It’s about time Google has taken some action about the page rank addiction. Not sure about other SEO’s out there but Im fairly sick and tired of webmasters asking for page rank or obsessing over that little green bar. Don’t get me wrong. Page rank is a great quick reference guide to judging the quality of a page, but what use is it if you have page rank 10 but have only 100 unique visitors per day (bit extreme but you know what I mean). Complete article on Three Reasons Why Google’s Page Rank is Useless

Most people checking the backlinks to their sites have always wondered why Google is showing so few links when clearly there are hundreds or maybe thousands more on the world wide web. Google’s “link:” command hasn’t always been reliable but there is probably a very good reason why they haven’t invested much time and effort into this search function. Complete article on 4 Reasons Why Google is Showing So Few Links to Your Website

This last algorithm update from Google has certainly raised a lot of flags with various websites. Their continual filtering of paid links, sold links, duplicate content and the other thousand rules they’re made up in an attempt to maintain “quality control”. They’re causing some real headaches for some legitimate webmasters out there even the best of them. There was a time where SEO’s could maybe take a few risks here and there, but now Google’s seriously cracking down on all sites and Matt Cutts has already warned everyone.

A recent post on Digital Point exposes a few more loop hole that even Google hasn’t ironed out and apparently its been kept secret for quite some time. I found an extremely interesting article on Proxy hacking, something even my blackhat mind wouldn’t of thought up. The article will explain everything thoroughly, but basically proxy sites are being indexed instead of the real sites. Poor Brad Fallon was a victim of these, someone I’ve looked up to and learnt a whole heap from.

I then came across another recent article through WebProNews, analysing whether Google is starting to ban major directories. Some have already been banned including:

-Aviva
-Alive
-Big Web Links
-ewebpages
-Directory Dump
-Elegant Directory
-Biz-Dir

Experts say don’t panic, its just Google dancing. But I’d be panicking if one of my sites got banned (and its happened before). How can you not panic? I’ve even seen one of my company sites banned (can’t mention which site but it was fairly big). So what can we all do about this? We have no choice but to follow all search engines guidelines, not just google. Reoptimize your site and submit it for reconsideration if you have been banned. Wait patiently cause it will take them forever to respond. I don’t know what the success rate is but this will be a lesson learnt for most webmasters. Its obviously bad if it has happened to you, but look at this on a positive note. The real focus for search engines is to provide the best qualified results according to what keywords are typed in. No one can be perfect, not even Google.

Not that I am suggesting you to do this but ever since Google mentioned their new policy about devaluing paid links, it has raised many eyebrows in the SEO world. Like most other people, I think this new guideline is an absolute joke. How can they even justify a link is for advertising reasons, or clear cut manipulation of SERPs. Either way, I haven’t seen a post concerning websites that sell links or buys links. Here are three major sites that I know of: Complete article on Three Obvious Places to Find Paid Links and Report Them!

Just when I thought web 3.0 will feature maps and video streaming of our local areas allowing everyone to spy on anything, Google starts talking about mapping the space. Why not. They’re the closest thing to God at the moment since they know everything. It seems like Google is becoming more and more adventurous in their plans and marketing strategies. What will they come up with next? Complete article on Forget Mapping Earth, Google’s Mapping Space