Mine hasn't updated my comments, etc for weeks and I never realised - I raised a ticket for this to be looked at yesterday - hopefull Aaron is on the case
Regards,
Andy
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Mine hasn't updated my comments, etc for weeks and I never realised - I raised a ticket for this to be looked at yesterday - hopefull Aaron is on the case
Regards,
Andy
Hi Philip,
I would hold fire until Google Panda has been rolled out as there are many unknowns about which sites are being hit right now. There are affiliate sites in the US that have taken a nose dive, so for the sake of a few weeks, hold onto what you have and then review again when we all know more.
Regards,
Andy
Spinning and article distribution are not necessarily anything to do with a PR0 site. What you were doing was not what is considered an ethical practice, and I am not surprised you were penalised.
PR0 sites can have good content and can be worthy of links back, but you want niche sites related to yours, not random ones that take spun content.
Regards,
Andy
I would say that the original higher placements you were getting then were just an early boost. However, if you are sure that everything you have done is absolutely White hat, then it is hard to know what other reasons google might have found to do this without going into it in more detail. Andy
Quite simply PR does not affect your position in the SERP's. One of my sites is a PR1 but is just under Wikipedia for one particular well contended phrase and above sites that are a PR 3 or 4.
Content and good organic links are your friend
Regards,
Andy
And you will benefit from that in the long run. Keep up the good work and drop me a message if you need any other help. Regards, Andy
That has changed the whole appearance of the page
It looks less spammy, is less spammy and as such, you will find people feeling that when they visit. Altogether more professional!
Just make sure all other aspects are in order, Page Titles, Meta Descriptions, Alt Tags, etc., then write more content for the site that is all to do with the various hosting packages then link those hosting packages to their own niche articles.
Its a bit of work but you will reap the rewards!
Regards,
Andy
I have had that in the past - the link appears and then goes again - I wouldn't worry about it too much Never caused me any problems.
Regards,
Andy
Andrew,
I would find someone else to work with as he clearly knows nothing about SEO if he is proposing tactics like that.
Google Panda is seeing off a lot of article and poor quality websites now. What you want is fresh, unique content for your website and announce it in the right way - but avoid what he is proposing at all costs.
To answer your question, it is both a waste of time and you could get a hit for doing it.
Regards,
Andy
If I were to build that page, I would remove all occurance of heavily repeated words and phrases. As Google themselves say, they know pretty quickly what you have to offer, you don't need to keep telling them.
This is what is called "keyword stuffing" and is classed as a black hat (unethical) technique used to try and trick the search engines into giving you a better rank.
I would have a primary heading "Choose Your Hosting Plan", or something like that, then those links down the left, I woud change just to the package on offer "Joomla", "Wordpress" etc.
If there is no Joomla behind the link (on the following page) then Google will not like this either as they will expect to see this, so maybe add some content on those pages to do with the hosting on offer.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Andy
Of course.
If you look at your page, there are so many occurrences of the same links both at the left and the bottom, then you have the same words written multiple times "Buy" & "Hosting".
This will do you no favours at all. You would be much better off just titling these "Joomla", etc., without the additional words in there. The page looks spammy and I suspect that if Google comes across it, this will end up being a mark down for you.
Regards,
Andy
Before even looking at link building, I would take some time to sort your site out as it is a huge link fest in there!
And no, you dont want to be getting links back from the same class IP. Google is wise to this trick.
Regards,
Andy
There is no such thing as building DA quickly. It takes time and you might find that if you run after the quick solution, it comes back and bites you in the ass... real hard!
Those sites that it is worthwhile getting links from want to see really good content, so get that part covered and you will be on your way - just announce the content to them when the time is right.
Regards,
Andy
When did you set your campaign up Barbara? It tends to update once a week as the crawls happen.
Regards,
Andy
I can't say I have - can you give me phrases to check and I will have a look from here?
Regards,
Andy
Hi Gary,
Usually, if it sounds too good to be true, it generally is - and this is why no-one else really recommends or uses these sorts of services. If anyone gets wind of what is going on, you are the ones who will suffer.
You are also having to entrust your brand to someone who doesn't know about you as a butcher - it can be a dangerous game... be very careul how you play it.
My advise, walk away.
Regards,
Andy
I am always cautions about adding microsites for SEO benefits as these can come back and bite you hard when you least expect it.
Personally, I tend to steer clear of doing this and would opt to keep adding content to your existing site. It doesn't all have to be on the same page, but link out to a few niche articles you could write.
Keep it straight forward and you will have no problems
Regards,
Andy
Matt Cutts has been quoted recently stating that perhaps they give too much rank to keywords in domain names, so tread carefully as this could change.
Regards,
Andy
The only other tool I use regularly is called SEO Ranking and it is an iPad app and also for the iPhone. It helps to be mobile with these things
I am sure there are lots out there - perhaps others will be able to chip in with some additional info?
Regards,
Andy
You're very welcome
Well, it wont hurt to keep an eye on your site and do make contact with these other sites and try and get links removed.
Good luck,
Andy
It's a waiting game sadly - there is no extensive reporting available for us that shows where we were, etc, or has any history. You would need to use something else as well if you want to see a timeline.
Regards,
Andy
It will just be Google moving you up and down the rankings and is perfectly normal to move around
Regards,
Andy
I don't know about OSE, but if they are being removed then I would just wait it out.
However, a friendly mail to the webmaster of the site won't hurt either. And do you think a competitor would go to such extremes in order to try to damage your site reputation?
Regards,
Andy
If you have been booted out, it is likely because you have done something that Google doesn't like. Despite the fact that other sites might do this and get away with it, not everyone will and Google will come down hard on them.
Have the articles you bought been duplicated elsewhere on the web?
It could be that you need to reverse what has been done and then send in a reconsideration request to Google, through your Webmaster tools.
Regards,
Andy
When you say you were pushing it by good natural links, do you mean you were going out and gaining links yourself or were other sites linking back to you because of a good site and content?
It is not uncommon for sites to get a boost in the beginning and then drop to where Google thinks they should actually be.
Have you been booted out of the SERP's altogether, or just lost positions?
Regards,
Andy
Have you got a screenshot of this?
I have heard from others where Google has changed results in the SERP's myself
Google, Bing and Yahoo all use Facebook and Twitter as metrics, so I would suggest at least using those. But it is also about building up a reputable following as well. For example, if Matt Cutts were to re-tweet an article of mine, it would be a strong signal for the SE's.
Regards,
Andy
Can you post a screenshot of one of the pages or a link to it please?
Regards,
Andy
Google is smart enough to know that not every link is something you have added, or indeed can do anything about, so don't worry too much.
Can you see your link on those sites or pages? Do you feel your traffic is suffering? You could try and ask them to take down your link, but I wouldn't hold up a lot of hope for getting an answer - but never say never
Regards,
Andy
You can't ask Yahoo to do anything about it. Each SE will have their own algorithm which will mean results differ. You optimise for one, another will suffer.
My advise is just carry on following standard guidelines for a well designed site, keep it fresh with good, strong content and be active in Social Media, as the SE's do use Twitter and Facebook as metrics.
Good backlinks are always going to help, but you need to have something good there for them to want to.
Regards,
Andy
Some of the tools here at SEOmoz will be of great help to you.
Start out by using Google Keywords to research the phrases you want to rank for. This will serve as a guide to helping you chose and find new phrases and to see how many searches are performed each month.
Using Open Site Explorer here will help you identify your competitors sites to give you an idea of where they go to get their links.
Install the SEOmoz toolbar to help you are you browse sites as well.
Don't just stop at SEO either and remember to think about usability of your site. How easy is it to navigate, do any images give off the desired message, etc. After all,what is the point of getting traffic only to lose it when they get to the site.
It is also important to look at your sites analytics to help you understand what people are doing there - look at Bounce Rates and Exit Pages to understand where work needs to be done.
There are so many pointers I could pop in here that it would take forever, but do have a read of the blogs and guides here at SEOmoz
Regards,
Andy
There are some times it is awkward to do anything about, especially if it is a sitemap - is this what is could be? Or are you getting reports of other links that could be doing this?
Regards,
Andy
I asked Rand this exact question about 2 weeks ago - it might happen at some point, but they have lots going on to get the site done first.
Here's hoping it will happen
I wouldn't worry if all it is is a change in how it looks - but a screenshot would be good for all to see.
Regards,
Andy
There have been reports of Google playing around with different things recently including how listings appear, such as Ad Words, and Sitelinks.
I wouldn't worry too much about them changing to lowercase as this might be to do with one of these changes - have you noticed rankings change or is it just the way they look?
There is something of a trade-off here. Whilst the search engines don't really like multiple links, you also have to look at which links most visitors click on.
Have you done a heat map of your pages to see which are the most popular links?
In these sort of circumstances, you want to make the anchor text as enticing as possible because you want someone to click on the link. Something like you said "More information about this Ski Resort" is OK, but is it a little bit long?
"View Ski Resort info"
"More on this Ski Resort"
"View this Ski resort"
Just a few ideas.
Regards,
Andy
I can't help on the * loc but I would also be interested to know how they achieved this so quickly. I tend to see a 2-3 week turnaround until Places listings start to show
Matt Cutts has been quoted as saying that they have probably been paying too much attention to page names, so if I were you, I would not worry about this too much as you can probably expect a change in the algorithm again soon.
Wish I had paid more attention to the article because I can't find it now, but this came through my news feeds when discussing a few other aspects.
Andy
Personally, I optimise for Google and do very well in Bing and Yahoo without having to try. There are subtle differences but at the end of the day, they all want the same thing.
The same for all of my customers - there is such a small amount of traffic that comes from them, that I am not going to potentially ruin Google rankings in order to get slightly better ranking in the other two.
Andy
Anna,
Do you have any way in the system to add custom titles to these pages? Or do you have someone that could write a script to speed up the process?
Regards,
Andy
Ah sorry, I misunderstood.
For links I personally tend not to trust automated apps or websites they mess everything up if they get it wrong, and rely purely on manual searching here through OSE, Yahoo and Webmaster tools.
Regards,
Andy
Have you tried Open Site Explorer here at SEOmoz?
Like SallyO, I could not stress enough to try and do this yourself somehow. I know of no-one who has a good experience of using a company just to do this. Someone always falls foul somewhere and you are the one that is going to pay the price, sadly.
Regards,
Andy
Don't forget that Google does give you a way to request re-inclusion - but there is no guarantee they will allow it - for a number of reasons.
You also have to think about what others think about the site and if it has a bad name in your particular marketplace - as Baptiste said, this could take you some time, but like a restaurant that has a new chef after the poor one left, you can get this back again.
Just tread carefully.
Regards,
Andy
So here's a silly thought... Why not build all sites with White hat content and techniques that we know work, and then see who wins?
Look, at the end of the day, there are those that are successful (very) following all guidelines to a tee, have nothing but a string of successes without ever having to tread on territory that comes even close to unethical.
There simply is no need. I am not going to deny that there are black hat techniques that work and might not get found, but why would you take that chance when there is a White hat way of achieving the same results? Results that are going to continue to pay long term.
Seo's that take risks with their customers websites have a number of lessons yet to learn. It's like taking your car to the garage and have someone say "let's see what happens when we try a lesser quality petrol into something that is supposed to take premium" Seo's that are successful are those that can deliver measurable results without putting their customers in danger. It's called good business practice.