I just happened to glance down at my Search status toolbar in the status window of Firefox, and noticed that Techmeme’s Google Toolbar PageRank had been reduced to PR-4: Techmeme Sell Links Techmeme has very clear advertising with sponsored posts: The links they use are … [Read more...]
Google Pagerank Directory Clanger
I know a segment of my readers are sick to death with anything to do with Google PageRank updates, and I haven't even bothered mentioning the most recent update up until now. There wasn't really anything newsworthy in it. I just spotted a story on Sphinn that will likely get deleted because it is all in Russian - the Google Directory has apparently been updated from DMOZ … [Read more...]
SEO Linking Gotchas Even The Pros Make
I am going to attempt to debunk almost every WordPress SEO “Expert” article ever written, and in some respects, this article even debunks some of the things I have written in the past. This article does not reference Google Toolbar PageRank in any way. First of all, you are going to need to do a little homework. Eric Enge interview with Matt Cutts The Eric Enge … [Read more...]
Real or Fake Pagerank Update in Progress (Round 3)
Courtney stopped by to let me know about what appears to be a real PageRank update that is in progress if there can ever be a real update again. Many of the blogs highlighted in the update just a couple of days ago seem to have reverted to their previous position. Now for anyone who might be thinking otherwise, there are still some obvious penalties in place for a few … [Read more...]
Digg Favorites Slapped By Google
For a company such as Google with a stock price based extensively on anticipated growth and public sentiment, it doesn’t take a huge swing in goodwill to have a dramatic effect on valuation. Google has just slapped their biggest fans. After the very controversial hit many sites took just 2 weeks ago for various degrees of selling PageRank or linking to clients, you might … [Read more...]