Did Google ban link sellers using adwords?
I’m seeing a cleanup on adwords listings for link sellers. On some phrases like ‘buy links’ and ‘text links’ there’re no more ads. Though still plenty for ‘links’. If this is here to stay then about time.
Now all Google has to do is to stop bought links from working and we should see them out […]
Matt Cutts explains Google stance on Pay-per-post
Just been reading Matt Cutts on pay per post. He points out that this is definitely against the Google guidelines, but takes an interesting angle, kind of appealing to the humanity in people.
Pointing out a pay per post review of a cancer treatment site and asking how you’d feel if you or a family […]
Time for a change – From link spam to user data
During a recent in interview with a journalist I was asked to consider the current state of Google, especially in light of link Spam and Google’s efforts to combat something that’s getting a little out of hand.
The last time I felt that Google was this open to abuse was probably ‘just’ before the Florida […]
Specify country through Google webmaster tools
Google has finally added a geo-targeting feature to their webmaster tools. They’ve been threatening this for a while – now you can chose the target country for your site, without having to move hosting or localising domains.
MySpace joins Google’s OpenSocial
Stories of MySpace joining OpenSocial has been confirmed over at VentureBeat. Google’s move to create an open standard for information sharing across social networks was announced yesterday. This will allow developers to build applications that are independent of the specific social network infrastructure.
While many experts are claiming the emergence of an anti Facebook cartel, […]
Google mobile rumours stirring again
I’ve managed so far to stay away from the rumours surrounding Google’s plans to build a Gphone. Mainly because this doesn’t fit right with me. At a time when, even the world’s biggest handset maker Nokia is moving their focus to mobile services with the acquisition of Navteq – Google building handsets seem a crazy […]
Matt Cutts confirming Google’s attack on Link sellers
Yesterday, Google’s Matt Cutts confirmed in an interview with Search Engine Journal that the recent PageRank downgrades were intended to tackle sites selling links.
The partial update to visible PageRank that went out a few days ago was primarily regarding PageRank selling and the forward links of sites. So paid links that pass PageRank would affect […]
The Times Online and the Hilton.co.uk lose PageRank in the update
The times online and The New Scientist have their TBPR drop from 7 to 5 and the Hilton.co.uk from 7 to 3.
In the case of the Hilton, they’ve also lost that ranking for ‘hotels’. Someone in the office just pointed out the cross linking footer which link to the group sites – this may […]
Latest on the October 2007 Google update
It’s been a couple of days since the reported PR drops for sites selling links, and judging by some of the reports, we haven’t seen any traffic drops for the sites that have dropped PageRank. As first suspected by many the toolbar PR drop hasn’t stopped those sites ranking – though these could still be […]
Google PageRank update hits link sellers?
By now there’s probably not a single search blog, not speculating about the October Google PR update. Even the Guardian has it covered. Search has certainly come a long way.
So, what’s happened? Well, a lot of people are reporting PR drops for sites which appear to be selling links or just caught up in […]
