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« Previous EntriesAnother Paid Links Article – With A Twist
Thursday, October 4th, 2007When Andy Greenberg at Forbes writes an article called “Google Purges The Payola”, it is bound to make search engine marketers take notice. It is a well-balanced article that uses the recent penalty that Google apparently applied to certain directories as catalyst to explore the whole question of paid links. The usual experts were consulted; [...]
Matt Cutts On NoFollow & Link Directories
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Matt Cutts, the Google guy, sometimes lets the world know what Google is thinking. And we’re paying attention. In his latest thoughts, he talks about no follow, seo directories and link farms. Good stuff.
Here’s a summary from SEOmoz.
Here are the big takeaway points from my perspective:
* Nofollow is now, officially, a “tool” that power users [...]
Are Paid Links Evil? I’m Sick Of The Question
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Some of the biggest buzz out of SES San Jose revolves around the panel named “Are Paid Links Evil?” Our own Mike Murray is speaking at the conference and he reports several attendees let it be known they have a problem with Google’s stand on paid links. Matt Cutts was on the panel as [...]
How Much Are ‘Link Condoms’?
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007The paid link controversy got deliciously nasty yesterday at the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose.
Google’s Matt Cutts joined other industry leaders on a panel called “Are Paid Links Evil?”
Google basically wants web sites to avoid passing along PageRank if they sell links. In other words, if a page has a good reputation (an authority [...]
Matt Cutts On “The Rules On Google”
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Matt Cutts, the Google Guru, says that underscores are now on Google’s radar. Now, while this may not be news to most people, to SEO geeks like us, it’s big news.
One key development that Matt shared with the audience was that underscores in URLs are now (or at least very soon to be) treated as [...]
Farewell Vanessa!
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Well we now know that Vanessa Fox is leaving Google Webmaster Central to explore the world. No, actually, she’s only moving over to Zillow.com. But I wanted to dedicate this post to Vanessa for all the hard work she has done for us Webmasters. Yes I know there is a team behind her that helped and [...]
PageRank: Is It A Toy or Is It For Real?
Sunday, June 10th, 2007I remember when I first got serious about SEO and Google came out with their Google Toolbar, which provided quite a few gadgets. The one piece that struck the SEO industry is the Google PageRank. So when you are what they call a “newbie” to the industry you read every article and all the forums [...]
Search Engines: Tell Me I Spammed
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007A healthy discussion came out of “Penalty Box Summit” session at Danny Sullivan’s new Search Marking Expo known as SMX Advanced in Seattle.
But I don’t look for any dramtic changes in the way the major search engines communicate with webmasters and marketers.
Some search engines do initiate communications with website managers, but they may only make that [...]
Matt Cutts Speaks Out on Search Engine Marketing
Monday, June 4th, 2007At the “You&A with Matt Cutts” Search Marketing Expo (SMX) session in Seattle (Day 1), Matt Cutts was in fine form, fielding a ton of questions and carefully offering any calculated perspective that he thought Google may allow.
Occasionally, the live tone also honored the sometimes caustic setting that happens online as people comment on Matt’s [...]
Danny Sullivan Gets “Naked”
Monday, June 4th, 2007Danny Sullivan and Matt Cutts got the SMX conference in Seattle off to a great start with some humor before a Q&A.
Matt showed up with a printed T-shirt and jeans and told Danny how important it is to dress casually for these events.
Danny subsequently removed his shoes, tie, shirt and pants. “People want to get [...]
