For years webmasters have been purchasing expired domains with average to good PageRank in hopes of using them to boost their network of sites. It just makes sense, buy the domain, and either 301 the expired domain to your main site or build a new site and capture all the links the previous owner had. […]
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Google Releases Local Guide
Google has released a Local Business Center User Guide to help business owners have more control how their businesses are listed in Google Maps. Included is a video on the process. This is HIGHLY recommended since the latest algorithm change that is including more local search results in the main Google SERPs.
Google Changes Referral Strings
Yesterday, Google announced that they are changing the referral strings in the SERPs. Direct from Google: Starting this week, you may start seeing a new referring URL format for visitors coming from Google search result pages. Up to now, the usual referrer for clicks on search results for the term “flowers”, for example, would be […]
Leslie Rohde Slams the LSI Model
[swfobj src=”https://seorevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/ban-rainmaker3.swf”] By now you have probably heard and seen Leslie Rohde’s two videos from StomperNet’s Going Natural series: Advanced SEO: LSI is Lame and A Top Ranking Hiding in Your Site? The first video bothered me because Leslie didn’t use the suggested title of: “You can’t spell Bull S**t Without LSI.” Humorous and true. […]
Google Integrates Local Search in Mainstream Results
[swfobj src=”https://seorevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/gbp-banner.swf”] On April 6th, Google announced they were going to integrate Local Search Results into the regular SERPs more frequently. And they weren’t kidding. While it is far from perfect in serving true “local results†it is headed in the right direction. Here are some examples: You can see the ZIP Code entry, however, […]
Nudity, Pornography Warning from OpenDNS: Butterfly Marketing
Could your site be incorrectly flagged as a porn site? Yes it could. Read on and I’ll supply you with an easy fix. There was a post in a forum that access was denied to a video because OpenDNS stated the site contained: Nudity, Pornography. The site? http://www.butterflymarketing.com/ Newsflash: The site isn’t porn, far from […]
David Bullock Uncovers Obama Strategy
David Bullock is on stage right now showcasing how Obama used Social Media to land the presidency. Cool stuff. When it comes to content, David pushes that just because you have the idea, and even register the domain name, unless you actually take your product and make it, package it, and move it, your idea […]
Google Algorithm Shift – Branded Sites Taking Over?
[swfobj src=”https://seorevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/ban1a.swf” alt=”SEORevolution Membership” width=”460px” height=”72px” align=”none” allowfullscreen=”false”] Last week Search Engine Watch posted an article which referenced a post from Aaron Wall regarding an algorithm shift in Google. Basically, mid-January many “brand” companies started showing in the Top Ten of the organic search results without doing any “real” SEO … they just “showed up” […]
Interview with LinkConnector
Jackie Bates from LinkConnector “sat” down with me and answered ten questions. I’ve been an affiliate for over a decade now and it’s been many years since I’ve worked with an affiliate network. For this piece I “re-signed” up with five of the top networks, and all five agreed to do an interview, however, LinkConnector […]
Yahoo! Search Still Struggling – Even with Update
So, Yahoo! just went through with what looks like an update. I am seeing link counts down across the board. For example, two days ago my main site, www.webmarketingnow.com had just over 30,000 links according to Yahoo! Site Explorer. Today? 25,000. That’s a drop of 1/6th, which is pretty significant. My affiliate sites have seen […]
Yahoo! … “Sub-Prime” PPC Marketing?
Have you been getting emails like this one below that we have received all week? This is a courtesy notice to inform you that the minimum bid requirement on one or more of the keywords in your account ‘COMPANY NAME’ [XXXXXXXXXXX] has recently decreased. This means that your ad(s) associated with these keywords are now […]
Google Webmaster Tools Bug Continues
So did Google really drop their copy of the Internet and watch is smash into bits? Buying up loads of Crazy Glue to get it all back together? Yeah, lots of fun being poked at Google while many of us cry because our sites are negatively effected. Today, a member of my team found a […]
Proxy Hijacking
The days of having your domain hijacked through a proxy in Google are over. This was a huge problem for years and looks like it has been rectified. All of the domains I have that had the 302 hijack issue are all responding correctly. Google and Microsoft have recently released a new supported tag to […]
Spam Hits Google Docs
If you haven’t used Google Docs yet, it is WAY cool – especially if you work in an office environment. No more passing Word or Excel docs around and having numerous versions … which is always frustrating. We’ve switched to it for all of our collaborative documents and it has been truly a life-saver. Especially […]
SEO Myths Debunked
I thought it was time to hit this again as it came up in a thread over at Webmaster World. While the thread was a little weak, I’ll expand on the issues that still come up. And I’m only covering Google hear as MSN and Yahoo! still can’t drive any “real” organic traffic in comparison […]
Charge for “Site Verification” for Google Webmaster Tools
It seems that a few site owners are bent out of shape because their host charges them to verify their site for Google Webmaster Tools. Look, if you pay a few bucks a month for hosting and you have restricted access, that’s tough. Your host can charge you whatever they want. My viewpoint is stop […]
How to Remove Slanderous AdWords Ads
Let’s say you wake up one morning and you notice that someone has taken out ads which are extremely slanderous against you or your company. What can you do? Sarah, from the AdWords team, responded: If you see an ad that you feel is in violation of our policies, you can always report it using […]
Google Reports Sites as “Malware”
Okay, the day after a great Super Bowl and also a stressful weekend too. If you noticed on Saturday Google was returning nearly every search result with “This site may harm your computer” messages. Even though Google publicly stated it was a bug in their system and it only lasted about an hour, the issue […]
Are Older AdSense Site Performing Better?
If you’re an AdSense publisher, you have already felt the pinch this year with lower overall performance in AdSense. For example, in looking at my stats from last month and from January 2008, my eCPM dropped from $12.63 to $7.97. Clicks are down and revenue per click is down too. It is just painful. A […]
Directory Update
As you know, Google has really hammered on directories over the last year in terms how much their links are worth. In fact, about two years ago, there were well over 200 directories which made sense to list your site with. Today? The number is a single digit. One of the main reasons for this […]