Also, anyone wanting to post a comment will need a Google+ account. Your Links On Pinterest May Be Stopping Traffic In Its Tracks – Marketing LandIf you're using a URL shortener on Pinterest, beware it may take users to a page that says...
For example, exact match anchor text links in blogrolls, comment spam, directory links, etc. I thought to myself, was he using comment spam to gain exact match anchor text links? As soon as I saw that, my first thought jumped to comment spam...
Although there has been no official announcement or comment by the social media giant, the long-rumored idea of Facebook incorporating hashtags – the ubiquitous # symbol used on Twitter to make certain keywords or topics searchable – gathered...
If I'm visiting a forum, answers site or blog and there's a thread discussing great food in new city, it's going to be easier and more effective to leave a comment, noting that you're a local and visit many restaurants and wrote a series of...
It’s easy, and it’s so simple that even Great Aunt Matilda could comment “Brick” or “Lodi” and feel pleased with herself that she accomplished something that was claimed to be “not easy”. Well, if enough people flag them as spam, then perhaps...
Tons of directories, article submission sites, comment spam, link networks, etc. When I first begin speaking with companies that have been impacted, my goal is to quickly identify exactly what happened over time, so I can begin the process of...
Also, “if a business accepts paper comment cards it might be tempting to collect them and ‘digitize’ them by posting the reviews on Google+ Local,” Google says in its advice for SEOs. An update to Google’s spam detection algorithms will grow the...
We used to comment on blog posts and in forums mainly, but now we have all these other ways of expressing our opinions, bonding with others, and promoting ourselves. Tons of spammy template sites are built in order to capture rankings and traffic...
There are close to zero scenarios where I can see a link drop in a forum or blog comment as having any signal value to a search engine. I lump these together because even though they are quite different is many ways, they are quite similar in that...
It can take relatively few instances of comment spam to wind up with a manual penalty. Comment Spam One of the newer penalties that people are finding in their inbox is one for comment spam. Use a good spam scrubbing software to flag bad comments...
Now you may see your search rankings significantly lowered for just not watching your comment spam or for having too many ads on a page above the fold. Not moderating my comment spam might just mean I have a small team of people, not that the...
Finally, webmasters were simply getting burned out at all the link removal requests they were receiving, even on links that were already nofollowed (such as blog comment links) or for links on websites that weren't penalized in any way, because...
The goal of the update was to clean up link profiles relying on heavily sculpted exact match anchor text (sites where 60 percent of anchor text was for “money” keywords) and comment spam, among other tactics, to artificially inflate search rankings.
Those online are understandably there to validate, share, comment, critique, respond and contribute to content. While Facebook has assured that they will improve spam detection, as a result of a startup alleging 80 percent of their traffic was sent...
When SEO becomes an issue is when spam comes into play, such as if you go overboard buying links, doing comment spam links, or keyword stuffing. By this time next year, Cutts hopes people are less likely to do link buying, blog comment spam, etc.
I really can't comment on it in any specific way, but you are right that these algorithms do represent new types of capabilities for us. Google's Penguin update, and Panda a year earlier, marked the advent of a whole new approach to spam fighting.
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I wouldn't suggest popping your link into a casual comment because that's not a good way to build long-term link exposure, but using your site for your comment signature can lead people to you, even if it doesn't actually generate a link on the spot.
Right after Penguin came out in April, Goodwin wrote about five types of link issues harming affected sites: paid links with exact match anchor text comment spam guest posts on questionable sites article marketing sites links from dangerous sites
Comment spam. Using exact match anchor text for your “money keywords” in comments or in the username in the comment section The site owner hadn’t appreciated how profoundly these spam tactics went against Google’s mission, which is purportedly to...
