SEO Tips

Domain Age Factor is one of the important factors in ranking in SERP. Especially in Google Algorithm. That’s why in buying and selling domains they are one of the factors of the price of the domain.The older the domain the better in SERP. This is the real scenario in ranking websites.

How do you check the age of the domain?
You can use simple Whois tool. Here’s a helpful whois tool that let you bypass Visual confirmation. If you type http://domaintools.com/seopinoy.com you will see at the bottom of the page

Creation date: 02 Nov 2006 12:06:49
Expiration date: 02 Nov 2007 12:06:49

How do you check if the domain is dropped or not?

Use the same whois tool and Waybackmachine tool to check on how a website looks like before. This will give you an idea how do you appraise a website for sale. Also if the website contains any illegal websites before.
So if you see that the domain’s Creation date is new it means that the domain is dropped.

Does Google consider 10yr old parked domain same as 10yr old domain running websites?

Nope, but if you will compare 10yr old parked domain over 10yr old domain with
just coming soon on their page, there is no difference really.
Domain Age factor is only consider with the time Google index it and how many indexed pages and the quality of the content it has during the 10 year period. So if you’re buying a website that says 10 year old website better check its history using waybackmachine. But one thing for sure 10yr old domain parked then turned into website is much better than new domains.

After Google mobile search, Yahoo has just released their own version of mobile search called “oneSearch”. Whats new with these is oneSearch gives wide variety
of results. For example you type “49ers” and press search it will give you the
team websites, scores, news, and lot more about the 49ers. Meaning 49ers is
more powerful than ever. This is what it would look like

Yahoo! Go (oneSearch) can only be view through by any of these mobile service carrier Cingular, Sprint, Tmobile, verizon Wireless, Alltel Wireless, Telus, and
ROGERS. You can download oneSearch here and you can view the demo here

After the shocking crash of DMOZ server. They’re now open for website suggestions. Submit your site here . It’s the best time to suggest again your website to be reviewed by DMOZ editors..

Google has just started the update of the PR of every webpage through their datacenters. ooppps.. It’s a false alarm. Actually this are list the following datacenters that updated the PR

216.239.53.19
216.239.53.44
216.239.53.80
216.239.53.81
216.239.53.83
216.239.53.84
216.239.53.99
216.239.53.101
216.239.53.102
216.239.53.104
216.239.53.107
216.239.53.115
216.239.53.133
216.239.53.147
216.239.53.184
216.239.57.17
216.239.57.18
216.239.57.19
216.239.57.44
216.239.57.80
216.239.57.81
216.239.57.83
216.239.57.84
216.239.57.99
216.239.57.103
216.239.57.104
216.239.57.107
216.239.57.115
216.239.57.133
216.239.57.147

I think this is the start of the much awaited PR update by some webmasters. I’m not excited with these update because I don’t really care much about PR. But hopefully Matt Cutts or Google Webmaster Blog will release an official confirmation of this PR update. BTW seopinoy.com is showing PR3 on these datacenters.

Just want to greet everyone a Happy New Year. I want to thank god for every blessing I’ve received last year 2006. Hopefully this year will be a healthy year for everybody. Peace to all!

On the Official Google Adsense blog made it clear that Google ads
next to Images are being monitored due to confusion from visitors. This blog post was been added to Adsense official blogs because there is a high demand
of request about this Google ads next to images.

I think it’s a good move by Google to clearly clarify their policy on Google ads
next to images because there are lots of Adsense forums from different webmaster
forums are asking about the clear policy on this issue. I think it’s also a good move
because advertiser can be sure that they’re getting quality clicks and something
worth of their money. It’s a win-win situation for both publisher and advertiser about
this blog post.

You can read the whole story here on Google Adsense Official Blog

Just found this very amusing article about Top 21 Signs You Need a Break from SEO.
I really laughed on some of the list here. A must read for SEO newbie and expert.
This article is the test if you’re really an SEO addict.

Here’s the Part 1 of my Pubcon report. But hopefully I can add at least 5 Pubcon reports.
I’ve learned lots from the people who went there(though I’m not there) but I still
manage to know what happen there by reading lots of blogs of people who went there.
Here’s one of the blogs that caught my eye. It’s Matt Cutt’s blog ( Google Engineer)

He mentioned on his blog that he met Marc Hill Macalua and talked about our 2nd Philippines
SEO contest. It feels great if someone from the other side of the world recognized
our SEO contest. Ok, here’s a quick discussion
what happen there. I have to focus on reciprocal links, on how they will affect your
sites rankings.

If you are currently on your campaign of link exchange here are some tips
that Matt Cutts mentioned on pubcon.

1. Google algorithm are now designed to know if you’re doing reciprocal linking to
increase the link popularity. So having lots of links in your links page will surely hurt your
site’s rankings.

2. Stop doing reciprocal linking but focus on your content and make your site more appealing
to your readers so that your site will become popular and more people will link to your site.

Is link exchange still applicable in SEO or link building?

Yes, but make sure you don’t do it obviously by adding lots of reciprocal links to your site.
Look for quality sites instead of quantity reciprocal links. In other words limit your reciprocal linking
and add lots of contents to make a compelling site that attract viral buzz or word of mouth.

I’m thrilled with these discussion over webmaster forums about having .edu link. I’m thrilled because it seems like they are very important for your success in SERP. It was rumored to be will give big weight to your sites rankings. Just of last week someone offered me a .edu link but I will not give the URL because this might devaluate the importance of the link it will provide.

Getting .edu link is very hard. So webmasters are finding ways on how to get one. I will give you some simple tips on how to do it.

1. Build something that a school worth linking to. If you could offer something that is very informative to their student that they could recommend. No $$$ lost. Just make sure you will get notice by soliciting your articles through the school administrator.

2. If you know someone from that college and he has access in the college website and can accept money to add your link.

3. Contact the school administrator and Donate reasonable amount and ask them to put your link somewhere in their links page. Most of the .edu link has links page so it’s not that hard to request for a backlink from them.

4. There are some webmaster forums where an individual offer links from .edu link in return for $XXX. You can search for a thread here http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=58 and you will see few individuals that offer this one.

5. Colleges are offering free hosting for their student so if your enrolled in a college or know someone from a college then ask for a favor to add your link to his site that is hosted by their college.

Although 4 of the tips here are just simply bribing. I would recommend the 1st tip to be done first rather than the next 4. Happy bribing…oppsss did I just say that.. Good luck with your quest on looking for a possible .edu backlinks.

Lets have a deeper look on how dangerous is link exchange. I’ve wrote this article so that people will be aware what they’re doing. Link Exchange is part of SEO basics. But how dangerous is link exchange in your website?

So your a newbie in Search Engine Optimization and you have read that Link Exchange is important in link building. So you have posted on forums and email few webmaster about your link exchange inquiry. And your very happy because you got response from those people you’ve emailed. Great you have now “link partners”. So how calm I told you why Link Exchange is dangerous? Here are the scenario that link exchange is dangerous.

1. Link Exchange also means reciprocal linking. Search Engines won’t banned you if there are few bad neighborhood( porn, gambling, and pharmacy sites) linking to you. But if you reciprocate to them then there’s your problem will come. So the number one rule in link exchange is “Don’t link to bad neighborhood”.

2. Link Exchange is dangerous when a link partner suddenly went offline. It means without your notice you’re linking to dead website. This will make Search Engine bots mark your website linking to dead URL.

3. As a continuation to #2 Link Exchange scenario if the site is shifted to another page and there’s no 301 redirect or 404 to the link your linking then its another dead URL you are linking to. Still bad for your site.

4. Most of the webmaster or link builder I’ve transacted with is they suddenly remove your link. So better make sure your site isn’t remove from their links page.

5. Link pages becomes Link Farm. It will give your link no benefit at all.

6. I also encounter that my links are being move into deeper URL without my notice. Remember if your link is into deeper URL of the site then it will take time before your link will be crawled by bots and it’s almost useless for your site.

7. Frames are being used by webmaster sometimes. Remember Frames are not SEO friendly so you must check if the links are still SEO friendly.

8. Flash links page are now being used by webmasters. Still not SEO friendly. What is SEO friendly means? It means that you have a plain live link. (A simple HTML link)

9. Javascript are being used nowadays. I saw a website where they place my link inside a javascript that retrieves links from their DB. Everytime the pages load it show different link. So beware of this type of site. Always check your website.

10. What are the signs that website are being moved into uncrawlable page? If the site changes PR and it the site has no PR at all. How to check if your theory is correct? Just type your URL on Google, Yahoo and MSN then press the cached page of your site. If they don’t show results then the site is not indexed and wont give you any benefit.

11. Three way link exchange is good only if you know you are dealing with. But if your not sure about your possible link partners then don’t link exchange with them because there is one scenario that will hurt your site. What if the one you are linking to suddenly turned into bad niche( porn, gambling ,and pharmacy sites.) This is a no no in SEO as I’ve said earlier.

12. Bottom line, always check the credibility of your link partners. Observe before linking to them. If this is not enough feel free to leave a comment and we will add it if I missed something to be added here.