The question of linkbait is always up in the air. Some say it is imperative, while others warn that Google doesn’t take kindly to deliberate misdirection for links sake alone. We all remember the summer of ’08, when notorious baiter Lyndon Antcliff ran the story about the 13 year old who supposedly stole his father’s [...]
Linkbait – Good or Bad?
February 15th, 2010Which Links to No-Follow?
September 28th, 2009Google doesn’t like it when you pay for links. It doesn’t matter if you are paying cold hard cash, trading favors or promising services – it’s all the same to them, and it’s all taboo – the rule is NO using paid links to give your rankings a boost! This doesn’t mean you can’t buy [...]
Page Rank According to Matt Cutts
July 12th, 2009Simplified, to be sure, but more complex beings can saunter over to Matt’s blog and get a more in depth picture – his post was wonderful, and a little distillation will hopefully inspire you to make the visit and be edified… First off, Matt posts a little disclaimer, which I’ll add here : Disclaimer: Even [...]
Sorry, Google Doesn’t Remove Web Pages Just Because They are Mean!
March 5th, 2009Matt Cutts wrote an interesting blog post the other day. It caught my eye because of some of the recent controversy over the permanence of stuff on the web (Facebook, plus a site I am involved with that is a knowledge sharing site). Matt stated he gets a lot of queries about bad pages people [...]
“What Google Knows about Spam” by Matt Cutts (Google)
May 13th, 2008Matt Cutts needs no Introduction. Matt Cutts is engineer with Google and is been with Google from last 8 years. I don’t think there can be anyone other than Matt Cutts to talk about SPAM and how to avoid Spam on your website. See this fantastic video on “What Google knows about spam” by Matt [...]