Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'link'

A few weeks ago, we reported that Google released a major blog search update. That update fixed the issue with Google Blog Search finding content in the blogroll and thus showing irrelevant search results. It directly impacted the "blogroll detector"...

Posted on April 14, 2009 7:57 AM

The much awaited update to the Google Blog Search blogroll detector algorithm has finally been pushed through. An updated Google Groups thread has Googler, Jeremy Hylton saying: We have launched a ranking change that reduces the number of results that...

Posted on March 27, 2009 1:23 AM

Two weeks ago, we reported that Google Blog Search To Test New Link Command Features Next Week. Well, it has now been postponed a bit. An updated Google Groups thread has Googler, Jeremy Hylton saying this has to be pushed...

Posted on March 10, 2009 8:53 AM

Since November 2008, Google Blog search's link command has been scanning too much information, including blogrolls. Since then, Google vowed to fix the blogroll issue with the link command back in early December. At the end of December, Google said...

Posted on February 26, 2009 8:28 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread reports that folks are noticing that Yahoo Site Explorer has updated the link counts for the tool. I do not typically track these numbers, but many do. So if you do, definitely take a look and...

Posted on January 9, 2009 8:25 AM

In early November, I reported an issue with Google Blog Search scanning blogrolls, which was then confirmed later on. The confirmation told us that Google would fix the issue, where Google Blog Search would continue to index and use more...

Posted on December 22, 2008 7:50 AM

It has been a while since I posted a link update post, based on Google updating their webmaster tools report. One of the reasons for this is because there has been a two to three month bug, where Google has...

Posted on December 18, 2008 7:56 AM

A Cre8asite Forums thread asks if Google orders the link reports at either a link:www.seroundtable.com command or via Google Webmaster Tools in level of importance. Google's JohnMu confirms the link: command as just being a random sample of your backlinks....

Posted on December 31, 2007 7:10 AM

A Cre8asite Forums thread goes into a debate about the nature of link swaps or link exchanges. EGOL, forum moderator, sparked the debate by saying: Link swapping is manipulation. Now, you and I know that he did not mean that...

Posted on October 23, 2007 7:35 AM

On the Daily SearchCast with Danny yesterday, we got into the topic of the paid link debate. He was joking that if SEOs are really that upset that Google is coming out on paid links with the nofollow, then they...

Posted on October 12, 2007 6:54 AM

Pretty much few months or so, we get a new huge debate about paid links, just look for yourself. This one was started by Danny Sullivan's Official: Selling Paid Links Can Hurt Your PageRank Or Rankings On Google article. There...

Posted on October 9, 2007 8:04 AM

It appears that the Yahoo LinkDomain command search is not functioning properly. When I personally try to conduct a linkdomain:seroundtable.com search, it simply times out. I am also hearing reports that Yahoo Site Explorer is not responding. It isn't responding...

Posted on September 19, 2007 7:32 AM

A WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums thread discusses how some publishers are now applying the nofollow attribute to ads they had already sold without the nofollow attribute on them. One publisher actually was accused of "breach of contract" over applying the...

Posted on September 11, 2007 7:28 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update yesterday. Google typically does these updates monthly, around this time. There are additional reports of and ranking changes. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld. Here is a...

Posted on September 5, 2007 7:43 AM

A Cre8asite Forums thread has a story of an SEO who got himself in a mess. The mess is that he has to get his client 20 PR6 links all for the price of $475. Yea, read that again. The...

Posted on September 5, 2007 7:05 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks if there is a way to tell if a particular site or page is able to pass PageRank. In more global terms, is there a way to check if a particular site or page is able...

Posted on August 31, 2007 7:57 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks a question many bloggers and writers ask themselves. What if a site is routinely stealing your content and links to your site as the original source. Plus, in this case, the site that stole your content...

Posted on August 9, 2007 7:50 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update over the weekend. Google typically does these updates monthly, around this time. There are additional reports of PageRank updates and ranking changes. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and...

Posted on August 8, 2007 7:26 AM