Hodgepodge of things
December 7, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Today’s post is just a hodgepodge of things. First up, I wanted to address my thought process since I asked if you’d mind if I posted less. After reading your comments, and thinking about it some more, I realize that the benefits of feed readers does make this an easy decision. I can post less, without feeling guilty because I’m not meeting some self-imposed expectation. So, from now on, I’ll be posting when I have something to say, and on those days that I don’t, I won’t stress over it. Who knows, maybe that will even improve the quality of the posts. Thanks for letting me know your feelings on it.
Nobody Wants A Google-Friendly Link – At Any Price!
December 6, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 26 Comments
I love Scratchback and the whole concept behind it (Scratchback is that widget to the right that says Are You In My TopSpots?). I might not be totally crazy about the nofollowed links, but hey, they are Google-friendly, so I’m doing the “right thing”, right? I understand people don’t want to pay a lot of money for G-friendly links – I get that. But when it’s difficult to practically give them away – what’s up with that???
Using Social Profile Pages To Your Advantage
December 5, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 17 Comments
It seems as though every day we are being invited to join yet another social network (YASN). If we actually spent time at each of these social sites, participating and becoming respected contributors, we would never get anything else done. It’s just not practical in terms of time for one person to become a valued contributor at all of these sites. (If you have a large team of social network monkeys working for you, you can ignore what I just said. 
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MSN/Live Ponies Up About The Referrer Spam
December 4, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 7 Comments
About 3 weeks ago, I said it was Past Time For MSN To Pony Up To The Real Truth About Referrer Spam. Now, they have.
Admission of Guilt Will No Longer Be Required For Google Reconsideration Request
December 2, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 16 Comments
Kudos to Michael for prompting Matt Cutts to agree that it is time to remove the requirement that one must admit to guilt, even if one believes he is innocent, before one is able to request reconsideration for dropping a Google penalty. Matt says:
Less PageRank Floating Around In SEO Niche
December 2, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 13 Comments
Matt Cutts says in a comment over on a pretty interesting post at SEOmoz – we did do a full PageRank update several weeks ago – there’s less PageRank flowing around in some areas (e.g. search and SEO). Vanessa Fox’s site dropped by one as well, and for her as well, it’s just a case where less PageRank is flowing in some niches of the net. PageRank doesn’t always monotonically increase.
