SEO: Google’s New Site Speed Factor
Everyone is talking about the new Google algorithm factor: Web site speed. Some people are rushing to optimize graphics and even buy a faster server. This is absolutely hilarious to me. It’s really no big deal; or at least, it shouldn’t be. In fact, it will probably never effect your site SERPS – at all. [...]
Why Blog Spamming Software is Bad for Your Google Rankings
So many things are misunderstood about Google and their optimization algorithms. Unless you’ve been around for a while, some things seem like a big mystery. Why Blog Spamming Software can ruin your Google rankings (SERPS), is one of them. Back in the days of early search engine development, people would use the latest buzz phrases [...]
Supplemental Pages – How Google Beat Database Designed Web Sites!
Several years ago I developed a huge online book store with more than 15,000 books cataloged across the site. It was a difficult task written in PERL with a MySQL database. Yes, PERL, it was a while back. The site was developed with Google in mind. Indexes of books by category, author, type, style, etc. [...]
Google’s New “My Site Sucks” Penalty
Yes, it’s finally here, the “My Site Sucks” Penalty. Google has taken to penalizing sites that just suck. It seems that their guidelines should now include “Your site must have some kind of value to someone”, in order to get listed without a penalty. In all seriousness, Google seems to be taking duplicate content much [...]
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