Google Groups showing PageRank
Google groups is now showing PageRankTM and is already ranking with the best of SEO forums in organic search, this is algorithmic reputation management at its finest!
Someone asks if Google is a global monopoly? well why not do a search in Google to find out?
My favorite Google Group; Crawling, indexing, and ranking now has a […]
Buying and selling links that pass PageRank
More good news for webmasters that have had to compete with those with the “biggest pocketbooks”.
Some people try to buy lots of links in order to rank highly in search engines. That’s not fair to searchers (because it hurts the relevance of search engines), and it’s not fair to the people that try to compete […]
It is all about pagerank
Good webmasters never forget, remember not long ago how Google removed the label for “supplemental results”? I tried to put a positive spin on it but today it is back again showing that two Google indexes still exist and the line between seen content and trash is not yet as narrow as they promised it […]
Read More..>>Crosslinking is reciprocal
Crosslinking is ok as long as you are not a major spammer says Google. I could not take it anymore just last week because a product I sell just does not get the links like those above me (link trading, buying links, three way linking, manipulating with “educational” documents and domains, universal search spamming) so […]
Read More..>>Removing a label
Google is removing the “supplemental” label from it’s search results and will even be querying the low pagerank area (supplementals) when they can’t find any useful information in the main index. How will this hurt those in the game of SEO? Supplemental pages do not pass pagerank, like for instance, I notice that my “about […]
Read More..>>Deindexed from Google
Why might a site get deindexed from Google?
I found the perfect example today in Google Groups. This example not only has a site to look at but it also has a response from Adam Lasnik that tells a deeper tale. In short, a site gets deindexed for two basic reasons:
It has no value to visitors.
It […]
More human editors needed at Google
Do a search for reel mower in Google. Now tell me how many domains occupying the top positions are owned by the same greedy person?
Is it fair to have one person owning multiple positions in search for the exact same phrase if he has multiple sites?
How does this help the searcher, do they know that […]
Regaining position in Google
Susan Moskwa posted to Google Webmaster Central some useful information for those interested in finding out why they might have lost key positions in organic search and how to regain them.
In short, if you got there by manipulating Google’s algorithms it might be time to offer something real that real live humans will enjoy and […]
Getting outranked by Google Trends Pages
Is it possible that Google Trends pages will outrank yours in the future? Is it possible that “trends” pages will be showing up in organic search for everything that is hot? Will Google’s response be that trends pages include everyone because they link out to blogs, news and other resources on the web?
In the previous […]
Google Hot Trends Experiment
Here is my take on Google Hot Trends, people will look to monetize phrases found within hot trends by writing new content. What this will do is create an even larger Adsense network that will focus marketers more on what people are actually searching for. So in a way, Google Trends could clean rather than […]
Read More..>>Searchology Media Presentation
If you missed Google’s Searchology Media Presentation you better listen up. Elliot Schrage (Vice President, Global Communications & Public Affairs) starts the meeting, he is then followed by Craig Silverstein (Google’s first employee) and others. I am going to try to not cast further judgement on universal search as I had in my previous […]
Read More..>>The Universal Search Nightmare
So you are Google and you want to own all that is search. You realize from Microsoft’s failure that if you get too pushy in your attempt to take over an entire search industry people will revolt. You must find another way. Ah yes, if you build on cool ideas, develop or buy interesting things […]
Read More..>>Google Hell is for children
Andy Greenberg from Forbes called me looking for information on Google’s supplemental results. When I said that I believed that SEOs exaggerate what supplemental results are all about he wasn’t interested in discussing the issue further with me. Anyhow, Matt attempts to demistify supplementals with an angry mob of link builders at his door, looks […]
Read More..>>Revisiting Paid Links
Let’s revisit the paid links discussion by reading Matt Cutts latest posts shall we?
How to Find Hidden Links.
Using Sponsored Wordpress Themes to inflate your pagerank breaks Google’s guidelines. Also beware of hacked themes and plugins which you will be hearing more about in the future.
Help Google develop stronger algorithms by Reporting Hidden Links.
So, Matt just […]
Read More..>>Google dependence and being thrown in the trash
I had my first website lose 90% of it’s traffic last night and it gets me thinking about my dependence on Google. The site helped pay for daycare, if I was to lose rankings in Google for the website which sells my product we might not be able to pay our mortgage. I have to […]
Read More..>>Linkowanie and Polish SEO
Google notifies Polish webmasters about the perils of Linkowanie (linking?) when it comes to non related sites. They also offer the exact advice good SEOs in Google Groups give every day.
How to create relevant links?
The best way to gain relevant links is to create unique, relevant content that can quickly gain popularity in the Internet […]
Over optimization or weighting algorithms?
Not long ago when Google was young and spammers had their way with it’s algorithm you could optimize a site with the most basic SEO to get it to rank well. As is today with the nofollow tag Google has no way of dealing with certain types of spam so they introduce temporary fixes while […]
Read More..>>Mindless Google promoting drones
I was thinking about Matt Cutts April Fools Day Linkbait and how bloggers have become mindless Google promoting drones. I admit to blogging Google webmaster tools news. Whenever something new happens I rush to study, then report on the latest Google feature often linking out to the mothership (aka Google). Other more hyper search marketing […]
Read More..>>The urge to blog it first
What happened on April 1st that caused many popular SEO bloggers to fall for Matt Cutts prank?
The urge to blog it first outweighed their deductive reasoning to read and figure out that it was a prank.
Do you have the urge to blog it first?
These people do:
Matt Cutts Hacked
Funny sad stuff, maybe graywolf is right about […]
View your anchor text
Google now allows you to view the anchor text of incoming links in webmaster tools saying:
How sites link to you has an impact on your traffic from those links, because it describes your site to potential visitors. In addition, anchor text influences the queries your site ranks for in the search results.
So there you have […]
Google hooks up with Stopbadware.org
I happen to be a fan of pink goggles and other tools we can use to view the internet with new eyes. As reported not long ago Google made an interesting post about badware warnings and now are improving this new service and hooking up with stopbadware.org.
Two improvements in Webmaster tools:
Notifications
Now instead of simply informing […]
What’s hot in Google Gaming this year?
Multiple site ownage in Google’s organic SERPS.
Dave Dugdale has a legitimate beef with Google as he desribes in Consumer Source Interactive Owns Atlanta. Have you ever noticed multiple websites all owned by the same company ruling the top 5-10 positions in Google? I have been noticing this for years and it doesn’t take a degree […]
Google Groups appearing in organic SERPS
I had a thought the other night, it was an evil thought that came while thinking about all those who are not being allowed to play in any SEO reindeer games. What if Google flooded Google groups with PageRank to allow it go forth and rank in the organic SERPS? It is obvious that Google […]
Read More..>>When was the last time you checked your links?
I don’t know about you but I pay little attention to external factors like links these days and even consider them “noise”. The links that come fast are mostly from splogs and those that come later are natural. Let me throw another log on the fire and say that nothing beats a well written copy […]
Read More..>>Google Algorithmically Reduces Googlebombs
I am not sure many follow what I am up to often and may have wondered why I made a post about Google bombing John Mccain recently. (unless you are michael martinez - hehe)
I did so to:
Defend the honor of a righteous American.
As part of a personal study on how Google deals with Googlebombing today.
What […]
Read More..>>How Wikipedia hurts small sites
From Google Groups someone complains that their website ranking disappeared posting the following:
We were cruising right along, and all of a sudden we dropped off page 3-4 and can not find our main site anywhere. I can find other pages in the site, not really sure what is up. The site in question […]
Google Badware Warnings
Webmaster Central Blog makes a post about what they call badware warnings. Badware warnings are malware warnings that you get in Google Webmaster Tools notifying you that your site has been compromised. My site was compromised and it was never detected in Google Webmaster Tools. My question for Google is how does this affect site […]
Read More..>>Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Book
Tim Russert interviews Mad Money’s Jim Cramer about his latest Mad Money book. Jim calls Google a “parasite” and one of the greatest stories. He also said that Wall Street is ruled by under 100 big boys who influence the markets.
Cramer is no longer a soldier and has become more of a general who […]
Confirmed: Google to open up a $600 million server farm in NC
It looks like $100 million in tax breaks was enough to convince Google to become server Tar Heels. It’s now been confirmed that they are in fact opening up a massive server farm in North Carolina that will eventually employ 210 people.
“The data center were planning to build … will help support continued growth […]
Infrastructure Update for January
Matt Cutts reports that an infrastructure update is underway.
One thing of interest - pages that go supplemental do so because of lack of pagerank. Hint: You can bring them out simply by referring to them with a link from a current post on your index because it often has the most PageRank. This allows you […]
Similarity Patent
Bill Slawski (who I interviewed here) is now Danny Sullivan’s “patent guy” and writes up a good description of what Google’s similarity patent might mean. The similarity patent was filed on December 31, 2001 so don’t let your mind wander too much. To read more visit Search Engine Land.
Read More..>>Yelling at Google about Google Tips
It feels good when you yell at Google and they actually listen and adapt to answer your concerns. Here Matt Cutts from Google agrees with someone who feels that Google tips is over reaching with it’s inaccurate display of “tips” in the organic search. Matt had to get PR to allow him to post his […]
Read More..>>Incorrect Algorithmic First Impressions
Matt Cutts makes a good point in his blog about how people tend to blame Google by default which is true but I really am not interested in hacked sites because I do not believe I have any. I am more interested in incorrect algorithmic first impressions that can send a new blog into a […]
Read More..>>Sitemaps for Google News
Ever wonder why some sites are in Google News while others are not? Want to get your site into Google news to increase your traffic? Inclusion was once determined by the algorithm but now you might also have a chance to get in by filing for inclusion. How does this benefit you? It could increase […]
Read More..>>Yahoo and MSN adopt Google Sitemaps
Just incase you might have missed it, Yahoo and MSN will be adopting the Google Sitemap 0.84 XML protocol. Those who understand the value of success in Google might also now have more success in Yahoo! and MSN in the future. I don’t know about you, but my sites do extremely well in Google because […]
Read More..>>Google Sitelinks Explained
Google explains sitelinks and how and why they appear in the serps saying:
Our process for generating Sitelinks is completely automated. We show them when we think they’ll be most useful to searchers, saving them time from hunting through web pages to find the information they are looking for. Over time, we may look for ways […]
Adam Lasnik SEO Basics Seminar
Enter the Firstgov.gov SEO Basics seminar by Adam Lasnik from Google.
We’ll cover the basics of how search engines work and how you can successfully adjust your site to be both human and search-engine-friendly. From live site dissections (no holds barred!) to jargon-busting (what’s a 301 redirect and why should you care?) to lots of Q&A, […]
