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I used the feedback link on the bottom of the page to report the issue to google, we'll see if it helps...

I just tried to logout and do a search but with the search settings in french and the keyword also gets corrected to final instead of finao. So it looks like it is more of an auto-correct issue than personalized search results but the auto-correction only happens in french...

Humm, strange, it seam the results vary if I am connected or not in google account. My site (danielvaladas.com) is now listed first for this search and the term is no longer auto-corrected if I am not connected. And the search was without the quotes.

If I connect to my google account and try it again, then I get all sort of corrected results such as:

Fiona Apple @ Olympia de Montréal – le 3 juillet | Montreal.TV

Dépôt final - Bibliothèques - Université de Montréal

Sprint final à Montréal et Sherbrooke - Le Journal de Québec

News Final on Global Montreal | Global Montreal

Critique concert: Fiona Apple à L'Olympia de Montréal | Sors-tu.ca

Well you get the point, anything similar to Finao but nothing including Finao in the first pages.

I also get this:

Résultats, y compris pour final montreal
Rechercher uniquement finao montreal.

which indicates that finao was corrected to final.

If I change my google account search settings to english, then it gives me about the same results as when I am not connected, this post is also there!

I would probably put those similar contents all on the same page but in some tabs or accordion expending sections if your skills or content management system permits it.

Hi there,

I have a keyword "finao montreal" that used to rank 8 or 9 in Google serp.

All of a sudden it dropped under the top 50 results, I was wondering why and I found out that Google now auto-corrects "finao montreal" to "final montreal".

Finao is a well know brand of custom high-end photo albums and I find it strange that Google corrects it.

Anyone has an idea on what to do with this situation? Is there a way to provide Google some feedback about the autocorrect?

Very informative, thanks for those two links

Actually, I don't know where I got that PR3. The home page is PR4 and I have links from two of their PR2 pages.

I like the idea of doing some link building with sponsorships because I also like the "side effects" such as showcasing my work and products and having my logo on the products, their annual reports, etc.

I do understand that the link schemes guidelines are just guidelines and that I won't get automatically banned from having a link from a charity or a paid directory as long as I also have other natural links. However, I was just wondering if I sould link back to them or not. So I guess I'll not make the link reciprocal.

Thanks for your advice.

Well, if I go by these guidelines, I am already doing a link scheme just by asking a link for my sponsrship:

"exchanging goods or services for links; or sending someone a “free” product in exchange for them writing about it and including a link"

As far as diverse link profile, opensiteexplorer is a bit late on my recent work, but I estimate I have links from about 20 domains. Maybe about 80% directories and professionnal local associations and the other 20% natural links. And as far as I can think, only 2 of these 20 links are reciprocal.

So I just started a few weeks ago doing some linkbuilding for my photography site at http://danielvaladas.com

I started by adding my site to some of the business directories recommended by SeoMoz + some local and specialized directories I found myself and from my competitors.

I also sponsored a local charity in exchange for a link on their PR3 website and I wanted to blog on my site about this sponsorship. I am wondering if it is better to link back to them or not. Is this one way link of more value if I don't link back to them?

I am almost sure (burt I could be wrong too) that analytics will not track from unverified domains, so no risk of hijacking there.