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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
I used to be able to do some basic common sense SEO and my sites would rise to the top in time because they were relevant. Over time Google has been adding in all sorts of penalties to get at spammers and that has been changing. Now you basically have to do extensive SEO to be sure you won't get caught in a penalty and even then, who knows. In my opinion this doesn't bode well for Google because a "natural" index is better as opposed to one filled with a bunch of companies and spammers SEO 'ing the hell out of everything.
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But with this update, their index appears to be led by corporate interest.
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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
Web pages need to be designed for people, not for the Googlebot.
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I agree. Surfers sign up much better on pages actually made for them.
But as we all know, the bottom line is that they have to find those pages in the first place, and that brings us around full circle to making sure the googlebot likes them.