Are affiliate disclosures part of the latest Google HCU update?
Olga Crawling Reminder: the FTC requires the disclosure to be “as close to the beginning of the content as possible” (according to Termly). Tom Critchlow says he’s not (yet) implying causation but…
A New Perspective on Nofollow
Historically, it’s been widely accepted that nofollow links do not pass link juice as they instruct search engines not to follow the link for ranking purposes. However, I highlighted an…
The March 2024 Google Core Update and the Helpful Content System Transition
The March 2024 Google core update took 45 days to roll out and involved multiple core systems that reinforce each other. The transition of Google’s helpful content system into the…
Google’s Algo Update Buries Indie Publishers Under Big Media’s SEO Onslaught
Google’s latest core update has indie publishers reeling as big media sites dominate the SERPs with generic, SEO-driven content. A former Dotdash Meredith employee revealed they use an alleged SEO…
Model Collapse: Why Acabado Theme Websites from Income School Stopped Working
The content site model doesn’t work anymore. Across 2061 sites using the Income School Acabado theme: Only 8 have 10,000 organic traffic (according to Semrush data) Average site has just…
Updating Googlebot IP addresses and its impact on website traffic.
I have a suspicion, which is currently unproven, that Google may not be effectively updating their published list of Googlebot IP addresses, said Ted Kubaitis. This suspicion arose when I…
Travel: Bloggers vs. Bots
These are 5 travel blogs, and there are many, many more where this came from. These sites have tons of obvious first-hand experience, original photography of them at the places…
Google’s Misstep in the Fight Against Spam
Google said the March update would reduce spam by 40 percent. Instead, it’s misattributing photos and articles all over the internet, and pointing them to pure spam sites. I found…
Google thoughts))
Google: First we tell them to buckle up. Then we say HCU is recoverable. Finally, we say have some patience. And announce the update ended 1 week ago.
Debates about subdirectories and subdomains instead of enjoying the content.
If I had a penny for every time I heard that I should write for people, not search engines… Or every time I saw people asking what’s better, subfolders or…