You can try sending roses to the Googleplex, but you’re probably better off turning those pruning shears on your site instead. Things that never used to "hurt" a website are now bringing businesses to their knees.
Those are big numbers but if you follow the process outlined in the Simplifying the Task of Pruning Links article you can significantly reduce the total effort. Simplifying the Task of Pruning Links I have seen a lot of people with link problems...
Simplifying the Task of Pruning Links Either way, Google have certainly upped the ante recently with the Penguin update and a slew of emails to webmasters, warning them that they seem to have suspicious link profiles.
Once you have identified if bad links are pointing at your site, you need to start working to address it. If you have 10,000 or more links to your site, this can seem like an insurmountable task – particularly if the people who acquired the bad...
Weekly maintenance programs, clean up mulching, pruning, leaf removal etc. Imagine the pitch for the TV series “Hoarding: Buried Alive”: “OK, I’ve got a surefire winner: A reality show about people with too much stuff who can’t get rid of it.
But, if you inherited the problem, or even part of the problem, you may be fretting about the quickest way to identify the problem links and take action via some link pruning. With the advent of the Penguin algorithm on April 24, the bill finally...
Link Pruning If Penguin has caught you for having “unnatural” or spammy links, “link pruning” is one way to go, according to veteran SEO Bruce Clay, who was interviewed by Search Engine Watch contributor Eric Enge.
Like pruning a tree of its useless/dead branches, Google also prunes the web of pages it feels aren't helpful. Not all such businesses will be scams. It is possible to go through a process to "cleanse" a site of enough of the spammy links that the...
Sometimes the goal of shrub pruning is to remove dead or diseased growth. When your campaigns have ad groups with 200-300 keywords, it’s time to get out the proverbial pruning shears. Pruning isn't limited to the garden, though.
Website Optimizer Enables Pruning and Offline Validation Here's an especially geeky post for all you search tech types out there. Google Website Optimizer, a tool for landing page testing, was tracking visitors using Google Analytics code.
Website Optimizer Enables Pruning and Offline Validation So you've heard about all of this landing page testing you're supposed to be doing and are delighted that Google offers a free testing tool - Website Optimizer.
First, through experiment pruning, users can disable any page that's not doing as well as was hoped for. Website Optimizer Activates Pruning, Modifies Reports, and More Earlier this week, I listed the “Top 10 Videos on YouTube from SES San Jose 2008.
Website Optimizer Enables Pruning and Offline Validation Posted by Nathania Johnson Aug 20, 2008 Google has released a major update to Website Optimizer, which contains new features that will have users breathing a sigh of relief.
Dubbed "Experiment Pruning," the feature allows users to eliminate combinations that are poorly performing or just don't make sense for your campaign. Google has released a major update to Website Optimizer, which contains new features that will...
The editorial layer would have to be willing to engage in active pruning of bad or questionable stuff. The latest in my rounds of interviews was with Tomi Poutanen at Yahoo. Tomi is the senior director of product management for Yahoo Answers and...
