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Re: 7 SEO Techniques That Google Smashed in 2007

Marios Alexandrou — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:27:51 -0000

I'm not sure I get what you're trying to say with item 7. In particular, what do you mean by "10 identical search results"?

There are some who would disagree with item 1. They would argue that reciprocal links can still work when done "correctly" e.g. where the sites are related. I think what hit the real estate folks (and others) was the indiscriminate use of reciprocal links between sites regardless of topic.

Re: Real or Fake PageRank Update In Progress (round 3)

Marios Alexandrou — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:30:57 -0000

Similar to Adam (several comments prior to this one), my site (old site, but new domain) has moved from a PR 0 to a PR 3. Seems like a real toolbar update and if I recall correctly this is just the second update this year making it overdue, no?

Re: Real or Fake PageRank Update In Progress (round 3)

Marios Alexandrou — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:30:57 -0000

Re: Google Sitelinks On A PR4 1 Year Old Domain

Marios Alexandrou — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:26:26 -0000

Sitelinks for PR5 sites is actually quite common. I just checked three past client sites that are PR 5 and two of them continue to have sitelinks. However, like you, I've never seen them on a PR4 site before. Kudos!

Re: Google Sitelinks On A PR4 1 Year Old Domain

Marios Alexandrou — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:26:26 -0000

Re: Google Sitelinks On A PR4 1 Year Old Domain

Marios Alexandrou — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:32:03 -0000

Sorry for the double post, I couldn't resist. It took me jsut 5 minutes to find another PR4 site with sitelinks. Maybe it isn't that uncommon after all? This time it's a real estate site with a state-level focus. However, the domain is pretty old so I still think hitting the sitelinks level in 1 year is worth noting.

Re: Google Sitelinks On A PR4 1 Year Old Domain

Marios Alexandrou — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:32:03 -0000

Re: PageRank Is The Primary Google Search Ranking Factor

Marios Alexandrou — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:00:19 -0000

I think I get what you're trying to say Andy, but my own experience doesn't match up with your conclusions. I've got a PR 1 site (admittedly toolbar PR) that has just under 900 pages indexed which works out to nearly 100% of the pages. I've done nothing but on-page SEO. It would seem that if PR is the primary factor, that the site wouldn't be doing so well.

However, I do consider PR to be an important factor and I generally disagree with the folks that write it's not worth paying attention to. I figure SEOs should look at any data that Google provides and decide what to do with that information on a case-by-case basis rather than dismiss it outright.

Re: PageRank Is The Primary Google Search Ranking Factor

Marios Alexandrou — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:00:19 -0000

Re: Wordpress PlugIn: SphinnIt Button

Marios Alexandrou — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:51:31 -0000

Thanks for the plugin! It got me 99% of where I wanted to be.

For those still interested in having the Sphinn button show only after receiving a Sphinn, I've described a WordPress theme modification that accomplishes just that.

http://www.allthingssem.com/sphinn-button-after...