Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 13th, 2007 in SEO Theories
Way back on August 17th, the first reports about MSN sending weird referrer spam, started trickling in. This referrer spam includes weird referral strings such as adult keywords, pharmaceutical keywords, etc. A few weeks later, msndude, made a statement about this saying they were official Microsoft quality check tests. Specifically, he said, “The traffic you are seeing is part of a quality check we run on selected pages. While we work on addressing your conerns, we would request that you do not actively block the IP addreses used by this quality check; blocking these IP addresses could prevent your site from…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 9th, 2007 in SEO Theories
Did you hear that they found what some are calling the Mafia’s ten commandments when they arrested the head of the Sicilian mafia a few days ago? It includes such rules as “Never be seen with cops.” and “Money cannot be appropriated if it belongs to others or to other families.” It’s interesting just as a story in and of itself, however, it got me thinking (which is usually not a good thing).
Our little industry reminds me of the mob. We tend to be divided into “families” or groups that play various roles. There is, of course, the FBI of search…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on October 29th, 2007 in SEO Theories
Ok, I’m going to post this knowing full well that what I am about to say is completely against what all the smart people would say. In fact, it even contradicts what I say much of the time. And it directly counters a comment made today by one of my most “favoritest” people in the SEO world, Debra Mastaler. Sorry, Debra, despite the fact that you are “right”, I still feel compelled to take an opposing viewpoint today.
Debra said:
For millions of people to depend on one search vehicle for the majority of their revenue is unbelievable. If Google died tomorrow, what…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on October 28th, 2007 in SEO Theories
I saw someone say in some forum somewhere that Google was going after those sites in which the link seller’s motivation was the passage of link value (i.e. PR). That’s what has been sticking in my craw for a while but I hadn’t had the time to let it simmer and gel in my head until now.
In other words, WTF? You have to be kidding me. The motivation of a person selling links, the LARGE majority of the time, is much simpler than that. The seller is monetizing his site. Period. And if the buyers are concentrated in a handful…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on October 26th, 2007 in SEO Theories
Ok, all of you out there (and you know who you are) who have been sitting up on your high horses proclaiming that everyone else is stupid for getting upset about the PR changes - STOP IT! You are the ones who aren’t getting it. When it comes right down to it, people, it’s not about the little green bar. It’s all about CONTROL. That’s what has everyone upset, whether or not they really know it.
No one likes to feel like a puppet on a string. Google is the puppeteer (or Googateer) and webmasters are the puppets. At any given moment,…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on October 25th, 2007 in SEO Theories
Ok, the poll from yesterday has received 71 votes so far, which isn’t a lot, but I still wanted to just throw some thoughts out there about the results anyway. In my opinion, the first two options, still buy them at the same price as before and still buy them, but pay a little less for them both reflect a situation where you could basically say that nothing much would change in the scenario where all text link ads suddenly no longer passed any value. All of the other options would represent a major shift, again, in my opinion. So, I’ve grouped…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on October 24th, 2007 in SEO Theories
Please take the following poll ONLY if you already purchase text link ads (from anywhere). If you don’t, the poll has no meaning for you. The poll is completely anonymous, so participating won’t out you in any way.
I’m just curious how the text link ads marketplace would change if there was ABSOLUTELY NO WAY a purchased link could pass any link juice. So, let’s just play a “what if” game. What if all text link ads suddenly functioned as though they were nofollowed… If you already buy link ads, how would you then answer the following question? (Remember, your participation doesn’t…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on October 13th, 2007 in SEO Theories
With Jim Boykin considering the idea of no longer blogging, and in light of the fact that I talked about SEOs coming out of the woodwork yesterday, with nearly 15,000 SEO blogs out there, the question begs to be asked: What if all SEOs went underground?
If SEO bloggers and SEO forums disappeared (or went into deep privacy mode), would that be a good thing or a bad thing? I can see pros and cons of each.
On the pro side, the search engines would take much longer to catch on to tactics (yes, even those that are on the white…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on September 25th, 2007 in SEO Theories
For whatever reason, I can never post to the Google Webmaster Help group, because I always get the dreaded An error was encountered while trying to post, please try again later. error. So I’ll relate here what I’d LIKE to be able to post there, and perhaps someone will relay my message for me.
In this thread, Adam Lasnik is asking for some general questions that they can answer. I have a question, which I’ll post here, and hopefully it will be relayed to the group. Whether or not they choose it to answer is another story, but I’d at least like…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on September 23rd, 2007 in SEO Theories
There’s been lots of talk lately on the subject of SEO bloggers backing up statements with facts. I absolutely don’t want to discuss the specific events or the people involved that prompted the discussion, and that’s my prerogative to do so. I do, however, see value in the broader discussion itself, so I’ll give my thoughts on the general questions involved in this heated debate. I’d love to hear your thoughts as well.
First, do bloggers of any type need to provide backup data or proof of the things they state or imply are facts on their blog posts? Second, does the…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on September 11th, 2007 in SEO Theories
In an earlier post, I mentioned that I’d noticed a Google ripple take place on September 7th, with rankings being heavily affected for some sites, although I expected it was probably a narrow set of sites. A few days later, I think the fact that I called it a “ripple” was a foreshadowing of what really happened.
Barry pointed out an interesting Google Groups thread that caught my eye. Not long before I saw Barry’s post, I noticed something odd in my Google Webmaster Tools for the site that was part of the earlier “ripple”. I was seeing the error “We can’t currently…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on September 8th, 2007 in SEO Theories
Yesterday, some sort of little ripple or wave occurred in the Google rankings. I’m not yet sure if it was a data push or a filter adjustment or an algo change, but it was enough of a blip to be noticeable to a segment of webmasters. It may just be one of the many ripples that occur constantly, but this one was a bit more noticeable than others. I’m not sure yet. If you saw the wave ripple through and have any thoughts on it, let me know. If you didn’t notice it, then you are probably in the majority.…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on September 3rd, 2007 in SEO Theories
Google is self-serving. Google’s policies are sleazy. Google’s hypocrisy increases their profit margins. Google has proven untrustworthy.
Those are just some of the things that Aaron Wall says about Google in his latest interview over at LinkJuicy. Interesting reading.
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