthy SEO and Social Media Updates of 2013

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2013 was an exciting year for digital marketing – it witnessed the rapid rise of Google+, Facebook matured and cemented its position as the number 1 social media platform, Twitter went public and honed in on advertising, YouTube hit a billion unique users a month milestone, LinkedIn’s deeper integration with Slideshare reinforced its business social media lead. 2014 was arguably the year for mobile social media: Vine, Instagram and SnapChat collectively have a userbase of over 250 million users. For SEO, Google’s Hummingbird and In-depth search updates were arguably the most significant Google Algorithm updates over the last five years. Here is a summary of all major Google SEO and Social Media updates in 2013 from Google, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, YouTube, SlideShare, and SnapChat. Have a Happy New Year in 2014!

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Google SEO Updates in

2013

Panda #24 #25 January & March 2013

http://selnd.com/1d8fhra

Penguin 2.1 October 2013

Penguin 2.0 May 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8fivo

Knowledge Graph ‘In-Depth Articles

August 2013

http://tcrn.ch/1d8fr1P

Hummingbird 1.0 August 2013

http://selnd.com/1d8fv1D

All Keywords Encrypted

September 2013

http://selnd.com/1d8fydT

Facebook Updates in

2013

Graph Search January 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8fASV

Verified Pages & Profiles May 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8fBGB

Facebook Hashtags June 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8fDyb

Embedded Facebook Posts August 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8fGtL

Facebook Link Post Image Dimension Update September 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8fKtz

Facebook Quality Content Update December 2013

➡ Memes Devalued, ➡ Related Articles ➡ Story Bumping based on comments

http://bit.ly/1d8fOcQ

Auto Playing Facebook Video Ads December 2013

http://tcrn.ch/1d8fRFy

Twitter Updates in

2013

Twitter Advertising Global Rollout January 2013

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April 2013

U.S. Users as Self Servicehttp://bit.ly/1d8fTgohttp://bit.ly/1d8fUBf

Twitter Advertising Global Rollout April 2013

http://bit.ly/1d88nSM

Lead Generation Cards on Twitter Ads May 2013

http://bit.ly/1d88y0w

Scheduled Tweets Support for Twitter Ads October 2013

http://bit.ly/1d88Moq

Images and Videos in Twitter Stream October 2013

http://bit.ly/1d88WvZ

Twitter SMB Advertising opens in UK, Ireland and Canada November 2013

http://bit.ly/1d897au

Twitter Goes Public 7th November 2013

http://bit.ly/1d89D8u

Broad Match Keyword Targeting for Twitter Ads December 2013

http://bit.ly/1d89emp

Google+ Updates in

2013

Sign-in with Google+ Introduced February 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8a9TZ

Google Reader Shut Down …more focus on Google+ March 2013

http://tnw.co/1d8aia3

Google+ Integrated with Blogger.com comments April 2013

http://tnw.co/1d8am9R

Google+ Supports Full Size Photo Uploads from Desktops April 2013

http://cnet.co/1d8aypp

Google+ Advanced Photo Editing May 2013

http://tnw.co/1d8aCFM

Google+ Desktop 3 Column Wide Grid Redesign May 2013

http://tcrn.ch/1d8aENQ

Google Glass integration - +1s, comments, mentions and shares May 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8aTsh

Google+ Sign-in Integration with Authorship September 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8b5Ys

Embedded Google+ Posts September 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8b5Ys

Auto Awesome Photos and Movies October 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8bs5e

540 Million Active Google+ Users Milestone October 2013

http://tnw.co/1d8bxpG

YouTube commenting November 2013

http://tnw.co/1d8byd7

Google Reduces Authorship Rich Snippets In Search Results December 2013

http://selnd.com/1d8chLt

LinkedIn Updates in

2013

Deep LinkedIn integration with Slideshare January 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8dsdQ

LinkedIn Contacts Launched April 2013

http://linkd.in/1d8dhPS

LinkedIn Tagging and Mentions Introduced May 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8ddzD

LinkedIn Company pages able to publish Targeted Status Updates June 2013

http://linkd.in/1d8danm

LinkedIn Sponsored Updates July 2013

http://linkd.in/1lHyLSJ

LinkedIn University Pages Launched August 2013

http://linkd.in/1lHyHm8

LinkedIn Groups Revamped August 2013

http://linkd.in/1lHyCir

LinkedIn withdraws Hashtags July 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8dQZN

Sponsored Jobs on Home Page September 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8epCX

LinkedIn Skills Discontinued October 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8eFly

‘LinkedIn Intro’ for Mail October 2013

http://bit.ly/1d8eJlk

Major LinkedIn Mobile Revamp October 2013

http://linkd.in/1d8eSoI

LinkedIn Pulse replaces LinkedIn Today November 2013

http://linkd.in/1d8eYwv

LinkedIn Company Showcase Pages December 2013

http://linkd.in/1d8f0oh

Pinterest Updates in

2013

Test Rollout of New Pinterest Layout January 2013

http://bit.ly/1e7UikS

Pinterest Web Analytics March 2013

http://bit.ly/1e7UwZc

Full Rollout of New Pinterest Layout April 2013

http://bit.ly/1e7UG2G

Pin It Button for Browser Rollout April 2013

http://bit.ly/1e7UK2x

Video Pins May 2013

http://bit.ly/1e7V6WM

Send Pins to Friends May 2013

http://bit.ly/1e7VIfe

Rate this Pins! October 2013

http://bit.ly/1e7W6Ku

Pinterest Place Pins November 2013

http://bit.ly/1e7Wets

Instagram Updates in

2013

Instagram brings its Feed to the Web February 2013

http://bit.ly/1e7ZftL

Instagram Photo Maps Introduced April 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8HpYQ

Video on Instagram June 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8HziS

Instagram Web Embeds Introduced July 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8HAU3

Instagram Ads Announced November 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8HCvg

Instagram for Windows Phone Launched November 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8HGeu

Instagram Direct December 2013

http://bit.ly/1e7ZftL

Vine Updates in

2013

Vine’s debut on iOS January 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8I5xq

Vine Goes Mainstream – Released on Android June 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8IaBi

“Revine” button, and “On The Rise” tab July 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8Igc2

Vine Sessions & Time Travel October 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8IwaR

YouTube Updates in

2013

YouTube hits a billion unique users a month milestone March 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8Jd3Y

YouTube Pro Launched July 2013

http://tnw.co/1a8JiVk

Video Response Axed September 2013

http://tnw.co/1a8Jl3B

Most popular video of the Year

http://bit.ly/1a8Jwfd

Ylvis – The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) 

YouTube adopts Google+ commenting November 2013

http://tnw.co/1a8JELD

1st YouTube Music Award November 2013

http://on.mash.to/1a8JHY7

YouTube Ad Rewind December 2013

http://bit.ly/1a8JMLj

Slideshare Updates in

2013

Send Tracker Introduced February 2013

http://bit.ly/19W9dMD

Slideshare Integrates with LinkedIn Pulse May 2013

http://bit.ly/19W9pLS

Richer RSS Feeds June 2013

http://bit.ly/19W9z5V

Slideshare Launches Infographic Player July 2013

http://bit.ly/19W9Ohi

Slideshare Integrates with Flipboard July 2013

http://bit.ly/19W9TBH

Slideshare Integrates with Dropbox July 2013

http://bit.ly/19Wa53K

Snapchat Updates in

2013

Snapchat Video for Android February 2013

http://bit.ly/19Wb3gq

Snapchat Rolls out its Timeline with Snapchat Stories October 2013

http://tcrn.ch/19WblUB

Snapchat Rejects $3b Acquisition Offer from Facebook November 2013

http://on.wsj.com/19WbKX1