Tag: google

  • Want To Know How Google Decides To Ban Your Site?

    Here is a link to an internal Google document that shows how they manually review and rate websites*:[linespace] Google guidelines I’m not sure how long this document will remain publicly viewable, so if you want to get a peek into the mind of Google check it out as soon as you can.   * Link…

  • Why Are Google’s Average Cost Per Click Values Wrong?

    Up until recently it had bugged me why the average amount I was earning per click on some of my sites was nowhere near the average cost per click reported by the Google Adwords Keyword Tool – even allowing for the fact that Google only pays approx 60% of the click cost to the Adsense…

  • How My Sites Are Going 2 Months On From The Google Update

    In early March, just after the big Google update that slammed some of the big article directories, I reported that I had not seen any noticeable effects on my portfolio of sites. It is now over two months later, so I thought I would revisit that group of sites to see how they were faring…

  • New Google Update To Hit Autoblogs?

    In late February Google announced a major update to their algorithm, with the aim being to significantly increase the quality of their search results. You can read Google’s announcement here, and read some commentary about it here. Quite frankly, this has me worried, as it seems to be targeting sites that aggregate content from other…