Google's Debated Penalties & Filters Roundup

... on if these filters or penalties exist and I won't say if his "workarounds" work. Here is a listing of the what he comes up with: Google Sandbox Google -30 Google Bombing Google Bowling Google Duplicate Content Filter Google Supplemental Results Google Domain name Age Filter Google’s Omitted ...
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Feb. 6, 2007 at 10:10am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Search Engine Land Stats: 2007, In Review

... on Digg: But us? Not in the top 100 listings. Sigh. It's stuff like this that makes Google sound like a mockery when they suggest there is no "sandbox" or "sandbox-like effect" that holds new sites back. Clearly from our experience, there is. It's easy to find many searches like ...

Jan. 2, 2008 at 7:57pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

The Pros And Cons Of Microsites As An SEO Option

... , authority, age, history, etc. that your site has established over the years. Whereas a microsite on a brand new domain may wallow in the Google Sandbox for months. So what to do if you want to launch a microsite? Consider buying an aged domain "aftermarket"—hopefully one that has ...
Related Searches: Microsites | Wordpress | Cms

Sep. 20, 2007 at 8:35am Eastern by Stephan Spencer

No, Junior, You Can't Be Our SEO Team Leader (Yet)

... ;mdash;of your search marketing efforts. For example, sometimes the information technology group is an obstacle and doesn't want to play nice in the sandbox. To get them on-board and ready to play with the team requires tact and professionalism not mastered by many junior level employees. Nonetheless ...
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Sep. 5, 2007 at 8:25am Eastern by Jessica Bowman

Lower Keyword Focus To Improve Search Engine Rankings

... tag might contain Dallas homes for sale. If you want to find out what words Google thinks your page is about you can plug it into the Google AdWords Sandbox and find other relevant words to work into your copy. Think similarly with links. If every link to your site uses the exact same anchor text it ...
Related Searches: Keyword Density | Page Titles

Aug. 16, 2007 at 8:28am Eastern by Aaron Wall

January 2007 Update On Google Indexing & Ranking Issues

CSS Crawling What I'm interested in is how Google handles text hidden using css for other reasons. Particularly ajax type situations, or people who use CSS/Javascript to show and hide menus. Otherwise finding hidden text seems like a good idea to me :) Seth Finkelstein wrote: "While it may be ...
Related Searches: Trustrank | Ajax | Pagerank

Jan. 11, 2007 at 10:04am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 30, 2007

... on Paid Links, Stone Temple The Great Link Buying Debate, Search Engine Watch Paid Search & Contextual Google to Double TV Ad Inventory, ClickZ Sandbox Maintenance, August 31, AdWords API Blog Increase Google Adsense Income with Simple but Effective Tweaks, Digital Inspiration It's official - Microsoft ...
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Aug. 30, 2007 at 4:51pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Google Opens Developer "Sandbox" For iGoogle

... of Google's offerings, it's a personal start page or dashboard, but with potential to evolve into something more. Today Google announced "a sandbox for developers that helps them build richer gadgets for iGoogle, which will offer users more powerful and interactive features..." The announcement ...

Apr. 21, 2008 at 3:06pm Eastern by Greg Sterling

SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 10, 2008

... Blog Google AdWords Advertisers Anxiously Wait For New Quality Score To Hit, Search Engine Roundtable Google AdWords API Image Ad Creation Bug in Sandbox, Search Engine Roundtable Western Union launched in Panama, Inside AdSense SEO & SEM How To Figure Out What Parts of Your Website Aren't Being ...

Sep. 10, 2008 at 3:45pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 11, 2008

... , Colored Hats & The Pollyanna Pissing Match, AIM Clear Blog SEO & SEM The must read article about WordPress SEO, Yoast How Long Can a Google Sandbox Last?, Search Engine Journal SEO Guerrilla Warfare, Digerati Marketing SEO Trust Matters, DaveN How to Deal with Google Personalised Results and ...

Jun. 11, 2008 at 3:57pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz