This "widget link" rubbish makes Google look very foolish. Nothing is ever black, and nothing is ever white. Everything has a unique shade of grey.  Reshared post from +David Naylor Embedded Link » Matt Cutts on Widget Links Matt Cutts recently posted a new video about NO-Following Widget and Infographics links, this isn’t his first […]

Should Tripadvisor put nofollow into all their widgets?  How about FlightStats.com? If a business offers data to third parties and requires a link back for attribution of their data must they use nofollow? Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Who said PageRank was dead? Seems no one bothered to tell all the domainers over on DigitalPoint: Embedded Link Digital Point Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Some interesting movements on price parity in the OTA industry: Embedded Link Expedia and Booking.com pledge to allow rival discounting as hotel rate parity probe widens Two of the largest online travel brands on the planet – Booking.com and Expedia – have agreed to new guidelines which will give other web-based agencies the chance to […]

The Thais are very creative. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

And here was silly old me thinking that Google would be able to handle spam links like this: <div class='nanorep_loadingData' id='nanoRepProxyContainer' style='position:absolute;top:-500px;left:0px;'><span>Loading nanoRep <a href='http://www.nanorep.com/Blog' style='color:#000;'>Excellent Customer Experience</a></span></div> <div class="nanorep_loadingData" id="nanoRepProxyContainer" style="position:absolute;top:-500px;left:0px;"><span>Loading nanoRep <a href="http://www.nanorep.com/Widgets" style="color:#000;">Self-Service Support Help Desk</a></span></div> These guys have come from nowhere to rank for some ultra competitive B2B keywords, all simply […]

http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/07/21/silk-road/ Embedded Link Riding the New Silk Road An interactive media feature showing Hewlett-Packard’s new shipping corridor along the route of the ancient Silk Road. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Just goes to show it's not about great content, it's all about the whims of an algorithm. Reshared post from +Jim Munro Are search quality reviewers picking the wrong winner? You might know that we began to address the daniweb issue on DSQ a little while ago but if not, you can catch up here: http://dumbseoquestions.com/q/google_webmaster_forum_daniweb_thread […]

I know that if this was done by an Adsense publisher they'd be in hot water. I reported a few forums that intentionally made their ads look like new posts and they were admonished. So why is it OK for Google to do something that's quite a bit worse IMO? Embedded Link New Gmail Inbox […]

This is a really poor generic response from +Matt Cutts IMO.  I can think of so many networks that have far more than 20 domains, all for genuine reasons.  I think it goes to show how he's thinking spam at all times, and his bias is unhelpful when answering this type of question. They may want to […]

I'm going to combine this with an exit surveys to form abandons to collect some qualitative data.  Might even offer a coupon to abandons to see if we can pick up a few extra crumbs Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

 Interesting findings, and probably of interest to people selling online also: Embedded Link Seeing Red – Exel: Drexel University’s Research Magazine Four researchers, including marketing professor Rajneesh Suri, found that men are quicker than women to interpret red prices on advertisements as bigger savings. Advertisements are an increasingly prevalent visual throughout a person’s day, bombarding […]

Quite interesting, and while it's very spammy, I think there's a certain amount of irony that Google complains about showing users ads… Not like some of Google's ads are deceptively styled to look like regular results, or some of Google's SERPs showing virtually no organic links above the fold, or Google gradually creeping into profitable […]

"Don't buy a $10 domain for your startup" – good advice here Embedded Link Don’t buy a $10 domain and other tips from HubSpot’s Dharmesh Shah – GeekWire Dharmesh Shah Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO at Hubspot and chief blogger at OnStartups.com, laid out some gems of advice at this week’s annual Mozcon  Google+: Reshared 1 […]

1. It doesn't work – Promotions shows 3 emails from 2010, Promotions in left nav shows '000s of emails2. It takes up valuable vertical real estate pushing my email down and showing less emails in list3. The design has a small 5-10px top gutter over the first email in list which is identical to the […]

If you're considering using Moniker/SNapnames for any domain related business think twice.  Most users have been locked out for about a week now, and they act like nothing is wrong. Obviously their culture is the main problem. When I tried to report the problem I was asked to create a support case. You have to […]

 In fact you could argue that Goole isn't an organic search engine any more. Those days of organic search results are now over. It's frightening to see how Google has gone from having a goal of getting searchers to an external endpoint as fast as possible to one where keeping searchers interacting with Google content […]

I bought a Phantom a few weeks back, added a GoPro 3 Black, and hope to get FPV working as soon as I can fly. Crashed once (tip: always check propeler nuts before each flight), and hope to get a proper gimbal once I can fly well. This thing opens up aerial photography and videography […]

They rank and about.com article above the actual site (and the copycat site in #3). **** joke. If there is a God he'll have to give us some sort of decent alternative to this shit. [Edit: shouldn't use the F word] Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne […]

http://www.seroundtable.com/google-disavow-penguin-17011.html Sorry I call bullshit. "can" != "does". Embedded Link Google’s Matt Cutts: Disavow Can Help With Penguin Just in case anyone had any questions about Google’s disavow tool being able to help those hit by Penguin, Matt Cutts said the tool can help with Penguin.In a tweet, Matt responded to another tweet by Google+: […]

Anyone any suggestions for a site crawler that will record and report redirect chains? Needed for large site. Usual suspects don't fit the bill. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Could you be forgiven for seeing a bit of irony in this? Embedded Link Google Public Policy Blog: Securing your WiFi network Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 11:03 AM ET. Posted by John Munoz, Technical Program Manager This post is part of a regular series of privacy and security tips to help you and your […]

If you work in the B2B area this deck is a really short and useful compilation of soundbites from a recent B2B marketing conference. Some really good thoughts in there around building relationships, the sale funnel and content marketing. Embedded Link B2B Summit 2013 Crunched All the expert views and insights from the 2013 #b2bsummit […]

Nice guide, but when are they going to come clean about Disavow and Penguin? Reshared post from +Kaspar Szymanski Backlinks and reconsideration requests Together with +Uli Lutz we wrote a post on handling backlink related issues. We'd like to think it will help site owners to successfully file for reconsideration  Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments! […]

If anything this shows how tied in we all are to big Internet brands: Embedded Link Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program – PRISM BREAK Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program. Stop reporting your online activities to the American government with these free alternatives to proprietary software. […]

 Even worse the fact that Adecco have trademarked the term (or at least placing a TM next to the logo): https://www.adeccowaytowork.com/en/around-the-world Here's the real deal: http://aroundtheworldin80jobs.com/ Embedded Link Around the World in 80 Jobs: Find Your Work, Find Your Muse Discover odd jobs abroad, travel jobs abroad and location independent jobs abroad. You can do […]

e.com is being auctioned on Godaddy: https://auctions.godaddy.com/trpItemListing.aspx?miid=108652786 Currently 68 bids with high bid of $51,005.  6 days to go, so I suspect the final price on this one will be big.  Interesting to watch. Embedded Link Domain Auction | Buy & Sell Distinctive Domains – Go Daddy GoDaddy Auctions is the place to go for […]

This is interesting – new Google food results: Embedded Link saturated fat in apples – Google Search Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

The flip side to much of this is that no one has yet tied it into NSEO: they have to let spammy links carry weight for a period to prevent NSEO taking root. Embedded Link Google’s Spammy Queries Update – Not Effective Yet Earlier this year, there was a post about how a website, or […]

Whackamole… Embedded Link [CASESTUDY] Hacking Joomla Plugins to Rank No.1 for ‘Payday Loans’ in Under 4 Weeks | Acorn SEO Skip to the end of the article if you want to learn how ‘Payday Uncle’ ranked number 1 in under 4 weeks for ‘payday loans’ in Google UK. I’ve been doing a little research into […]

Bad News: Monthly cost is $600 I might be missing something but it seems daft to me. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

How long will Google allow short term spam in order to prevent NSEO? This strategy looks more and more stupid as time goes on: Google.co.uk [12 month loans]  #1 is uk12monthpaydayloanss.co.uk Domain name:        uk12monthpaydayloanss.co.uk     Registrant:        arvind kumar     Registrant type:        Unknown     Registrant's […]

Many aspects of this are worth considering. Really nice use of HTML5 here also: Embedded Link Sales Inquiry WineTours.com || DomainNameSales.com winetours.com is for sale at DomainNameSales.com, the online marketplace for premium domains. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

+Dani Horowitz I'm watching that thrtead over on Google's support group. I think the best advice I can offer is that you jump onto the next Webmaster Hangout with +John Mueller and see if John can help you directly. If you look on his profile you'll find a link to the next hangout. He's very helpful, and […]

The Google Support Forum thread about Daniweb has unfortunately gone steadily downhill. It's really unfortunate that Google directs webmasters with complex issues there. It's not fair on webmasters, and it's not fair on TCs. Some day karma will catch up with Google… Embedded Link DaniWeb hit in November ’12 and haven’t recovered since – Google […]

 Previously used as a case study for removing Panda penalties, Daniweb was hit by an as-yet undisclosed updated around November 20th 2012. It's an interesting read, but all-in-all goes to show that anyone who thinks Google cares about websites is mistaken. They care only about searchers and search results. That's fine, but site owners really […]

I call this "the tail wagging the dog".  A viable alternative to Google search is badly needed. Reshared post from +JR Oakes I think we are about to go from Google organizing the internet's content for users to the internet organizing it's content for Google, if we are not already there. Google+: View post on […]

Surprised no one has mentioned all the advice that suggested changing your page URLs to remove bad links to deep pages… no to mention the site owners who reported positive effects of this. And all the time Penguin never looked at links to any page other than your homepage Waiting for all the Penguin 2.0 […]

OK this is quite important: Penguin 1.0 is now gone and Penguin 2.0 data replaces 1.0. So you're site is now free of Penguin 1.0 but probably caught by Penguin 2.0. Nothing to say that Disavow makes any difference. Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the […]

Not sure what this will be about, or what will come from it, but it might be worth watching: Embedded Link Open Penguin Data Project The Open Penguin Data Project Seeks to Determine a Reasonably Effective Prediction of which Sites will be Impacted by Penguin Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made […]