You’re almost guaranteed to see results in either a boost in rankings (extra text helps it rank for a broader basket of keywords and there’s the QDF factor), longer time on page, more unique visits to the page, or all of the above.
Google has long been towing the line that there is very little a competitor can do to affect the rankings of others in the search results, although we have known that the “very little” was alive and causing major issues for some webmasters.
Microsite Masters examined historical data for thousands of websites to investigate whether sites that saw their rankings drop after Penguin were also guilty of having an unbalanced percentage of anchor text for “optimization” or “money” keywords...
This website has great authority in its sector, a .co.uk exact-match-domain with high traffic and page impressions, a whack-load of data, and huge number of Page 1 rankings, including a few No.s for its core terms.
Cutts said this “improvement” better identifies websites using “aggressive web spam tactics” (that have been against Google’s quality guidelines for years) for the purposes of gaming their way to top spots in Google’s rankings.
But they want rankings now and SEO is the hot topic for the CEO/owner/whoever. Websites, especially recently, are being hit for being aggressive with their anchor text use for their backlinks. Avoid Aggressive Link Building
When the CEO of a startup web hosting company was searching for SEO help and discovered a company who charges only after his site achieved rankings, he said, “you know the decision was honestly fairly simple.
Those days for "credit card" rankings changed around July 1, if you refer to Aaron Wall's post on this topic. I won't argue that the top 10 rankings for "credit cards" may be best if they show the top (by revenue?
The client actually said that we've done "nothing" to move them up in the rankings or to generate links to their Web site. Web sites that buy a huge amount of links dominate the rankings for these phrases.
Data still shows that we see incremental lift in associated rankings and traffic when we accomplish these tasks. Keeping natural while enhancing the growth of your inbound links will be like using fertilizer -- just make sure you spend the time...
It's Unofficial: Google's a Monopoly (Googolopoly)The best original linkbait we've seen in a while can be found on the Box.net blog: a free downloadable pdf of the Monopoly board game with a Google twist.comScore Releases March 2008 Search Engine...
Newsknife finds dramatic changes in Google News ratingsGoogle's recent decision to host material produced by The Associated Press (AP) and three other wire services on Google News is having an impact on rankings of news sites.
This filter would then be applied to any keyword where more than 100 sites compete for organic search rankings. The results would be recorded and tested against the same focus group after applying an aggressive linking filter.
Do PPC listings affect your organic rankings? Can PPC Help Your Organic Rankings? Linking Issues & Social Media No, but one of the best ways to increase your organic traffic is to start an aggressive PPC campaign.
Often the question is asked "Do PPC listings affect your organic rankings? or "Will Google apply bonus points to your organic rankings if you spend money on their paid listings? The results of the PPC campaign can also help justify making the...
White hat methods take time to ramp up and – in my experience – have tremendous “sticking” potential; that is to say, rankings achieved will be there for a longer period of time. That is to say they are very technically minded and can do some...
Search Engine Optimization Is NOT About Useless Rankings, Bruce Clay blog There are strategies for doing this, including linking to your profile(s) from your main site. A more aggressive approach is to provide unique giveaways from one of your...
High Rankings Nov 10 2005 3:38PM GMT We've been having quite a discussion about reciprocal links over at the Search Engine Watch Forums in our Reciprocal Linking: Dead or Alive? More white hats seem to feel things they might have deemed wrong in...
Properly optimized web sites can achieve top rankings in web search results. Rundown On Search Ranking Factors - Search rankings aren't all about PageRank. WSJ Dissects Traffic Power Complaints & Search Engine Bans - Sites Get Dropped by Search...
Bloggers seem increasingly upset at the comment spam they have to deal with, something driven primarily by those who seek higher search rankings by posting links to their sites into comment areas. They've primarily set up special pages linking to...
