Search Engine Optimization

Google Status on Ranking Tricks
Search Engine Optimization

Search Optimization tricks?
What can improve Google Rankings?

Google does not like tricks.
Simple Enough I guess. Just avoid tricks intended to improve search engine rankings. But how do beginner blogs get started? We need a way to get our rankings up to make our hard work be worth while!

Google Webmaster Guidelines puts it "a good rule of thumb is whether you would feel comfortable explaining what you've done to a website that competes with you. Another useful test is to ask "Does this help my users?" " O.K. I got the point - No Tricks! Well - What Can we do?

Is a link exchange a trick?
Stay away from link exchange schemes. Do get quality links from others in your field or "niche" as they say in the blog world.

Every beginner considers link schemes. Prior to reading on the issue I was considering it and even signed up for one such link place. What a waste of time! Everywhere you went someone was trying to place cookies on our computer and steal information. The links given were so crappy that direct requests had to be made to the search engines to please remove the links toward our site. The links may state your sites name - but they do not allow the browser to even click to your website.

Google and each of the Search Engines also consider hidden text and hidden links to be a trick.

Another thing Google states hurts rankings is sending automated queries their way. If I have a question wouldn't Google be the one to ask?

They are busy people, and millions of Mr. Small Joe Blows asking the same silly questions is just plain silly. We can go to forums and read the answers there. This however, is not what they are referring to. Google doesn't like Automated queries.

AUTOMATED queries refers to computer submissions of website URLs. Some programs will send your site to search engines saving you the burden of doing so. What is being referred to is Submitting over and over again please include my site WWW immediately or simply the website link to be included. The folks at Google must be really busy people to keep the millions of browsers happy - Correct?

Another Google "trick" is big web sites who have a recreation of web sites and who are including many multiple pages, sub domains, or domains with substantially duplicate content and then cross linking.

This was a concern of mine, and still is in part as in improving websites and recreating them for better viewing there is going to be multiple pages of duplicate content for a while. Also, when I finally get a page put together I want people to see the work because I'm proud of it!

Thank You For Reading! You are a Winner! I sincerely hope I am providing content you are looking for. Please do write a note on ways to improve and helpful suggestions!

It was a comfort to read a compliant from a person with lowered rankings for cross linking at the Google Webmasters Blog. The comfort was this individual had over 10,000 web sites! To the best of my understanding, For smaller websites - If you are providing useful original content at different websites you are O. K. Please correct me if this is wrong or you know differently. To the best of my knowledge they will not shut down a site because you are updating and have a few pages doubled for a while or the sites have different audiences completely.

The website readers you have at the one website shall we say your My Yahoo may be a totally different viewing audience than the your Blogger Google site. If you are a smaller blogger or web developer developing different sites with good content may increase your web rankings by developing cross traffic.

Keywords is Key was the focus in our MSN Rankings Article.
Too Many Keywords is the Key to being known as a "trickster" and silly rabbit, "tricks" is for kids says Google and you get stuffed in the big black hat and disappear.

Too much information here isn't there? Sorry - This article is not working out to be as clear as I would have hoped for the amount of time invested in it. I will look at it later and see what can be better and appreciate your input.

Let us Hearken Unto the Summary of the Matter:
Note - This is an Opinion - Not Official From Google :-).

If you try ranking "tricks"
Google Says Silly, silly Rabbit - "Tricks is for Kids"
Then Google stuffs you into their big black hat and you disappear.

Google's Silly Rabbit "tricks"
- Hidden text and hidden links
- Cloaking and sneaky redirects
- Loading pages with irrelevant Keywords
- Creating Mega Web Sites of duplicate content
- Malicious Behavior such as phishing, installing Trojans, or bad-ware
- Doorway pages created for search engines
- Affiliate programs with out original content
- Web sites that do not provide Relevant Original Content

Websites and Blogs the Author Reads:
Subject: Webmaster Guidelines

Google Guidelines
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769
https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=50424&src=top5
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2006/10/update-to-our-webmaster-guidelines.html

Google Webmaster Guidelines by Brian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNPUGb61x3M

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/comments-on-our-webmaster-guidelines/

Yahoo Guidelines
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-18.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_webmaster_guidelines
http://about.ask.com/en/docs/about/editorial_guidelines.shtml
http://www.gnu.org/server/standards/README.html
http://www.searchengineguide.com/senews/010139.html
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/
http://www.joeant.com/webmaster.htm
http://www.feedthebot.com/
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061025-124239
http://www.exalead.com/about/document/53
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3347328.htm
http://searchengineland.com/070816-091822.php
http://www.seoish.com/help-google-help-you-the-google-webmaster-guidelines/
http://knowledge.freshpromo.ca/seo-articles/googlewebm_051106.php
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-06-05-n52.html
http://www.searchenginehonesty.com/censoring_guidelines.html

MSN Search Optimization
http://www.brandsconstruction.com/WordPress/?p=33

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