what the heck is up with yahoo sence it went away from being google powered? I used to have some nice traffic from search.yahoo.com several #1 positions but once they switched to their own system I lost it all and it still hasn't come back.

What the hell is yahoo looking for? I've got google covered but I can't seem to yahoo.

Does Google differentiate between internal and
external links? And if so, in what way?

Right, but I think the main point in grabbing expired domains isn't PR, but the traffic these domain still gets...

In a previous post you made a distinction between "link lists" (bad) and "link indexes" (good). However in the adult world the two terms are often used interchangeably, eg link-o-rama.com could be refered to as a linklist or an index.

Could you please clarify the difference?

I have not done SEO for two years now.
Things change fast.

My question is ...

When you search for a specific domain ... lets say "ABC.com" do the top search engines link to that domain or present you other "options" ? They didn't used to for about 40% of cases.

Really? Then I suppose the PR wouldn't be relevant if it was maintained or not if it was only type-in traffic they were after.

WG

why are you doing this here? :Graucho

I have a question. About 6 months ago I was ranked number one for a certian term on google. For demonstration purposes lets say the name of my company is BlueWebDesign. After buying BlueWebDesign.com and making a web site, It quickly became the number 1 spot (PR2,3) for type in traffic for the term/phrase "Blue Web Design". About 3 months ago my site dropped from the top spot to not even in the top 10 pages on google.

Now, my questions is, If my server was up, because it was, how could this happen. Was I banned? Keep in mind the site hadn't been changed in months and was a basic web design site/portfolio.

Right now, I've gained position to around the middle of the 2nd page for Blue Web Design (PR4). But having problems getting back to number 1, or even on the 1st page of results.

I've taken quite a hit because of this.

I can only speak for myself, but the by far most interesting thing about an expired domain is the traffic still coming from TGPs, Linklists, etc. that didn't remove their links to the domain, even after the galleries, freesites, etc. are gone. Throw up a nice .htaccess and you got some little steady traffic for a few bucks a year, cheaper than any traffic broker.

On the other hand, if you can grab an expired domain that isn't blacklisted, you got two things at once: You get this traffic from old links, you may have some PR from them AND you can build more linkpop and PR by linking to it from your sites...so it's like a freshly registered domain with a little extra boost.

Google isn't static, rankings change alot, many reasons for this:
New pages added daily, new algos, new filters, new ranking criteria, it's all in a flow and never stays the same for long.

As you see from your ranking, PR isn't the key.

The best thing you can do atm is trying to get external links to your site, for best results from pages with the same subject. There are alot of business directories and stuff like this, look around a little, many will link to you without reciprocal. And try updating it more often, no need to change much, just make sure the filesize and date of the html file are different. More updates --> more freshbots visits --> a little ranking boost

Thanks for the advice :thumbsup

I don't want to be rude but you are out of your depth.:glugglug

That's good, I personally wouldn't bother unless there was either tons of domains with constant traffic coming in each day or there was one or two domains with a lot of traffic.

WG

1. do search engines care if a site is a .com or a .biz ? is this irrelevant to their rankings?
2. is it a bad idea to interlink 20 domains? each is content-rich and different. but all 20 are linked to each other.
3. does "mykeyword1mykeyword2.com" have any preference over "mykeyword1--mykeyword2.com" ?
4. does google know penalize on alt text on small images ? (less than 5x5 pixels) or give more benefit to alt text on large images? or even more benefit on large hyperlinked images?

what other search engines besides google, yahoo, msn and altavista get traffic?

great thread :thumbsup

Another question for ya

What's the fastest you've started getting traffic to a domain after a fresh registration (registering the domain for the first time)

And what was the reason for the quick SE traffic?

What is the importance of 'link popularity' and how does that relate to SE rankings?

Which is better

A) 7-10 pr3's
or
B) 1 pr 5-6?

Reason being I have just created my first pr3 and it only took me 2 months. Now I am stuck on if I should continue to do what I did with the first pr3 to create a network of pr3s and continue to update those (hoping they climb the ladder) or just start working on one main site until I can get that site to a high pr. My pr3 is pulling in search engine traffic but not the keywords that I optimized for.

Also

When you optimize a site for a certain keyword, do you make EVERY single page on the domain for that keyword or some variant of that keyword or do you you make each page on that domain relevant to the keyword that you are aiming for?

is there a basic cloaked network diagram?

thank you

100 SEO's

I've always wanted to do that.
WG

101 wanna-be SEO's :1orglaugh

don't cheat for traffic

thank you

I see 2 right above me who dont qualify as wanna-be

:Graucho

I don't even know what SEO stands for :winkwink:

my site haves several inbound links now (made 20 new trades) But google hasn't changed it for 2 months now, what could be it?

does a page like this http://www.im-pimpin.com/free-gay-ga...e-gallery.html make google ignore or it.. or does it make google jizz itself and love it

i wanted to do that :( im callin 150 then

:Graucho

I think the PR speaks for itself :)

that page was only uploaded yesterday.. wouldnt even have time for a PR

I think you're onto something....

And now those of you that wanna know more in depth about SEO type into your addressbar webmasterworld.com and enjoy..

BTW my girlfriend is not dialer, she's stylist actually.

Don't say I never gave anything to ya!

:thumbsup

Alright there are a shitload of un-answered questions that I'm going to get on top of right after I smoke a cigarette.. So get those new questions ready to go.

Thanks WG and all the others that have been giving great answers as well..

No, the answer I gave was pretty much on the money. If you purchase an expired domain Google will have it reset for only a certain amount of time, but as I stated all you really have to do is keep the inbound links up to par, and you won't lose so many points on it. As WG also pointed out, if you purchase an expired domain that has an original PR of 8, chances are pretty good you'll end up with a PR6 or PR5, assuming you keep up the inbound links.

yeah baby !!!

I love this fucking post :)

Do SEs typically spider Forums (like this one) for links? Does that help or hurt?

Like, can I just post my URL on every message board one day and see an increase in my PR?

Just in-case this answer is YES, my url is http://www.buyvibes.com

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

I would say that both have an equal chance at getting some good rankings. I believe, but some people may disagree, that you can only put so many keywords into your domains and directories until it gets filtered.

Yeah, I believe GFY gets spidered by Google. Whether or not it will help your PR is up in the air. I don't think it will, but if you feel like spamming away go for it I guess and tell us how you do.