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Google is Planning to Penalize Overly Optimized Sites
annmae:
I suggest they go and look for the spammers and those with Black hat Strategy. I also hope this won't affect other sites. I mean when do some changes everybody is affected. HUGELY.
Shawn Gossman:
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--- Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on March 20, 2012, 07:32:16 AM ---I remember when 56kbps was blazing fast! And to see real colors in images on the net was unbelievably cool :P
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LOL! And those rotating graphics—wow! ;)
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And everyone and their brother putting music on their homepage :P
青山 素子:
--- Quote from: SN50 on March 28, 2012, 06:18:57 PM ---So building a moderate amount of backlinks and optimizing meta tags won't get you banned.
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"Optimizing" meta tags actually won't do anything. Google has never bothered using meta keywords and description for ranking. All the other major engines stopped in the late 90s or early 00s.
Building organic backlinks and actually having valuable content are the best way to do well, and this is what Google is trying to encourage.
--- Quote from: SN50 on March 28, 2012, 06:18:57 PM ---So unless you're using black hat SEO methods you really don't have anything to worry about. ;)
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I'd worry about over-applying "white hat" tactics too. Basically, if your "SEO tricks" are the only reason you're ranking high on search terms, you're likely to drop as the penalties start rolling out and being refined. If you have good content, then you should be fine or even see a boost as the less-worthy sites drop down.
ML:
--- Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on March 20, 2012, 07:32:16 AM ---I remember when 56kbps was blazing fast! And to see real colors in images on the net was unbelievably cool :P
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56 WAS fast compared to my first modem. I owned one of the "speedy" 2400 types that cost a small fortune.
About the only thing it was good for was downloading snippets from bulletin boards and listening to the beeps.
With one of these things, one could be in the "web" all night and not get done what happens in 10 minutes now.
This is a good read if you feel nostalgic.
http://www.technofileonline.com/texts/2400modem88.html
Wazza:
About Time :) I hate getting asked all the time to have my web optimized :(
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