Comments on: Don't get blacklisted by Google

By: jeff

jeff — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:01:36 +0000

I have noticed that a few sites have lost pr in the past is that because they are blacklisted or is it just for selling links.

By: Stephen Tong

Stephen Tong — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:52:58 +0000

Don't forget to make sure your headline is related to your keywords. This has a huge pull in SEO.

By: Brian Kirby

Brian Kirby — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:51:47 +0000

Another obvious method of getting blacklisted is to click on your own AdSense ads. Obvious I know but I have come across many webmasters who have tried this and got blacklisted very quickly.

By: Louie

Louie — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:32:13 +0000

good stuff, anyone know how bad doorways are? I see so many sites using this technique successfully to boost rankings.

By: Chris Peters

Chris Peters — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:12:45 +0000

@Ryan and @Vikas: Submitting your site to search engines is old-school. You should be setting up an XML sitemap and pointing Google Webmaster Tools to it.

By: Jason King

Jason King — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:53:55 +0000

The only time I’ve had SEO problems was when I transferred a site to a new domain. It moved from a .org to a .org.uk domain and dropped like a stone in Google’s listings.
I solved that problem by 1) setting up proper redirects on the domain and 2) using Google’s Webmaster Tools to upload the XML sitemap for the new location.
Every site owner should have a Google account and use Webmaster Tools, it’s so useful.

By: Vikas Lamba

Vikas Lamba — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:48:23 +0000

Also see my mini blog entry on SEO. http://www.vikaslamba.com/blog/ Later!

By: Vikas Lamba

Vikas Lamba — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:44:16 +0000

All good words.
According to me some important and basic things for SEO as per my listing are:
Page Titles.
Meta tag for keywords & description.
Page content – richness, easy visibility and richness.
Incoming and outgoing links -quantity, quality and relevance.
Age of domain.
Would love to know more about “Sending automated submissions to Google”, because I know many companies who still rely on WebPosition Gold.
Later!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:05:31 +0000

Has anyone got more info on the point about not "Sending automated submissions to Google" because it "breaks Google's terms of service and could led to you being removed"? I've never heard of this so it'd be interesting to learn more.

By: darryl

darryl — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:56:32 +0000

good stuff... always nice to read posts that are short and sweet and gets down to business, and leaves you with something to put in your arsenal when talking to your own clients... because as we all know, our clients always come to us with "facts" that they have heard from a friend of a friend.