SEO Updates

Google recently made a stink on the Internet when it devalued some well-known websites of their high PageRank. The reasoning? Well, from most accounts people believe it has to do with selling paid links. Google recommends those who sell paid links to use the No-follow tag. That way the link doesn’t count in the eyes […]

It has been almost 3 months since the last Google dance, the name given to when Google reconfigures PageRanks. The Google dance happens every three months and there is already speculation from the exact date of the dance to reports of fluttering PageRanks.
For about a week, webmasters will notice a possible change in their PageRank. […]

If you have a website, should you be obsessed with search engine optimization (seo)? Well, it depends. I do feel that all websites should be as optimized as you can get them but their is no reason to have a meltdown over it.
Google changes how it ranks every few months and many hold their breath […]

As you can see the PR update has begun, This I think was the longest wait for PageRank update. Jagger, Big Daddy … all was confusing the webmasters from last few months. Even Matt Cutts did not mention anything about it on his blog. I noticed updates on few datacenters … 216.239.53.104 , 66.102.7.99, 66.102.7.147, […]

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… unless you have the legal budget to back it up.
Google Blogoscoped reported how SEO Inc. dropped out of Google’s rankings for virtually every SEO-related term, including their company name.
SEO Inc. fired back with a cease & desist notice.
Some people / companies will never learn.
After sending the cease & desist, Boing Boing eventually picked up […]

Great article over on the ClickZ network that talks about Google’s new patent filing:

Google reveals in the filing its ranking algorithm is organized to thwart overly aggressive marketers. It confirms something search marketers have long suspected: Google watches how fast new links to a site appear as a way to detect and penalize search engine […]