Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'rankings'

Aaron Wall recently wrote a brilliant piece about the value of a #1 Google ranking. In his in-depth article, which is divided into 9 sections, he explains based on research and a variety of forum discussion that even small declines...

Posted on May 5, 2008 9:13 AM

Forums have been buzzing and buzzing about the possibility of a competitor being able to hurt your Google ranking for the past few years now. We have covered this topic time and time again, just see here for some of...

Posted on May 5, 2008 7:52 AM

A new rankings system is now available within Alexa, we have learned. The new rankings system "now aggregate[s] data from multiple sources to give you a better indication of website popularity among the entire population of Internet users," according to...

Posted on April 17, 2008 6:46 AM

A WebmasterWorld member has been applying regular search engine optimization and link building techniques and is noticing that the traffic hasn't improved as substantially in the latter months of the campaign as it did initially. Is this something normal? Actually,...

Posted on April 4, 2008 9:02 AM

Aaron Wall has written a pretty awesome rank checker tool Firefox plugin that checks various keywords against results on Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Live. Here's a sample screenshot of what you're expected to see: While it looks like it's pretty...

Posted on April 1, 2008 8:56 AM

What would you consider a better scenario? Would you rather be below the fold on page one or above the fold on page two of the search results? If so, why? The answer may depend on your wants and needs....

Posted on March 31, 2008 9:55 AM

A High Rankings Forum member has lost his high rankings (no pun intended). Apparently, he's been deindexed since January 2008. His first inclination at this point is to check the IP address, assuming everything else is looking good. Is the...

Posted on March 25, 2008 9:27 AM

This morning, I wrote a parody post on what you shouldn't do when you ask for a link. Now let's take it a step further. Another WebmasterWorld thread asks how you can screw up your rankings and bring your site...

Posted on February 11, 2008 9:56 AM

This question gets asked time and time again, but it's always helpful to enlighten our newcomers and refresh our seasoned folks. Over at High Rankings Forum, someone asks if you can increase your rankings by clicking like mad on the...

Posted on February 5, 2008 7:32 AM

Guess what? Beyond the value that Microsoft's Live Search Webmaster Portal has for gaining statistical information about your website, it also has an added bonus of the ability to connect with the Live Search team. A WebmasterWorld member says that...

Posted on January 18, 2008 9:09 AM

A Cre8asite Forums member was very happy with herself when she realized that she hit the #1 position for a search phrase that had over 70 million results. Who wouldn't be? That takes a lot of time and effort... But...

Posted on January 11, 2008 10:17 AM

When you do your keyword research, my bet is that you may have tens or hundreds of keywords to choose from. How do you keep track of it and monitor your rankings? A High Rankings Forum thread asks this question....

Posted on December 27, 2007 9:40 AM

Last month, we provided you with November 2007 Google SERP changes, and this month, the trend continues. WebmasterWorld members report that their rankings have been fluctuating heavily. One reports that his site was not ranked in the top #1000 on...

Posted on December 7, 2007 7:30 AM

According to recent reports, Al Gore's website was hacked by spammers who were trying to manipulate the SERPs. The article states that deep within the code, links to "bogus pharmaceuticals" were added and brought those companies much higher in the...

Posted on November 29, 2007 9:53 AM

After October's Google PageRank massacre, a lot of sites scrambled in hopes of trying to salvage what they had left. Some stopped paid links altogether. Some stopped advertising. One guy audited his site, where he discovered that 20 of 25...

Posted on November 21, 2007 9:02 AM

A High Rankings Forum member discovered the golden Google Box, a widget that displays the top 10 rankings for any particular keyword. It looks like this: embedding a bit of code on your site, you can show your users the...

Posted on November 20, 2007 9:50 AM

A SitePoint Forums member did everything right, or so he thought: he ranks #1 for their target keyword phrase, but they have no customers. Where did he go wrong, or what can he do to right the situation? Forum members...

Posted on November 14, 2007 9:23 AM

Barry Welford presents an interesting question, one that has been highly debated in the past, on Cre8asite Forums: I am getting the distinct feeling based on traffic to my websites that clicks on particular entries in SERPs are being weighted...

Posted on October 19, 2007 9:45 AM

Let's say you're ranking really well for a specific keyword. You also have a PPC campaign and your paid listings are on top. Is it too much? Should you curb your spending and focus on your organic links, since in...

Posted on October 5, 2007 9:58 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks if cleaning up code will improve Google Rankings. Can removing bad code get better rankings in the SERPs? Not so much for Google, as one webmaster points out. He has had better success with MSN when...

Posted on September 12, 2007 9:00 AM

Those of us in the US are not seeing the same results in the SERPs as UK web surfers. Sites can be ranked higher or lower in the US SERPs compared to the UK SERPs. So what is one to...

Posted on August 14, 2007 9:33 AM

A web designer at Cre8asite Forums has an interesting predicament. She has a client who has a local store and a headquarters both located in two different states. Would it be bad to put two addresses in the footer of...

Posted on July 30, 2007 9:52 AM

A Search Engine Roundtable Forums member wonders if there is any consequence of having his IP changed on a website that ranks pretty well. Will the rankings plummet? Is this risky? Members believe that a simple IP address change should...

Posted on July 27, 2007 10:22 AM

Let's say that when you first built your site, you relied heavily on directories to get your name out. You've also built good content and get linked to every so often. You're now complacent with your rankings primarily because you're...

Posted on July 19, 2007 9:43 AM

Two posts in DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld post point to a very interesting Forbes article on a lesser known practice of SEO known as "Google bowling" or "negative SEO." In this tactic, search engine optimizers force competitor websites down in...

Posted on July 4, 2007 9:18 AM

A business owner at WebmasterWorld noticed that he has been getting an increase of sales lately which seems to be predominantly because online auction listings, which were ranked higher in the Google SERPs, are now not as visible. The auction...

Posted on June 29, 2007 9:54 AM

We've been watching the Google "minus thirty" penalty for quite some time. Recent reports at WebmasterWorld have webmasters relying upon each other for support and advice, and after several months, some people have lately been successful. Some people admitted to...

Posted on June 25, 2007 9:53 AM

Have any SEOs in the house ever run into a problem with a potential client where the SEO is asked for a position guarantee -- satisfaction, or your money back? I'm sure it's happened to some people, and it is...

Posted on June 14, 2007 11:52 AM

A number of members at WebmasterWorld noticed that their AdWords ads, which previously ranked on the first page, were moved to the second and third page results. This was first observed on May 16th. On the 16th of May, I...

Posted on May 22, 2007 9:40 AM

There's an interesting discussion on Cre8asite Forums about losing rankings when you transfer your domain to another registrar. A few people suspect that doing so could cause a loss of rankings, but some other members have not seen any changes...

Posted on May 2, 2007 9:37 AM

This is fairly entertaining... Via a WebmasterWorld & DigitalPoint Forums threads, a blog owner received an email from a online store owner, requesting he lower his ranking for a keyword phrase the blog is ranking well for. In short, the...

Posted on December 11, 2006 8:42 AM

Not only can you check your Google web search rankings in any country, you can now check your rankings for image search, news search, video search and group search on any Google data center. A new tool at http://oy-oy.eu/google/trydc/dc.aspx has...

Posted on October 4, 2006 7:24 AM

On July 13th, Google added support for the NOODP tag and Webmasters rejoiced. But there seems to be a number of reports that claim the NOODP tag is hurting their rankings. All claim that the only change they made to...

Posted on August 1, 2006 7:44 AM