Showing posts with label google. Show all posts
Showing posts with label google. Show all posts
Monday, July 07, 2008
On PageRank, nofollows, ads, and SEO - Falstaff said it best:
PageRank is based on the quality of incoming links. By putting a nofollow into the link, the site that is linked doesn't get the PageRank boost, but your site doesn't get considered a linkspammer and your PageRank doesn't get hurt. It seems like Google has decided that some of my advertisers are buying links to manipulate the system, and need to be punished for that. Since I'm providing the link without a nofollow, I'm getting punished as well, because I am part of manipulating the system.
I'll be keeping an eye on that post over at PokerStage. I'm curious to see fellow bloggers' responses.
I'm a bit disturbed that Google can effectively decide who is allowed to buy and sell ads on the internet via this "policy." It's a little too Big Brother for my taste.
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Sunday, July 06, 2008
Many, many, many poker bloggers are finding that they've been dogged by Google, with a drop in page rank and a disappearance from search results. If you search Google for hella holdem right now, you'll see that I too have fallen off the map.
It appears to be related to buying/selling links / banner ads / affiliate programs. On the page to request reconsideration by Google, they note:
In general, sites that directly profit from traffic (e.g. search engine optimizers, affiliate programs, etc.) may need to provide more evidence of good faith before a site will be reconsidered.
I'm not sure if it will do any good, but you can request reconsideration from Google.
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