eBay’s internal link filtering system.
Olga Crawling Have you seen eBay’s filtering linking system? It’s simple, effective, and one of the best-in-class internal link strategies you’ll find. But why? If you’re playing in the pSEO space with…
Server Level Bot Blocking
Easiest way to get the most out of your server, take your loads down with blocking spam IP lists and then you can use bespoke solutions like I have developed…
Disappearance and return: Brand strategy in search results.
New site page goes up. Ranks for branded terms 1st week. 2nd week we see branded + query rankings. Then the page GOES AWAY. Cannot be pulled up except with…
Protection from Google’s algorithmic changes
Google’s algorithm may weigh user behavior over traditional content ranking signals, as Kyle Roof discussed on the Niche Pursuits podcast. The conversation pointed out that both affiliate and informational websites,…
Google AdSense bug
Guys at Merj discovered a bug in the Google AdSense platform that affects how AdSense understands and targets ads on webpages. When AdSense bot crawls a webpage to analyze its…
Helpful Content – Are we on the right track?
As to be expected – Google aren’t going to tell us what the algo is looking at. But I firmly believe the label for the HCU is a misdirection, says…
Welcome to the Google “Big Brand” Update!
You might have seen how many review/affiliate sites, whether niche or even overall/big ones, like the Wirecutter, Business Insider dropped in their search visibility. But which sites have benefited the…
I’ve got some bad news for affiliate/product review sites.
It is not looking good with this Google update, says Lily Ray. I just dug into several examples where The Wirecutter, arguably the best product review site (section) on the…
Content trends of Forbes: the mystery of growth and decline.
Forbes is simultaneously seeing growth in all its major subfolders, except /sites/, which is getting hit hard. And within /sites/, it seems isolated to /sites/forbes-personal-shopper/ which appears to contain mostly…
Bad Google search)
Google search has been really bad lately. And it’s getting worse. More and more of my competitors are ranking higher than me.