Are “Panda” updates over this latest one Google has released being named “Penguin?” I mean, the next update, will it be a Panda 2.9, or a Penguin 1.1? A penguin it might be, and sometimes penguins can be cute, but they are slow, clumsy, and they can’t fly. Penguins can swim, but the Google Penguin […]
It’s A Penguin – Google’s Latest Update Read More »
This morning, April 25, 2012, many of us woke to some really strange and poor search results in Google. Yesterday, I wrote about some experiences that I was seeing throughout the day here and here, but overnight it just got worse. At least one of my sites which I know has good quality content (my
Has Google Jumped The Shark? Read More »
In some corners, you’d have been forgiven if you thought that somehow Google controlled the stock market today. There was so much activity, the appearance of panic, and lots of swear words uttered and being typed out as people watched almost as if watching a stock market ticker tape, the weird results Google was pumping
Google is hitting the blog networks really hard and has their sights set on them. Today it is official that one that tried to emulate Build My Rank has now been almost decimated by the de-indexing of Google. Rank Jumpers sent out the following to their subscribers today: Rank Jumpers is very disheartened to say
Rank Jumpers Is Dead Read More »
For years, it has been known that an important part of external SEO is back link building. Having plenty of “quality” links back to your site(s) has counted as a “vote” of sorts as to where your site should rank in search engines and has been heavily weighted on the anchor text that is used.
Negative SEO – Are We Almost There Yet? Read More »
As Google began to win the search engine wars some years ago, it became a common expression to say “I googled it,” or to ask, “Did you google it?” It may be way to early to tell, but with a new search engine gaining in some popularity, we might be saying something like “I ducked
Will “I Ducked It” Make It Into Our Everyday Vernacular? Read More »
Recently, I came across a product for sale with some interesting sales copy, promising all sorts of benefits to someone who wanted to create a website and monetize it. Part of the “feature” of this product was the ability to use keywords, and populate a website with lists of Youtube videos including the descriptions that
Building A Site Around Youtube Videos? Read More »
You know, I don’t really like outing people. In fact, I admire people that go an extra mile in order to try to provide a valuable service – even new people or new businesses. If they are legitimate. Unfortunately, there are so many so called SEO specialists and businesses cropping up that obviously have very
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I had meant to post this several days ago, but in my part of the world, there is a nasty virus going around, and I managed to catch it! It has not been pleasant sipping Neo Citran and hoping there is some truth to claims that Oil of Oregano helps to drive away cold and
SEO Courses – Are They What They Claim To Be? Read More »
Every day, I get emails from someone or other, in regard to any one of the web properties I have or that I manage for clients, asking me for a “link exchange.” In the “good old days” .. as in way way back.. think 1997…1998… yes, link exchanges were pretty popular. That was what the
Link Exchanges And Reciprocal Links – Important? Read More »