May 17, 2012

Google Cracking Down on “Unnatural” Links, Deindexing Blog Networks

Google Webmaster Tools is warning users that they’ve fallen from Google’s graces and should be on the lookout for “artificial or unnatural links.” Popular blog networks have been deindexed. Is it time to panic, or is a reality check in order?

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Google Cracking Down on “Unnatural” Links, Deindexing Blog Networks

Google Links Algorithm Gone Haywire?

A WebmasterWorld thread has one webmaster who claims that the Panda 2.5.2 update which happened around October 14th was more about Google’s link algorithm being a bit buggy. The niche he follows, he noticed a site jump to the top spot but couldn’t figure out why

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Google Links Algorithm Gone Haywire?

New SEO Term: Google BLOOP

Since I am offline today, figured it would be fun to post a new SEO term I spotted in the forums today and tomorrow. Today’s new term is BLOOP! As mentioned in a WebmasterWorld thread, BLOOP stands for BackLink Over Optimization Penalty

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New SEO Term: Google BLOOP

TripAdvisor Forcing Hotels To Link To Them?

A WebmasterWorld thread has a post from a member I trust. The post is about TripAdvisor’s listing policies requiring those who want a listing to link back to TripAdvisor’s web site.

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TripAdvisor Forcing Hotels To Link To Them?

Google Gives an Update on How it Thinks About DMOZ

Google posted a new Webmaster Help video featuring Matt Cutts.

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Google Gives an Update on How it Thinks About DMOZ

Twitter Too Influential On Google’s Rankings?

We know both Google and Bing use social signals for rankings , even more so today from when I posted that article. In fact, some are worried it plays so much of a role that expert content will be effected negatively by the growth of social. In any event, some webmasters at WebmasterWorld are suggesting that Google, since Panda, has turned the dial up on how much influence tweets from Twitter …

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Twitter Too Influential On Google’s Rankings?