These may be the result of buying links that pass PageRank or participating in link schemes. This may be the result of selling links that pass PageRank or participating in link schemes. Have you ever received a Google Webmaster email stating that...
Beckman went on to say, just as Google has PageRank, which is based off of about 200 different ranking factors, Facebook has EdgeRank, which is an algorithm used by Facebook to determine what is displayed in a user's News Feed based on three main...
Link farms and spam blogs aren't going to help you, regardless of their PageRank or domain authority. Find the webmaster or blog owner's name. Just write the webmaster a real message. If it doesn't make sense for a webmaster to link to your site...
Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts reports that they have taken action today against several thousand link sellers that were passing PageRank. If you have bought so-called “clean” links that pass PageRank, you might want to take a closer...
More importantly, they should not flow PageRank. Cutts did clarify there is nothing wrong with advertorials, simply that they don't want them to be abused for PageRank and linking reasons. The latest Google Webmaster video features Distinguished...
Most sites have no Toolbar PageRank, are not indexed in Google and if they are, they don't rank for the brand/URL or any snippets from the homepage. Let's not forget to check Google's Webmaster Guidelines, which, as they related to links, seem to...
Links that appear on a page with Google PageRank that is gray bar or zero. Shaun Andersentweeted that same day “Less backlinks available in Google Webmaster Tools by the looks of it - I am seeing about a third of the links once shown.
Google has released two new videos in its popular Webmaster Help series that shed new light on a couple of hot topics in the SEO industry: how to you identify unnatural links and why Google wont switch off the PageRank Toolbar feature.
Passing PageRank to affiliates is never a smart idea, and Google isn’t going to react well. Once I gain access to a client’s analytics reporting and webmaster tools account, I begin analyzing Google organic trending leading up to, and then...
The author gets a link to their site, with all of the PageRank that passes through that. If you decide to charge for guest posts, you had better assign the links as nofollow to avoid breaking Google's webmaster guidelines.
Appear on a page with Google PageRank that is gray bar or zero. Appear on a domain with Google PageRank that is gray barred or zero. Since all of the major back link services have their own version of Google PageRank, we’ll start by exporting the...
As a result it is important to make sure that if there are any redirects then they're 301s which are search friendly and it passes on PageRank from one page to another. The other and often the most important issues with duplicate content on your...
Specifically, look for possibly artificial or unnatural links pointing to your site that could be intended to manipulate PageRank. Examples of unnatural linking could include buying links to pass PageRank or participating in link schemes.
Stop thinking about rankings and Google's Toolbar PageRank. Not using some form of analytics, and not using Google's Webmaster Tools. If you rely on Google like most people, using the Webmaster Tools can save you a lot of time if anything weird/bad...
With Google’s own webmaster guidelines indicating that site owners shouldn't “participate in link schemes designed to increase [a] site’s ranking or PageRank,” how do you know if you’re participating in a so-called “link scheme” or simply building...
Ultimately, what Harbour did not realize is that by winning with links from spam sites, he would eventually lose rankings when Google eliminated the ability of those sites to pass PageRank. That inbound links are a measure of authority in the eyes...
Are you 100 percent completely innocent of having achieved some links that were, at least to a slight degree, meant to “manipulate PageRank”? Other than using our blog as a way of showing some thought leadership, I’m absolutely interested in...
The key is diversity and as we can see from the live example graph below (showing inbound links by PageRank) there is much work to do in acquiring those higher PR links. So how do you do that and how can it help you should a dreaded unnatural links...
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 and is used in various link tool programs. The Actual PageRank
This is an attempt by Google to discourage the use of paid links to manipulate PageRank and gain higher rankings. Google has stirred up some fear by sending out the following message within Google Webmaster Tools, resulting in several discussions...
