@titus 246357 wrote:
For the past several months I have been researching the #1 position where I had been #1 previously. I have followed Googles recomendations on keyword and keyword phrases. These neww sites I have viewed the source and many of them the keyword doesn’t show in any of the code.
cloaking was something which had been used in the past. Effectively the pages served to Google and SE’s were highly optimised, while the pages served to site visitors were not. Don’t quote me on this but I was under the impression Google outlawed this years ago. Though given Penguin/Panda and what’s transpired lately, who can really believe anything Google say these days, given, a high % of affiliates within our industry are going hungry.
@titus 246357 wrote:
I’m am building a new site and I don’t think I will link it to google webmaster tools and see what happens.
Thinking outside the box is always a good thing, especially when one is not sure if the information/feedback they’re receiving, in this case from Google, is Kosher.
I have a couple of domains registered in 1999, never used before, think I might give your idea a go, an A/B test so to speak.
I also wanted to add about the Facebook article. Does it seem strange to anyone else that Google has been pushing the importance of social media but, going on the FB article, this social media site has been purported as holding Fan pages within the gaming industry to ransom. Are we going to see Twitter follow a similar path?
Effectively making it impossible for the small affiliate to gain social media coverage!
Again, don’t quote me on this, but I heard rumours a while back that Google had some stake in Facebook. Of course it was strongly denied by both parties. But, given the current status quo regarding the OP and the FB article, it has got to make you wonder, huh?
Cheers
Dave