Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'link popularity'

I really enjoy threads that get into the details of such small details, which in reality, can have a huge impact on your SEO efforts. The topic is which anchor text counts, the first found on the page, all found...

Posted on July 7, 2008 7:45 AM

A couple months ago we reported on an SEOMoz post that was debated at Sphinn on the topic of which anchor text counts? Is it only the first anchor text on the page linking to a specific URL or is...

Posted on June 6, 2008 8:09 AM

A month ago I wrote, Google's Matt Cutts Replies to -60 Penalty Thread at Google where I summarize how Matt said some links are hurting a particular site. At that point, I decided to poll our readers and see if...

Posted on March 24, 2008 8:06 AM

Anyone who knows the Google Web Spam team well, knows that they all have a huge distaste for link manipulation. In my opinion, it is more than just a distance for some of the web spam team members, specifically Matt...

Posted on March 21, 2008 8:33 AM

The results are in, and SEOs voted on which link they would prefer. 65% of SEOs said they would prefer an old and aged link over a fresh and new link. 35% said they want the newer fresh links over...

Posted on March 11, 2008 7:50 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks if sitewide or "run of the site links" help or hurt a site do well in Google and other search engines. We have covered the topic in January 2006, where we quoted Ammon Johns as saying:...

Posted on September 4, 2007 7:53 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 DigitalPoint Forums thread asks if Google counts the links from YouTube videos. The simple answer is no. If you look at a YouTube video that has a link in the description field, you will notice that in the code...

Posted on August 7, 2007 7:24 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread is having a debate over the topic of link exchanges. There are those that believe link exchanges help improve your rankings in the search results, then there are those that believe they do not help. Tedster quotes...

Posted on July 12, 2007 7:59 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread discusses the implementation of 301 redirects on a newly constructed site. WebmasterWorld administrator, Tedster, adds to the discussion that he has seen that a chain of 301 redirects does not always pass the link popularity along. For...

Posted on July 9, 2007 7:29 AM

There has always been this perception that links from domains with a .EDU TLD is better than links from .COM, .NET, .ORG and so on. Chris Boggs covered the debate with Are Links From .edu and .gov Domains Really "Better?"...

Posted on July 2, 2007 7:05 AM

We asked the question in the past, Can an Email Address Be Counted as a Back Link? Well, maybe the answer is yes. I was looking at Excel Diamonds backlinks in Yahoo! Site Explorer for fun and found that Yahoo!...

Posted on June 1, 2007 5:40 PM

A WebmasterWorld thread talks about how they noticed how the Yahoo! Directory pages are showing a PageRank score that is typically lower than what they showed in the past. A member says based on that, "Looks like that $300 link...

Posted on June 1, 2007 7:22 AM

There is an interesting thread at WebmasterWorld about a site that appears to be losing ground in Google because they used the nofollow attribute for linking to some of their internal pages. For example, they nofollowed links to their privacy...

Posted on March 30, 2007 7:12 AM

An interesting WebmasterWorld thread discusses whether a paid run of site link (ROS) is benefital or not. The thread points out some variables that may impact how the search engines will react to the ROS link. Age of site Size...

Posted by goodroi on March 13, 2007 9:21 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks if he should or should not change his "home" navigational link to something more keyword rich and descriptive of the site. But he is worried that such a site wide change may be a bad idea...

Posted on February 16, 2007 8:08 AM

Google released a Link Analysis Tool this Tuesday and the forums have had a couple days to digest the tool. I went through many of the forums and gathered all the feedback I can find in terms of suggestions to...

Posted on February 8, 2007 8:20 AM

Yahoo! Site Explorer, Yahoo!'s Webmaster tool that details your index count and link count for your pages and site, has released badges. These Yahoo! Site Explorer Badges can be placed on your site to promote how many links you have...

Posted on January 30, 2007 7:03 AM

Last year we had our Traffic Building - Link Building for 2006 and I have spotted a thread that asks about link building strategies for 2007. The thread is at Search Engine Watch Forums where link building queen, Debra Mastaler...

Posted on January 3, 2007 7:09 AM

There are two recent threads that I found at forums I typically do not cover much on the topic of pay per post reviews. The posts are at HighRankings Forums and at SEO Refugee Forums. I am going to pull...

Posted on December 27, 2006 2:04 PM

Cre8asite Forums moderator EGOL created an excellent thread at Cre8asite Forums saying, he has seen on a relatively small sample, that sites with an equal number of inbound links but different number of pages on the site itself makes a...

Posted on December 21, 2006 7:36 AM

A slow but very interesting WebmasterWorld thread asks, "Is Googe Devaluing "Social Content" Links?" Tedster, WebmasterWorld Admin, said; It's not a big secret. Webmasters looking for a ranking boost have been using "web 2.0" tactics for quick link building. Even...

Posted on December 20, 2006 8:04 AM

A late Friday post at the Google Webmaster Central blog named Building link-based popularity sparked a ton of discussion over the weekend at WebmasterWorld. The WebmasterWorld was named "It's Official: Google Discounting Reciprocal Link Exchanges" by martinibuster to spark some...

Posted on December 18, 2006 7:23 AM

A featured WebmasterWorld thread has tips on what things to look for when purchasing links. I thought I pull out 10 of them to make a top ten list: Relevancy to your page Alexa ranking Site popularity in niche PageRank...

Posted on November 14, 2006 10:04 AM

There are two threads, both the same exact subject, one at Search Engine Watch Forums and the other at WebmasterWorld that asks if it is wise to use one Google Account for all your sites in your Google Webmaster Central...

Posted on November 1, 2006 6:59 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks how long on average would you guess that it takes Google to find good links and act on it? Let's assume that this site gives off "good links" when I link to someone. For example, I...

Posted on October 27, 2006 7:55 AM

This morning ShoeMoney.com (be careful visiting that site now, may have malicious code on it) was hacked, I reported it over at Cartoon Barry. ShoeMoney.com currently looks like; View Large Image Just do not go to the site, it will...

Posted on October 12, 2006 9:19 AM

It has been a while since a Googler knocked on buying links in a while. But recently, mini-Matt, Adam Lasnik, of Google, wrote in a WebmasterWorld thread saying; Advertising's fine Buying links for PR: bad Google senses much ;) So...

Posted on September 15, 2006 8:38 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread has a very interesting questions. Does Google, or any other search engine, associate link popularity to a portion of a page? For example, if I link to a page and anchor down to a specific portion of...

Posted on August 25, 2006 7:40 AM

Conduct a search on five seo excuses and the top five five results in Google are listed excuses. Pretty cute SEO trick by this guy. I assume all it takes is a bit of linkage pointing for that anchor text...

Posted on August 24, 2006 8:46 AM

Last Friday, I posted a fun topic at the SEW blog asking, Washington Post Selling Text Links? I followed up that post with a Search Engine Watch Forum thread named Do Washington Post Blogroll Links Pass Link Pop? At first...

Posted on August 21, 2006 7:01 AM