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Google Bowling

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by panama, Dec 11, 2006.

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    Does Google bowling really work. All of a sudden my link count in one day on google jumped by about 20,000 for nothing we ever did. I think I am a google bowling victim? Any thoughts? Anything anyone know that can be done. It seems odd that link count only on google would jump so much in one day. How could someone get so many links to show in one day and not on yahoo and masn?

    It seems awfully stupid to spend a lot of time doing white hat when anyone can come along and ruin it.

    Help appreciated.
     
    panama, Dec 11, 2006 IP
  2. billybrag

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    wtf is google bowling?
     
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  3. SHO

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    never heard of this can you explain
     
    SHO, Dec 11, 2006 IP
  4. Nemesis7485

    Nemesis7485 Well-Known Member

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    Got me beat, too. :confused:
     
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    Sounds liike a good way to get backlinks! lol
    Sign me up for some Google Bowling!
     
    SCW1975, Dec 11, 2006 IP
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    WACMan Peon

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    From: http://www.searchengineguide.com/pedone/2005/1024_mp1.html


     
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    Never heard of it or seen from in real life. Can you give yourwebsite address so we can see a real one?
     
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  8. techtutorial

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    yah this sounds weird.
     
    techtutorial, Dec 12, 2006 IP
  9. adacprogramming

    adacprogramming Well-Known Member

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    More likely Google will just discount the links as irrelevant. If you have a good number of quality links, poor quality ones will probably not do you any damage.
     
    adacprogramming, Dec 12, 2006 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Strange, never heard of this before. I thought getting relevant sitewide's is what you tried to get, especially for traffic.
     
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    panama Peon

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    Anyone know of anyway to overcome being a google bowling victim? Is there anything to be done?
     
    panama, Dec 14, 2006 IP
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    adacprogramming Well-Known Member

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    Lots of theories as to whether it can really be done. Likely the links are only devalued and it can do you no harm. If Google does track a ratio of poor to good quality links and rates your site accordingly, than raising the number of good quality links to your site will counteract any damage done by the poor.

    Google states that compitition can do nothing to harm your site linkwise, they are also well aware of the idea of Google bowling, so I wouldn't be to concerned about it really happening.

    Here is a definition of Google Bowling if you are interested Google Bowling
     
    adacprogramming, Dec 14, 2006 IP
  14. zokiii

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    This is also google bombing ;)

    Google bowling is when you try to decrease someone's rankings with some spammy techniques and google bombing is when you bomb a site with one particular anchor to rank well for that particular keyword.
     
    zokiii, Dec 14, 2006 IP
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    adacprogramming Well-Known Member

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    Been bugging me all day, I couldn't remember that acronym for that. Thanks for reminding me :) (google bombing)
     
    adacprogramming, Dec 14, 2006 IP
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    Rand Fishkin from SEOMoz wrote in one of his blog posts that Google Bowling is real... But I have never seen any example of this yet (though if anyone could show me an example, I'd be VERY happy)
     
    seoBear, Dec 14, 2006 IP
  17. adacprogramming

    adacprogramming Well-Known Member

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    If it's real that would sure blow away Google's statement that a competitor could not do anything to lower someone elses site in the serps!

    Be tough to do with a well established site though. Too many good links to counteract the bad. I've never heard of anyone being able to prove that it has happened and I"m sure it would be in every forum if someone could.
     
    adacprogramming, Dec 14, 2006 IP