20 Jun 2009, Posted by admin , 6 Comments
Why Did Google’s Nofollow Change Go Unnoticed?
If Google can make such a massive change to the way they deal with the nofollow tag, how come it didn’t appear to affect rankings?
25 Apr 2009, Posted by admin , 14 Comments
Google’s New Ghostwriter Penalty
Update: GoCompare’s penalty has been lifted and they’re ranking in the SERPs again. It’s possible that Google thought the original links were paid for, or they just wanted GoCompare to get a slap on the wrists. Who knows?
23 Apr 2009, Posted by admin , 1 Comments
Tiny Useful Google Search Tips
There’s a few little things that can help you when searching Google and I figured I might as well share, they’re especially useful when you’re playing around with Google to check out what your competitors are doing, scanning through the listings, looking at international versions, all that stuff. So..
02 Mar 2009, Posted by admin , 18 Comments
TinyURL Does Not Pass Value
Update: After almost 4 months, the TinyURL link has now started to pass anchor text value. As it’s unlikely that it would take Google 4 months to follow the TinyURL link, this suggests that Google has now started to follow TinyURL links and pass value as it should. HOORAY. I still think it’s best to use your own URL shortener though.