SEO "Don'ts": 20 Fatal Mistakes You Must Avoid To Succeed

... . If your SEO company uses high-risk tactics and your site gets caught, you'll be the one paying the price. 5. Don't spread your content over several domains. There are times when sub-domains or an additional domain might make sense, but those occasions should be dominated by user and content considerations ...
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Jun. 21, 2007 at 3:03pm Eastern by Matt McGee

Sub Domains To Be Treated As Folders By Google

Matt Cutts of Google said at PubCon that Google will be treating sub domains similar to how they treat folders on a site. I reported this at the Search Engine Roundtable on a post by Tedster at WebmasterWorld, where Tedster said: News flash from Las Vegas PubCon. Matt Cutts informed us that Google ...
Related Searches: Subdomains | Multiple Domains

Dec. 7, 2007 at 9:02am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Google Tweaks "Host Crowding" Algorithm To Reduce Results From Same Domain For Search

Friday I reported that Google would be treating sub domains like sub directories. That turned out not to be 100% true. Matt Cutts clarified at his blog that Google tweaked their “host crowding” algorithm to reduce the amount of search results shown from the same domain. The examples I gave in Friday ...
Related Searches: Domain | Algorithm

Dec. 10, 2007 at 9:11am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Coming Soon: Block Domaining Ads From Google?

In response to popular request, block domain ads looks to be coming, along with other blocking features. I have reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that some AdWords advertisers are now able to block categories of sites, plus they are able to block domain ads and error page ads. Back in August ...

Nov. 9, 2007 at 8:20am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Search Year 2007: Search News, In Review

Each month, I compile Search Month -- a recap of all the stories that have happened relating to search, categorized by topic. I thought it would be fun to take all the Search Months over the past year and produce this edition of Search Year 2007. It was far more work than I imagined, but I hope you ...
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Jan. 1, 2008 at 2:29pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Is Your Domain Name Triggering A Red Flag?

... from your site ever makes the front page of Digg, no matter how good the content is, or what power user submitted it. Maybe it's because your domain name (or sub-domain) reeks of spam. Yes, it's true: stories do get buried all the time because of the domain name alone. If you're trying linkbait campaigns ...
Related Searches: Subdomains | Domain | Domain Name

Nov. 13, 2007 at 8:28am Eastern by Cameron Olthuis

SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 25, 2007

... SEO, Search Engine Watch Fixed: Google Webmaster Tools Link Page Now Working, Search Engine Roundtable Google's Set Crawl Rate Feature Works at Domain or Sub Domain Only, Search Engine Roundtable What Does This Google PageRank Message Mean?, Search Engine Roundtable Google's Paid-link Smack in the Face ...

Oct. 25, 2007 at 3:02pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Yahoo Publisher Network Adds Domain Level Blocking

The Yahoo Publisher Network blog announced a new feature to allow publishers to block ads from showing up on the domain or sub-domain level. The feature is called "Ad Blocking" with a large text box, where you enter in domains or sub-domains of sites you would like to block. You can enter ...

Dec. 15, 2006 at 9:08am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

B2B Blogging: Using Thought Leadership To Drive Positioning & Sales

... two pages that show up as rankings 6 & 7. If this were the case, you could have four out of the top ten search results. Hosting your blog at a sub-domain of your corporate domain can also yield the same results, since search engines generally see domains and sub-domains as separate URLs. On the ...
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Feb. 13, 2008 at 11:54am Eastern by Galen DeYoung

SearchCap: The Day In Search, Dec. 15, 2006

... added several pages of content to the help section better documenting the changes. Those pages include, and I quote:. Yahoo Publisher Network Adds Domain Level Blocking The Yahoo Publisher Network blog announced a new feature to allow publishers to block ads from showing up on the domain or sub-domain ...
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Dec. 15, 2006 at 12:55pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz