PageRank sculpting. Every major Google algorithm update is followed by weeks and weeks of posts addressing the specifics of the particular change. It just took that long for the message to sink in and Google to take a real swing at penalizing these...
Nofollows are also used internally for PageRank sculpting and to indicate that a link is sponsored/paid. There's a difference in what you can see as your PageRank and what Google thinks it is. It can be considered an alternative to Google's...
PageRank Sculpting and Link Juice In 2009, PageRank was removed from Google's Webmaster Tools, mainly due to the fact that people didn't really understand that the number they saw wasn't a true representation of their sites's importance (and was...
When nofollow was introduced, some SEO enthusiasts wanted to use it for so called “PageRank sculpting” (the intentional steering of link value through a website). PageRank: Rough metric with slow update frequency, but you can get an idea how PR is...
Does anyone remember nofollow and PageRank sculpting? Are these signs that Google is trying to grow beyond its PageRank model? Michael Martinez astutely scribed recently, "where has all the PageRank gone?
I won't go into great detail on exactly how it works, but if you're interested, Matt Cutts has a decent bit of information about it as the intro to his post about why PageRank sculpting no longer works.
PageRank sculpting with the nofollow attribute used to be all the rage until Matt Cutts shut the door on it almost two years ago. The first two items relate in the traditional sense to what people think of as PageRank sculpting -- directing the...
Terms like PageRank sculpting, temporal analysis of links, canonicalization, and a multitude of other esoteric terms are constantly being bantered around the industry. Google, Bing, and other search engines have historically spent millions (if not...
While not necessarily advocating PageRank sculpting, or basing one's criteria for linking from a page, solely on the strength of that page, it's still a good idea to be well-informed as to which pages on your site might be considered authoritative.
There are ways to do your site architecture, rather than sculpting the PageRank, where you are getting products that you think will sell the best or are most important front and center. You can distribute that PageRank very carefully between...
This touched off an era where many SEOs recommended PageRank sculpting, and lots of sites did it. PageRank sculpting has been a hot topic since 2007. At SMX Advanced 2009, Matt Cutts made statements about how this had been changed, and which he...
PageRank Sculpting: Welcome Back to High School Hell SEW EXPERTS: PROMOTION there is only what is right for your business at that time. Jun 25, 2009 Hey guys Google has recently made changes in its algorithm which is 'No More Page Rank Sculpting'.
This has made PageRank sculpting more of an issue. Because they would read this article and then ask me what they should be doing to sculpt their PageRank. This over-smartness has recently caused some consternation between the SEO community and...
Perhaps in the process of implementing the PageRank sculpting, the SEOs made other changes to the site's structure that did have an effect, which still worked even after Google's changed algorithm. PageRank sculpting with nofollow never worked, and...
Today, he goes into detail on how Google views PageRank sculpting, and how it . Google Further Clarifies Nofollow and PageRank Sculpting Posted by Kevin Newcomb Jun 16, 2009 Earlier this month, Matt Cutts shared with search marketers that Google...
Earlier this month, Matt Cutts shared with search marketers that Google had begun treating nofollow differently, especially in regards to "PageRank sculpting," the advanced SEO tactic that aims to control where PageRank flows around a site.
By 2007, advanced SEOs realized that the nofollow attribute could be used internally in PageRank sculpting. The idea was that search engine crawlers would not follow that link, not count it in calculating PageRank of the destination page, and not...
An advanced form of the discipline is known as "PageRank siloing," or "PageRank sculpting. From Google's perspective, having one link from a site that has a large PageRank counts more than many sites that have a lower rank.
All controversy around PageRank siloing or sculpting aside, it's a good idea to have a sitemap -- no matter what your philosophy is. Also, consider writing a sentence or two around each link to lend non-linking text relevance to your links -- if...
The Art of Sculpting, or There's Nothing Wrong with Knowing SEO Google's head of web spam, Matt Cutts, has announced that updates to PageRank will be visible in the coming days. Google PageRank: Simplified
