What does the recent news of Google penalties and recent algorithm updates mean for your link building strategies? Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of March 6 to 12, as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as...
Big Brands and Bad Linking: How to Avoid Google Penalties by Josh McCoy Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Feb.to 26, as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as search news and tips from around the web.
It will alert you to 404 errors, page load slowness, some spam penalties, and integrates application for reinclusion, so it's now a wonderful one-stop shop. A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members covers more of Cutts' talk...
It will alert you to 404 errors, page load slowness, some spam penalties, and integrates application for reinclusion, so it's now a wonderful one-stop shop. We report the top search marketing news daily at the Search Engine Watch Blog.
In the days of monthly index updates it could take 6-8 weeks for a site to be reincluded after a site was approved, and the severest spam penalties can take that long to clear out after an approval.
A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members explains specific observed penalties applied by Yahoo, and offers suggestions on how to remove them. A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members explains specific...
A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members goes into extensive detail about more than a dozen penalties applied to Google. A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members goes into extensive detail about more than...
I'd run two separate sites and trust that the minor differences between US and UK English would help avoid any penalties, along with the fact that I might have some content unique for my UK visitors, such as store location or certain products only...
Are those doing bogus clicking likely to face penalties? Join the Click Fraud Suit Filed Against Search Engines discussion in the Search Engine Watch forums. A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members describes the legal options...
A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members goes into more detail about situations that can inadvertently trigger spam penalties, such as inappropriate cross linking between sites, using global templates, and geo-locating...
A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members goes into more detail about situations that can inadvertently trigger spam penalties, such as inappropriate cross linking between sites, using global templates, and geo-locating...
Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Having Trouble Believing In Crosslinking Penalties - Directory Wars - Local Search is just Hype - 20 Guidelines To Create Successful Landing Pages - Google as Web King, For Now.
Others might feel Google, if the allegations of penalties are true, acted in self-defense. Also note that in some cases, some tools were presented to Search Engine Watch members through the Search Engine Update newsletter as brief mentions.
Barry Lloyd provides an excellent rundown on how free listings still survive, how past penalties haven't been lifted in the new program and how a Yahoo directory link appears to be a key way to boost a page.
Barry Lloyd provides an excellent rundown on how free listings still survive, how past penalties haven't been lifted in the new program and how a Yahoo directory link appears to be a key way to boost a page
Google still stands by the fact that it does not give out "URL spam" penalties for URLs that contain to many keywords in them (though I personally wouldn't do this, despite such assurances). Search Engine Watch members have access to the Search...
What about the issue that Google has an index out there that's missing some spam penalties? So references about spam filters yet to be applied in the index relate more integrating scoring from the new systems, once ready, rather than Google simply...
So references about spam filters yet to be applied in the index relate more integrating scoring from the new systems, once ready, rather than Google simply not having any spam penalties in the index at all, Cutts said.
How Search Engines Work Submission tips, how each search engine crawls, spam penalties, how summaries are created and more details about the major search engines. Search Engine Update A twice-monthly newsletter available only to those with...
Among the top points of concern to SEOs are the "money-back guarantee" clause and the issue of reporting spam when there are no definitive methods of investigating technical issues or clearing up spam penalties.
