An alternative look at Google Webmaster guidelines, with the leaked quality raters handbook in mind, and over ten years experience ranking web pages in Google (the site that – probably – sends you 90% of your search engine traffic) … I actually started writing this a while ago…. but seeing as Seo Book has a [...]
Quote: If A Page Exists Only To Make Money, The Page Is Spam
Most people missed the irony in my earlier post…… you know, about copying text and sticking an affiliate link on it…… If A Page Exists Only To Make Money, The Page Is Spam In BOTH leaked quality rater guidelines we’ve seen for Google quality raters – as leaked and then pulled by Search Engine Land (if you [...]
The Neutral Zone – Google Penalty For Doorway Pages
In my previous post I mentioned a site that hit by the dreaded doorway pages penalty….. But having access to the stats of such a site is interesting in so much it shows you what happens when a site is penalised for being a doorway site…. After being notified via GWT of a doorway [...]
Doorway Pages Traffic Apocalypse
One of the more interesting tasks I am looking at at the moment…. A few of my friend’s web sites were penalised recently. The site pages seemed to be hit with a -50+ penalty. First – Google rankings for main terms tanked…. … which led to a traffic apocalypse of course…. …and they got a nice email [...]
Sites Treated Differently For A While Regardless Of Inbound Quality Signals
Experienced Affiliates SEO – This isn’t probably for you. You know this stuff. I’m just thinking out loud here….. although feel free to rain on any theories about observations expressed :) I read some forums and just about every answer to somebody’s ranking woes is get better quality links. In the long term of course [...]

