Comments on: 7 Top Google Rank-Killer Glitches

By: Mark@Legal Research

Mark@Legal Research — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:51:07 +0000

For number 6 there are FF add on called Page Speed that will help you optimize your website down to seconds. It works with firebug though. Some suggestions are useless but others can help you big time, especially if youre not technical

By: dave@home improvements

dave@home improvements — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:06:55 +0000

That number 7 rule will come into effect when you start getting traffic. Once your site hits number 1 in google, depending on the key word you are ranking for you will more than likely have to increase your bandwidth so make sure that you have your hosting email you when you are reaching your monthly bandwidth limit. Also, if you get a story on page 1 of DIGG your site will probably crash if you do not have a good amount of bandwidth

By: Vance@Email List Building

Vance@Email List Building — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:42:24 +0000

Hi Julia,

Are there more than 7 rank killer glitches? It seems to be a real science to do everything right. One of my sites has been bouncing up and down in Google recently in the space of about 35 spots without me doing anything at all.

I could understand it if I had done something that you describe and upset Google.

Another of my sites went from page one to oblivion just by adding my main keyword one more time to the main page.
At least that’s what I think was the cause of the downfall.

I wonder if you could post something about the penalties Google gives and for what. transgressions in their eyes. I’ve heard of 25 penalty, 50 penalty and obviously the number of spots one can fall can be much higher.

I appreciate the information you give in this post. I’ve just found your site and will definitely be back.
Regarding your keyword luv I value your having it and also the warning that it won’t be giving the desired link juice until after 5 comments are approved.

Vance

By: John@pink phones

John@pink phones — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:00:54 +0000

The bad neighbourhood thing is just about linking out, not incoming links. Google itself states that there is nothing another website owner can do to harm your sites rankings.
I like to get links from a wide range of sources, blog comments, web 2.0 sites, press releases etc. I think that as long as Google sees a natural growth in your incoming links (not 500 one day and then nothing for a month!) you will get rewarded. Another thing i like to check when making blog comments is the Alexa rank of the blog. If the site is getting lots of traffic there is a pretty good chance Google likes it and i may just get some of that traffic clicking my link.

By: Sales Engineer@Technical Sales

Sales Engineer@Technical Sales — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:24:22 +0000

From time to time I see websites with very little content and / or low PR with high SERPS positions. Can anyone explain how this is possible? Is it because they have high authority backlinks to the page or a ton of backlinks to the domain?

My experiments with large amounts of good quality content have been disappointing, so I am not inclined to accept the prevailing opinion that ‘content is king’.

Another point – it would be very nice to know for sure whether link building the Fast Blog Finder way, is of use because it takes considerable time and effort to track down good PR, relevant sites.

By: Jean@Website Marketing

Jean@Website Marketing — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:02:04 +0000

All natural incoming links are the key for safe link building. Also, getting inbound links from only one source is not reliable as this might trigger a red flag from the search engines as they detect unnatural linking patterns for your website. Diversifying your link building strategies by getting links from multiple sources is a safe and long term strategy. Like we say, better stay under the radar.

By: Fast food coupons

Fast food coupons — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:27:13 +0000

Yes,

You are right Brian.

I also believe that rank of website depends on the quility of backlinks. So always get backlinks from high rank and related domains.

By: Used motorhomes

Used motorhomes — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:10:05 +0000

Not sure if this is related: when hovering over search results for a common term in my vertical, I noticed that the links are all google redirects instead of the actual site.

Have previously only seen such behavior with long tail searches.

By: Brian@Unique Diamonds

Brian@Unique Diamonds — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:06:17 +0000

I think it is important to watch what links your site is getting. Low quality spammy backlinks are more likely to hurt you ranking then help it at all. Be careful what you link too.

By: John Morgan

John Morgan — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:23:43 +0000

#5, Low Visitor Count
I think this is a little bit off base, but of course I’m not an expert. I think the visitor count is not as important as the time spent on the site. Your amount of visitors WILL be lower if your serp’s are not high, especially if you are a newer site. But, if your average user time spent on your site is higher than your competitor’s, I believe that can really help a lot. Google can track that in a few ways, and the longer a user spends on a site, the better. That’s just my thought.