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Top reasons for Google Penalty
Backlinks Large parts of the SEO industry still focus on link building or getting links to improve search engine visibility especially on Google. There is nothing wrong with that. Of course there are limits. There are now so many pitfalls to link building that you have to be very exact when it comes to following the Google Webmaster Guidelines. 5000 links for $19 – dubious offers from spam emails offering you 5000 links for $19 are too good to be true. They lead almost directly to a penalty. Paid links on high PR sites – while you can get away with paid links in many cases, it’s quite easy to get noticed when you buy links on so-called high PR sites where the toolbar PageRank is 6 and above. There are only a … Read entire article »
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Find broken links on web sites
Find broken links on web sites * Description * Download * Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) * The story of Xenu’s Link Sleuth (TM) * Bug List * Future feature List * Credits * Links for further reading * Trademarks Description Xenu’s Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on “normal” links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time. Additional features: Simple, no-frills user-interface Can re-check broken links (useful for temporary network errors) Simple report format, can also be e-mailed Executable file smaller than 1MB Supports SSL websites (“https:// “) Partial testing of ftp and gopher sites Detects and reports redirected URLs Site Map Download By downloading you are acknowledging … Read entire article »
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Avoiding Search Engine Penalties or Getting Out From Under Them
There is not a week that goes by that I do not come across someone posting on a forum stating that they have been penalized or even banned by Google, Yahoo or another search engine. Most claims do not have much merit. The individual just assumes they have been penalized because their site is not ranking well for search terms they think it should or they don’t know how to check if their site is indexed in a search engine. Even seeing a grayed out PageRank meter in the Google toolbar can lead people to assume the unthinkable – “I’ve been banned!” However there are times when a web site has indeed come under some kind of penalty or has been completely removed from a search index for one reason … Read entire article »
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Why google penalty?
New Google Penalty? June 7th, 2009 Once again, the tales of a dreaded Google penalty are making the rounds – this time a whopping 50 spot drop in rankings has been observed, which anomaly in Google’s results could indeed indicate a new Google penalty. Several webmasters have reported that their websites lost top positions on Google and have plummeted to position 50 and below. Confusion reigns, as the normal metrics shows that the websites have not changed substantially – in one case, the website was older than two years, the inbound links did not change and the Google PageRank in Google’s toolbar did not change (although we know the toolbar is notoriously inaccurate at times and slow to update). Yet another website was older than 10 years, yet it too was penalized. In … Read entire article »
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Reasons why your website could be penalized or banned by google
Banned websites will not rank for their own keywords, but they will not be indexed at all. So if your site is out of index then your website is banned. Reasons why your website could be penalized or banned by google? Cloaking – It is bad, don’t do it. Cloaking is basically when a reader see some other page and search engines see another thing. Duplicate Content – Duplicate content on multiple pages. Keyword Stuffing – When you stuff insane amount of keywords on your pages. Buying Links – Buying links from irrelevant sites will get you in trouble. Linking to Bad Sites – Any site that is not related to your niche is a bad site. Hidden Text / Links – Sometimes free theme designers do this. Theyadd links to the site and make it no display, … Read entire article »
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