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.
The Mystic Side of SEO
November 19, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 2 Comments
This weekend was a dream-filled weekend for me. Wait, let me clarify. I dream a lot, and I generally remember my dreams. But this weekend was special because the dreams were centered on SEO. In fact, they revolved around Google and Google’s intentions. The images are fuzzy in my mind, but the concepts keep ringing in my ears. Think I’m crazy? Hey, that’s ok, I would too, but I know from experience, that some of my dreams have significance – and I can pretty much always tell which ones do and which ones don’t. I can’t shake the feeling that these dreams were significant. I need to think about them a lot more, but in the meantime, here are some words and phrases that cropped up over and over again in the dreams:
Quick Visualization of 2007 PageRank Slapdowns
November 16, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
Motivations of a Blogger
November 15, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 10 Comments
Motivation. Motivation is one of those slippery things. You can’t always grasp it. It often seems within reach, easily understandable, but in reality, someone’s motivation for his or her actions are very likely to be completely different than what you or I may think.
Past Time For MSN To Pony Up To The Real Truth About Referrer Spam
November 13, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 16 Comments
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 being included in the Live Search index.”
The Search Mafia
November 9, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 11 Comments
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).
Let Me Take The Less Popular Side Of An Argument
October 29, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
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.
The Seller’s Motivation
October 28, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
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.
Get Off Your High Horse – We Aren’t Stupid
October 26, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 20 Comments
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.
Poll Results So Far and Thoughts
October 25, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
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 the first two options together and grouped the last three options together to determine the outcome. It comes out to this: about 1/3 would continue on pretty much as usual, and 2/3 would make drastic changes (either by paying much less, buying them only rarely, or not buying at all). Two-thirds of the current buyers dramatically reducing their ad buys would affect things pretty drastically, I would think.
Link Buying Poll
October 24, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
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.
What If All SEOs Went Underground?
October 13, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 6 Comments
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?
A Question For Google Groups
September 25, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 8 Comments
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.
