Tag Archives: matt cutts
PageRank Sculpting Isn’t Dead But Comments Can Kill Your PageRank
This post was originally titled "Is PageRank Sculpting Dead & Can Comments Kill Your PageRank"
Following a confirmation post from Google's Matt Cutts today, it seems PageRank Sculpting as practiced by many SEOs is effectively dead, and comments, even using links with nofollow CAN have a negative effect on the amount of PageRank that can be passed on to your internal pages.
Posted in SEO Blog Also tagged Google PageRank, pagerank, PageRank Sculpting, search engine optimization, SEO Blog, WordPress SEO Comments closed
Google Dictating Nofollow For ALL Links From Compensated Content
As I had hoped, ( http://community.izea.com/blog/2007/12/an-invitation-t.html ) Ted Murphy had a chance to chat with Google's Matt Cutts at Pubcon
It seems Google want all links within content that "wouldn't exist without payment" to use nofollow, but seems to be focusing on services like PayPerPost, and not other forms of links which wouldn't exist without compensation.
- Matt Cutts frequently links to Google from his personal blog - if he wasn't employed by Google, those links would likely not appear as frequently.
- Google employees link to outside sites all the time, and they are frequently sites that are "flying the Google flag" in some
Posted in Google, SEO Blog, web 2.0 Also tagged goog, Google, izea, nofollow, paid links, payperpost, wordpress Comments closed
Before I deal the FUD “I’m going to ask you to put on your regular user hat”
I have had a chance to deal with the odd email over the last 2 weeks whilst moving house, but I knew I should respond to this paid links post by Matt Cutts as soon as I was able to do so with some level of detail.
So far the best estimate for having a landline for internet access provided by the Polish national carrier is 10 months, so I am using a GSM solution which in my remote part of Poland seems to clock in slightly faster than what I would expect from UMTS so might be giving me
Posted in Google, SEO Blog, blog monetization Also tagged goog, Google, paid links, paid posts, paid reviews, payperpost Comments closed
Will The FTC Investigate Google & Matt Cutts For Paid Links? (updated)
I don't think so but…
- Matt probably earns a salary from Google as head of webspam
- Matt has been with Google since 2000, so probably has a few stock options
- If Matt says something about a new Google service that encourages other bloggers to write about it as well, it probably has an effect on Google's share price, so there is a specific financial incentive.
We have seen how blog discussions can have both a massive positive and negative influence on large company share value, especially with Apple.
Full Disclosure From Google - No Way?
- Matt doesn't have a comprehensive disclosure policy - he does have
Posted in Google, SEO Blog Also tagged ftc, goog, Google, linking, linking_structure, paid links, payperpost, search_engine_strategies_2007_san_jose, SES, webspam, womm, womma, wordpress, wordpress.com Comments closed
Google Personalized Results – Ego Search Conundrum
I frequently use Google to search for results on my own site, so you would expect that when using Google Personalized Search, pages on my own domain would rank higher for very obvious specific search results.
You would be wrong…
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Posted in Google, SEO Blog Also tagged andy, andy_beal, andy_beard, andy_hagans, Google, google_personalized_results, matt, matt_harding, Matt_Mullenweg, personal_search, SEO Blog Comments closed
Google Selective Page Filtering & Web Spam – Payola $180 Gift
When a page on your site totally tanks in Google's search results, normally there is one of several things that have gone wrong to have caused it.
- You have messed up - maybe blocked the page by accident in robots.txt
- Google have made a major algorithm change
- You have some kind of general penalty or your site has been hacked
It could also be argued that it can be caused by duplicate content, and enter the supplemental results through lack of pagerank. Honest duplicate content could be on your own site, or due to poor syndication (lack of links back to the original document).
There
Posted in SEO Blog, blog monetization, blogging tips Also tagged free, Google, google_web_spam, linking, link_attribution, paid links, paid reviews, SEO Blog, volusion, webpronews, web_spam Comments closed
Video Roundup | SMX Seattle | Duplicate Content | Jason Calacanis
I thought I would mix things up with a few interesting videos I have been watching
First of all a short video from SMX Seattle on various things regarding duplicate content and paid links. I am not sure if there is anything new, but it certainly emphasises how you should handle syndication of your content with links back to the original.
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Posted in Google, SEO Blog, web 2.0 Also tagged Google, jason calacanis, Loïc_Le_Meur, Loic_Le_Meur, mahalo, search, search engine optimization, SEO Blog, smx, smx_seatle, video Comments closed
Google Paid Links – Google Sliding Down The Slippery Slope of Evildom
Matt Cutts has again been writing about paid links and has also jumped into the sponsored themes discussion, invoking the power of the Google Webspam team from behind the protection of a carefully worded disclaimer.
As Matt says:-
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Posted in blog monetization Also tagged Google, paid links, paid posts, payperpost, ppp, reviewme, sponsored reviews, webspam Comments closed
Google Adsense Advertising Footprints
Google know who you are, Matt Cutts proves that time after time
Like good webmasters, you might be inclined to register your sites with Google Webmaster Central.
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Why do I have to include this (ok that one is fake) junk in my Adsense adverts.
Posted in Google Also tagged clickfraud, click_fraud, Google, google_adsense, niche_websites Comments closed
Matt Cutts | Pagerank | Supplemental Results
Matt Cutts has mentioned there is a pagerank export in progress.
Pagerank reflected on your toolbar has no effect of your search engine traffic, as the pagerank used by the various data centers is different to that used for your Google Toolbar. Toolbar OageRank is just historical data, often up to 3 months out of date.
Posted in Google, SEO Blog Also tagged pagerank, search engine optimization, SEO Blog, supplemental_results Comments closed
Disqus – Why 95% Of Bloggers Should Switch