Weekly SEO news: 16 March 2010 |
Welcome
to the latest issue of the Search Engine Facts newsletter.
Webmasters in online forums reported an unusual Google behavior. New web pages of some sites are indexed with a longer delay. Is it a new Google penalty? Or is it just a bug that affects only certain websites? In the news: an interview with Google's Matt Cutts, Google announces microdata support for rich snippets, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt talks about Google's business and more. Table of contents: We hope that you enjoy this newsletter and that it helps you to get more out of your website. Please pass this newsletter on to your friends. |
1. A new Google penalty? What can you do against it? |
Webmasters in online forums reported an unusual Google behavior. New web pages of some sites are indexed with a longer delay. Is it a new Google penalty? Or is it just a bug that affects only certain websites? What is the exact problem?
Is this really a new Google penalty? What can you do against it?
If your website is a Made-For-AdSense scraper website then it's probably time to think about a new business model. Google might give these websites lower rankings in the future. If you use bot blocking scripts or other server scripts that change the content that is delivered to visitors of your website then you should make sure that you're not accidentally blocking Google. It's better not to use these scripts at all. If you want to know how to get your website on Google's first result page, take a look at the success story below. |
2. Search engine news and articles of the week |
[Google's] Matt Cutts interviewed by Eric Enge
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3. Success stories |
"An unlisted, brand new site to number one on Google in two weeks!"
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4. Previous articles |