Weekly SEO news: 2 December 2008 |
Welcome
to the latest issue of the Search Engine Facts newsletter.
This week, we're taking a look at what you can do when your Google rankings have dropped. Our action plan will help you. In the news: Lycos Europe shuts down, Microsoft might want to acquire Yahoo's search business, Google treats words with and without accented characters as different words and more. If you're interested in the top 500,000 keywords on Google ranked by AdWords bid then you should take a look at the corresponding section below. Table of contents:
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1. Action plan: what to do when your Google rankings have dropped |
Has your website lost its rankings in Google? Did your rankings drop or did your website vanish completely from Google? Many things can cause a ranking drop. This article explains what you can do to get your rankings back. Three reasons why your Google rankings might have dropped There are several reasons that can cause a ranking drop:
How to find out if your website has been penalized
Action plan: what you can do to get your rankings back Before you ask Google to reconsider your website, you should make sure that everything is okay with your site:
How to file a reinclusion request
Ranking drops can cost your business a lot of money. For that reason, you shouldn't use any search engine optimization services that promise quick-fix solutions. If something looks too good, too inexpensive or too easy to be true then it probably isn't true. If you use ethical search engine optimization methods to optimize your web pages then you can be sure that your website gets high rankings without offending Google. It can take longer to get high rankings with ethical methods but you will also keep your high rankings much longer. |
2. Search engine news and articles of the week |
Lycos Europe to shut down after failing to find buyer
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3. Success stories |
"We even managed the #1 spot in Yahoo.com."
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4. The top 500,000 Google keywords by AdWords bid |
If you run large campaigns on Google AdWords or if you run Google AdSense ads on your websites, then it is important to know which keywords work best. You can now have a list of the 500,000 keywords for which advertisers pay the most per click on Google AdWords. (The keyword data is of November 2008.) This list is very valuable for both AdWords advertisers and webmasters who run AdSense ads on their sites. You get everything you need to find top keywords
$70 per click for AdSense sites If you run Google AdSense ads on your website then it's important to know for which keywords you will get the most money per click. If you optimize your website for high paying keywords, it's very likely that you'll earn several hundred dollars more than with a website that uses unpopular keywords. Choose keywords with a high big per click and you will see an immediate increase in your profits. The keywords list will show you the keywords with which you can earn the most. Some of the keywords have a CPC (cost per click) of more than US$70! Click here for further information. |
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