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Talk about jumping on this whole "Web 2.0" design late. Good Lord. But your analysis was great and I couldn't agree more. Propeller's new design = Failure.
Heard of Wordle before, but this was the first time seeing it in action. Very Cool. Thanks Lee and SEL for posting on this.
I'm not going to desphinn, but I'm not going to sphinn either. If you've been around, then you know that link building is a key component to optimization, and the anchor text in the link back to you. Could you do this? Yeah. Would you really want to? NO.
Open up the code and get working. Links will only take you so far, unless you are trying to get SERP position for a NON-competitive category like "blue fuzzy dice", which strangely enough, there are over 100,000 sites for. Anyway, external link strategy might work something like that, but even that is doubtful. Stick to the Code.
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Good thoughts and a good post. Again this is something that SEOs should understand about their sites: usability and user experience.
Ann, you've done it again. Another out of this world post! Comprehensive and throrogh.
Great Post. I don't do extensive work with my robot.txt files, but this is certainly great base knowledge point that every SEO should read.
Mike,
I agree with you, but Danny has a point in his response on the blog: you can pick this apart too easily. I think the tech industry examples work better; for example, sending out the new Iphone 3G to Apple Blogger Buffs. Granted that's not as solid either, since it's a craze among the general populous. But how about Sony or Toshiba sending a new 50 inch Flat panel to a couple of LCD bloggers.
It's inherent in the gift, even if you think the gift "doesn't perform" that they'll blog about it, and give links back, most likely deeplinks. I'd like to know what Google has to say about it. I don't point my finger so much at Matt, but at the company in general.
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If you haven't read this post, you NEED to. Single-handedly the best post I've read for how to maintain your clients' organic presence while they undergo a redesign. Kick butt post Ian!
Eavesy:
I'm going to have to disagree with you. I've checked out all my links in Propeller, and so far, none of them have a "nofollow" associated with it.
Here's how I checked:
Right-click on link
"Properties"
Attritbutes should tell you if it is "nofollow". Otherwise reports as normal.
But, I agree that Propeller's not a great site to set up your social media proliferation.
Great article that takes humorous look at (if you look at it from the 30,000 ft. view) the social networking conundrum of "friending" everyone. My favorite line:
"My friends, it is my belief as an experienced and dedicated purveyor of the finest friendship services available, that there is simply no physical way to scale my serving upwards and still maintain the high level of friendship-request-fulfillment to which you have all become accustomed"
How True.
Great post. Quite funny. And, yeah, from the right nav, it looked like a post about how to enslave all of twitter nation, which, if I'm to be perfectly honest, I wanted to know how to do. :)
Excellent information in here. A definite worthwhile read for those looking to find the next big movement in WiFi Comms with Google. Once Android is out in the open, get ready for the whirlwind of Google WiFi.
excellent article, very in-depth about the Twitter "melt-downs" we have been experiencing.
Pretty awesome, kind of excited to test it out. Thanks for posting!
Not even sure what to make of this? You're "advanced algorithm" should have hinted to you that you are a total dip sh*t. Sorry, man. But 4700 websites in a week, in 10 different languages, can only mean you are a SPAM KING, and you should be thankful that you got 17 of those things indexed.
I have to agree: this will not deter spam; in fact, this could have the opposite effect, it could attract more spam. If you think of Sphinn as a wall now, metaphorically, the more "soldiers" (in this case spam articles) rushed against the wall, the more likely you are to have to one sneak through.
For me, if I'm to be honest, I give as much as I take from the site. I like to believe my ideas and opinions help contribute to the SEO dialog and community, and I like think these ideas spread through the community (egocentric as that may be) and help give another SEO/SEM an edge over their competition. But, I also use the site to get great ideas on SEO/SEM that I can help my clients with, as there are quite a few incredibly knowledgeable folks floating in these hallways.
If Sphinn feels the right move for the website is to “nofollow” non-hot, non-homepage items, then I suppose you have to make that business decision. I don’t think it will decrease the traffic to the site that it will be noticeable. I have to say, I like James’ solution, it appeals to my sense of middle of the road: everybody meets halfway.
- 10+ Sphinns indicates some level of group acceptance & article quality. A lower threshold could reward work that gains some level of support without going hot. Spam/junk posts are highly unlikely to attract 10 Sphinns.
- Negative triggers are a better indicator of spam. Perhaps a nofollow trigger could be set for articles that are Desphunn of spam reported. As John mentions though, that is reliant upon us all acting as moderators.
In addition to this, if you’re article gets more than 3 “Desphunns”, whether it’s spam or not, a nofollow should be added to it.
Either way, I’m ok with Sphinn’s decision.
Good list of social networking/media outlets. However, I have to add, as I work as the SEO/SEM at a small business that serves other Medium/Small business, getting on these sites is easy. The real problem is what to do once you're there.
Many companies don't have the time or the resources to continually post worthwhile items (and, frankly, they aren't that interesting as a business to warrant spamming DIGG and Reddit with junk content in an attempt to garner links)
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