Q. Why doesn’t my online drugstore rank for “viagra”, “levitra” or “cialis”? A. Because you’re a schmuck business adding absolutely no value to the world wide web and as such you have no quality linkage, and will continue to have no quality linkage. Google determines the value of a website based upon its linkage, and …
Wikipedia Spin
From Dave Winer: “The comment thread that followed Nick Carr’s piece about Wikipedia illustrates the mistake of the most zealous Wikipedia advocates, they fail to set expectations accurately, and then, when someone like Carr takes their hype at face value, they attack him for not knowing how Wikipedia really works.“ Again, I like Wikipedia – …
Yahoo! & Ebay Cosy Up
My, my – that’s rather big news: “Internet powerhouses Yahoo and eBay are joining forces in an alliance that appears aimed at thwarting the recent expansions of online search engine leader Google and Microsoft” Anyone remember a time when Ebay used to dominate a lot of Google serps? Ebay seems a natural fit with the …
Google & Dell Cosy Up
According to EWeek: “Google has a new deal with personal computer maker Dell to pre-install Google features into a lot more Dell computers. The first PCs with Google on board will be shipped by the ned of the month, Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt told analysts recently. He would only say Google was sharing revenue with …
Stupid Adsense Mistake No#1
Right on. A further reason why some top paying keyword lists are of questionable value: “Have you noticed that keyword price result in ZERO profit if there are no clicks? It’s cost/day (keyword price X clicks/day) that makes you rich, not keyword price itself.” A top bid keyword, with low traffic, isn’t going to make …
Unnatural SEO Writing
Let’s be honest – “SEO Copywriting” is a misnomer. “SEO Copywriting” is the practice of keyword stuffing whilst pretending not to. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, other than it doesn’t really work, in Google, at least. Now, that the cat has been put firmly amongst the pigeons, here’s the definitive post from SeoBook …
Google Clean Up The Serps
Well spotted, SEOBlackhat: “Google has done it – at least for now. They have REALLY cleaned up their act when it comes to pharma SERPs like Viagra and Phentermine” Google have placed portal-style links at the top of the serps for many pharmaceutical related search queries. Good move.
