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How To Make Google Think You Have An Authority Site

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by pholpher, Jun 30, 2007.

  1. #1
    I don't usually promote my own posts. In fact, I've never before promoted my own blog entry, but I worked especially hard on this one. :) It's over 1000 words. I hope this blog post is of some help to your SEO efforts.

    How To Make Google Think You Have An Authority Site

    I'd like to hear your feedback. Also, feel free to digg, netscape vote, stumble, and/or reddit it.

    http://digg.com/general_sciences/How_To_Make_Google_Think_You_Have_An_Authority_Site
    http://tech.netscape.com/story/2007/06/30/how-to-make-google-think-you-have-an-authority-site
    http://reddit.com/info/22gwx/comments

    Thanks for reading.
     
    pholpher, Jun 30, 2007 IP
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  2. trichnosis

    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    i have read all of your blog post. i think it's very good for seo
     
    trichnosis, Jun 30, 2007 IP
  3. jl255

    jl255 Well-Known Member

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    Nice attempt. But actually, i think your post is incorrectly titled. You are dealing with SEO, not about being an authoritative site. Nobody knows even vaguely what Google uses to determine an authoritative site. Many highly ranked sites are not considered authoritative.

    Your post does deal with SEO and how to rank better on the SERPs. My 2 cents ;)
     
    jl255, Jun 30, 2007 IP
  4. coolsitez

    coolsitez Well-Known Member

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    I have a suspect that it could be simply a matter of;

    Many backlinks
    Quality backlinks
    Backlink anchor text is mainly your domain name
     
    coolsitez, Jun 30, 2007 IP
  5. rstein68

    rstein68 Peon

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    joelr710 Peon

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    you've been dug :)
     
    joelr710, Jul 3, 2007 IP
  7. pholpher

    pholpher Active Member

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    This is a great idea if you have a keyword rich domain name.

    Thank you!
     
    pholpher, Jul 3, 2007 IP
  8. zexy

    zexy Guest

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    #8
    I read it on NBB some time ago, very nice article!

    Keep up the good job and we're waiting from more great articles on NBB ;)
     
    zexy, Jul 3, 2007 IP
  9. zangief

    zangief Well-Known Member

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    good find , an autority site should have all aspects of the subject and synonyms are a part of it.
     
    zangief, Jul 3, 2007 IP
  10. seoemporium

    seoemporium Well-Known Member

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    Excellent article. Gaming the system with keyword keyword keyword just doesn't work anymore. Content is and always will be king. With Latent Semantic Indexing "It's good to be the king". :)
     
    seoemporium, Jul 9, 2007 IP
  11. pholpher

    pholpher Active Member

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  12. Michael

    Michael Raider

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    #12
    Well you requested feedback so here it is...

    Sorry to say everything in the article you have written concerning LSI is incorrect.

    LSI is a difficult to understand concept and there is no evidence that it is used by Google or any other search engine. In fact there are very good reasons why they would not use LSI at this time, not least the lack of scalability.

    Several SEOs have pretended to understand LSI and have written about in the past, like Aaron Wall whom you quote. At least Aaron has admitted now that he never knew the scientific definition of LSI. Unfortunately others like Andy Beal who also wrote crap on the subject is not so humble and is busy digging a big hole for himself while arguing with someone who conducts academic research in that area.

    Maybe you should consider rewriting your article to help put a fork in the prevalent LSI myth rather than offer unintentential support to the “snake oil marketers".

    - Michael
     
    Michael, Jul 12, 2007 IP
  13. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    Michael, there is evidence that Google does validate keyterms by phrases related to them on your site, correct?
     
    Blogmaster, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  14. Michael

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    More haste less speed....

    Apologies I transposed the culprits names....

    It should be Andy who recanted and Aaron who is digging the hole :)

    - Michael
     
    Michael, Jul 14, 2007 IP
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    Hi Mike good question! No direct evidence but with an army of ace PhDs it is probably safe to assume that Google has some kind of semantic component in the algo.

    A good place to start would be the 6 recent Google patents I list in this article.

    To get a feel for the future try last months Google Tech Talk.

    Other clues perhaps in Google's Research Publications.

    - Michael
     
    Michael, Jul 14, 2007 IP
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    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    Or any domain name redirecting to a long url with keywords in them.
     
    Blogmaster, Jul 14, 2007 IP
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    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    Ahh, thanks Michael. I missed your post, seems we both posted the same time.
     
    Blogmaster, Jul 17, 2007 IP
  18. einsteinsboi

    einsteinsboi Well-Known Member

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    Nice article. I think it all does come down to quality content, coupled with strategic use of words. Nicely done. I've dugg it as codingpad.
     
    einsteinsboi, Aug 3, 2007 IP
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    I loved it. I feel that what you wrote about is correct. Im going to LSI my upcoming site.
     
    sogastic, Aug 4, 2007 IP
  20. Michael

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    Great news for your competitors! :D

    - Michael
     
    Michael, Aug 4, 2007 IP