Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Digest for seo1@googlegroups.com - 12 Messages in 2 Topics

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    David Thorpe <vach@thorpelawfirm.com> Jul 01 05:51AM -0700  

    To anyone out there,
     
    I don't know very much about Search Engine Optimization and all of the
    updates that Google has done to its algorithm. However, I do know that my
    website had a Page rank of 4 late last year and I just checked it again and
    the Page rank is 2. My rankings haven't really made any major moves, but
    it kind of bothers me that the Page Rank was decreased. Can anyone tell me
    why they think that this might have happened. My website is
    www.thorpelawfirm.com .
     
    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

     

    Jay Bale <jay@jaybale.com> Jul 01 09:05AM -0400  

    This looks to be an issue with the "fold". The last round of Google updates
    hit the Fold issue pretty hard.
    The Fold refers to how much content is seen, or images, without having to
    scroll your browser window.
    You and so many others have been hit by this.
     
    Best,
    Jay
     
     
     
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    Google Expert Michael Wilson <mikewilsonseo@gmail.com> Jul 01 10:38AM -0400  

    Page rank is a gift.... In the beginning google starts to assign it and google is very giving its usually high as we all work hard to get a good pr.... As time passes to keep your gift you need to show google you have made more friends and your gift has been looked after and you have shown google you have worked hard in the community to make more friends as we all know friends come and go and if we don't make new friends all the time we could end up all alone with a crappy pr.
     
    Get it?
     
    Note: I've seen a pr 1 rank #1 over a pr 6
    Pr and serp ' search engine position' are not exactly tied together
     
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    Chris Sinatra <chris@drapestyle.com> Jul 01 08:20AM -0700  

    Jay does the "Fold" issue hurt those or help those with more content on the home page?
     
    Let me know.
     
    Thanks.
     
    Chris Sinatra | DrapeStyle.com | 714.957.2588
     

     

    <ian@write-research-office.com> Jul 01 09:47AM -0500  

    If you click on a website and the part of the website you see first either
    doesn't have a lot of visible content above-the-fold or dedicates a large
    fraction of the site's initial screen real estate to ads, that's not a very
    good user experience. Such sites may not rank as highly going forward. That
    is not really the case with this site.
     

     
    Without doing a site analysis, I would hazard a guess at the site not having
    regular fresh content and/or the rise in mobility. A higher proportion of
    surfing is now via mobile devices. This site needs to respond to those
    devices.
     

     
    Ask your developer to format your site to a responsive web design and
    include CMS. This will address the mobility and fresh content issues. I am
    in the process of converting all my sites right now.
     

     
    Good luck.
     
    Ian
     

     
    From: seo1@googlegroups.com [mailto:seo1@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jay
    Bale
    Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 8:06 AM
    To: seo1
    Subject: Re: Page Rank Confusion
     

     
    This looks to be an issue with the "fold". The last round of Google updates
    hit the Fold issue pretty hard.
     
    The Fold refers to how much content is seen, or images, without having to
    scroll your browser window.
     
    You and so many others have been hit by this.
     

     
    Best,
     
    Jay
     

     
    On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 8:51 AM, David Thorpe <vach@thorpelawfirm.com> wrote:
     
    To anyone out there,
     

     
    I don't know very much about Search Engine Optimization and all of the
    updates that Google has done to its algorithm. However, I do know that my
    website had a Page rank of 4 late last year and I just checked it again and
    the Page rank is 2. My rankings haven't really made any major moves, but it
    kind of bothers me that the Page Rank was decreased. Can anyone tell me why
    they think that this might have happened. My website is
    www.thorpelawfirm.com .
     

     
    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
     
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    Jay Bale <jay@jaybale.com> Jul 01 11:43AM -0400  

    Chris,
    In Google's last round ( may 22) I saw many sites that had little content
    in the view-able fold get blown off. Sites that had a lot of text in
    the view-able fold exploded into top SERPS. Perhaps the most easily seen
    change Google has ever implemented. Once again, "Content is King" quoting
    Michael Wilson from about ten years ago... or should we say, "Content
    placement is King" ?
     
    Jay Bale
     
     
     
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    Craig Elie <craig.elie@gmail.com> Jul 01 11:40AM -0400  

    Pagerank is not accurate...on purpose. It's either delayed, or completely
    false. google does this on purpose to throw people from gaming the system.
    I wouldn't worry about the pagerank itself.
     
     

     

    Rob May <robmay2008@gmail.com> Jul 01 12:09PM -0400  

    I wouldn't worry too much about 'PageRank', as its such a small value in the grand scheme of things.
     
    Work on creating a website that brings people back. Great content, social integration, video, navigation, etc, leading to a great all round experience.
     
    Don't worry so much about that PageRank feature ;)
     
    Thanks,
     
     
     

     

    Google Expert Michael Wilson <mikewilsonseo@gmail.com> Jul 01 12:31PM -0400  

    Heck yes Jay!!!
     
    That's why we created Wordpress !!!!
    Hint .... Look at most layouts...
     
    Content is still King 2013
     
    and put it in the Center of the page! 500 words if possible!!!
     
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    Vineesh Palayad <vineeshpalayad@gmail.com> Jul 01 09:59PM +0530  

    Actually PR is a useless evaluating tool. I understand this from my 13 year
    experience. common people don't know what is PR. they will consider the
    reference only.
    On Jul 1, 2013 8:08 PM, "Google Expert Michael Wilson" <

     

    Google Expert Michael Wilson <mikewilsonseo@gmail.com> Jul 01 12:32PM -0400  

    Great advice Rob
     
    Sent from a Google hub
     

     

    Maverick <paulwmather@gmail.com> Jul 01 06:56AM -0700  

    Hey fellow webmasters/SEO's,
     
    I'm working on a website built with Wordpress and Buddypress. The url
    structure is becoming a major headache and I need a little clarity.
     
    It's a mobile content website and currently I have several custom post
    types i.e. Apps, Games and Wallpapers.
     
    Using taxonomies we also have brands, models and categories. The structure
    is something like this:
     
    /apps/ *(aim to rank for apps)*
    /apps/apple/ *(aim to rank for Apple apps)*
    /apps/apple/iphone-5/ *(aim to rank for iPhone 5 apps)*
    /apps/apple/iphone-5/business/ *(aim to rank for iPhone 5 business apps)*
     
    Is this OTT?
     
    I wanted the actual product pages to be top level, but Wordpress doesn't
    like removing the custom post type as it cannot then check it's a unique
    name, so I'm going with /apps/an-example-app/. Is this ok? Seeing as we
    have the multi-faceted navigation. But there will only ever be a single URL
    for the product page, not multiple. Regardless of how you arrive there, the
    url will always be /apps/an-example-app/
     
    Perhaps a structure like this for the taxonomies:
     
    /apps/?apple+iphone5+business
     
    But that would likely mean if no model is selected we'd need to use
     
    /apps/?all-brands+all-models+business which in itself feels a little clumsy.
     
    Would it be better to just noindex the taxonomies and focus on ranking the
    product pages?
     
    Any wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Thanks

     

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