*The following guest post is by Duncan* After reading a couple of posts on this site and seeing just how worked up people are getting over the whole ‘no-follow’ link business. I thought I would chuck my thoughts into the mixer and try to clear up a few things. A History Firstly, the no-follow attribute (it’s not a tag) on links was first introduced back in 2005 by the Big G. They said that if you add rel="nofollow" to your links then those links “won’t get any credit when we rank websites”. MSN and Yahoo! Quickly jumped onboard and said they would support the new initiative as well. Even back then there was a level of mis-trust surrounding Google, and so webmasters and SEOs took it upon themselves to...
*This is a guest post by Christopher Holland* I recently signed up to a few business and SEO forums and was amazed at what people still recommend. As there are so many people offering outdated or wrong tips and tricks on how to improve your search engine optimisation (SEO) campaigns, I thought I’d let you know of some of the biggest myths around. Search engines are always changing their algorithms, and over...
*The following tip was shared by Eric Gesinski who runs a Tulsa SEO company* Note from Ann: please don't spam :) Only comment when you have anything worth saying! One of the most well-known methods of off-site linking for SEO is blog commenting. However, to really get a solid boost in SEO, there's one detail that is not always mentioned when this SEO tactic is shared: most blogs are nofollow. That is, they have...
*The guest tip is by Umair Asif* There are times when we would like Google and other search engines to completely remove a URL from search engine results. These would be incidents like accidentally leaving personal information on the web page or website being bombarded with spammers, etc. In these critical moments, webmasters can take several actions to remove the URL of a page but with so many alternatives, it sometimes...
There are two main reasons why you would want to hide your affiliate links from Google: They "leak" link juice; They say, Google hates affiliate links because they show to Google that the site's content is "second-hand" So, we are running into the dilemma here: we want to monetize Google traffic and we don't want to risk our reputation. Two main strategies to use are (note: to avoid link juice leak, the combination of these strategies...
"Nofollow" attribute is being used by more and more people now. It is a good idea to spot other people's tactics on how they are using it on their web pages. There are a few FireFox plugins that allow you to instantly see 'nofollowed' links as you browse. I am sure, most of you are well aware of those addons but I found it necessary to remind you of them: 1. Search Status highlights links...
Copyright Daily SEO Tips.
All Rights Reserved
Search & Social Services
