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I just don't see it happening. Telling Google to nofollow all your outgoing links would immediatly send a signal to them that you're a garbage site that offers no real value. Part of the whole link/trust algo takes outgoing links to other related/authority sites into consideration. If you nofollow all of that you're simply shutting yourself down as a site that offers anything of value.
IMHO, of course.
See the same site name in search results will cause a branding effect, whether you like it or not. You keep seeing the same site, over and over for similar searches, sooner or later you're gonna associate that site as being authoritative. Studies have already shown that sites that appear #1 in results are considered the be the most authoritative is proof of this. Branding happens.
I got no shame... I'll vote for myself. But hey, not fair... I can't vote for Pimp McFly too!
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I'd have no problem using twitter if the occassional ad came through. But personally, I'd rather see anybody other than Google get involved.
what does "failing to reach the homepage" actually mean? At what point does a post fail? Is there a time limit, or is this simply that stories will be no followed until they reach the home page?
I have a bad habbit of hacking on Rand. Kind of a past time, for me. There is not a shred of legitimacy to my post, just having some fun.
regarding the sculpting issue mentioned by BogglesMyMind... one link to the privacy policy is all you need to allow it to be found by search engines. The site map can handle that... the rest can be nofollowed.
I had to look up the word "acerbic"! Thanks for the submit Rachel. I think this hit sphinn a while back when it was first posted on EMarketingPerformance.
Halfdeck, I agree. There are so many things not to be concerned about. One client was worried that the word "store" appeard in their URL pushing pages into a sub-directory. Someone gave them bad advice and I couldn't convince them NOT to "fix" it. But there are still things that absolutely do require getting in there and mucking things up a bit.
q1smd, I agree and I was just using these as general examples without getting burdened by too many specifics. We were working on implementing redirects and figuring out what worked with the system we had to work with.
"Some of the most severe problems don't appear until tasks are performed."
I couldn't agree more, Kim. There are just too many things that you don't know about until you really get in and start digging. You're right, these are just checklists but I use the word analysis in terms of going through any checklist and seeing how the site stacks up. On our part we use these checklists as a basis to provide a more thorough review of a site and make recommendations for enhancements, of which testing is an important element. I did try to make the point that testing is essential.
Good stuff Matt. I know I struggle between wanting to help small businesses but not finding it lucritive for sustainable growth. It's often hard to come up with an "affordable" service that doesn't cut out so much that success is near impossible. Of course, if anyone has any ideas I'm all ears.
Social media allows for so many daily distractions. It's important to learn how to stay on focus. Good tips that I fully agree with.
Wow, totally worthy of a blog, but not an MSNBC publication. Talk about ignorant.
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emanuelh, SEO is a technical profession. But it is also an creative one. You say website design is technical (it is) but you don't think there is a createive element in that? Good design requires being able to artistically implement the technical along with the user usability elements. SEO is no different. It must balance both technical and creative.
Of course the good seo would have been diagnosing the proble long before the six months, it should be done constantly. But diagnosing problems in SEO is mostly a technical issue.
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