Trust is now more important = how to get it

With the latest google algo update, 'trust' for a domain has become more important.

I'm going to go into detail about what I think improves a site's trust score with Google in a subsequent post in this thread (I'm about to have dinner) but wanted to put it out there for you to consider and comment on:

1. How do you up the trust score of a site in Google's eyes?

2. How can webmasters tap the greater trust in other sites?

 

Interesting concept.

I guess the 'trust' factor could include the quality of all outgoing links.

 

register your domain for a longer period

5 to 10 years instead of just 1...

I guess that would give you some extra trust. Not likely to just disappear again after a few months.

Deeplinking also has some affect I think not just have links to your domain name.

 

Get links from high ranking sites. Quality links are what is important in google.

 

Yep, spot on. I had a link from a PR6 recently. Did wonders

 

Yep thats right, trust is like making every body belives in you, to get that you got to have them link to you especially those reputables sites

Good luck

 

I'm aiming for the link profile of a city newspaper's website (not as many links, but similar profile).

Here is what I'm looking at to improve trust:
* .edu and .gov links
* deeplinks
* links from body copy (editorial)
* variety in anchor text
* links from older sites
* links from newspaper sites in articles

Here is what I'm limiting:
* links from links pages
* sitewide links
* reciprocal links lacking other merit

 

Have a picture of yourself, like your avatar!

I think Willie Crawford talked about trust issues in a podcast b4. He called it 'Social Proof'.

 

Agreed you should have a picture of yourself on your site or blog to improve trust with users.... but I was talking about the concept of domain trust in a search engine context. a-la- ... trustrank etc.

 

I would but I don't wanna scare them all away!

 

Hire a stunt double!

On topic... Boykin has some good tips in this article. Notice in part two of the article his diagram looks at the external links pointing to the page that links to your site....

On that note... the link to your site you consider your A1 absolute best link.... there is no harm in building links to that A1 page with some apropriate anchor text, to further improve it's value.

On my point, see my earlier post on theme jacking.

 

I think the reason so many seo's slag of link exchange is because they don’t want to do them because they are to time consuming.

I think if you want to get a piece of software to trust you then you will be waiting a long time!

I don’t believe just because a site has an .edu .gov domain helps in any way. I think your other suggestions are great.

My point here is don’t over complicate things - I could point out a site that ranks for a highly competitive keyword that has mostly site-wide footer links. I think Google does not care if it is 3 way, Reciprocal, or site wide as long as it is a link from a quality page.

I don’t know why Jim Boykin is saying link pages are dead; I have a high ranking site with about 90% of the links from link pages. I could provide many other examples the same as mine and sure many others on this forum could provide more.

 

They count for much.

As soon as I started getting links from .EDU and an official government website to a site I own where you can learn a language using Flash files, my G ranking went from oblivion to #1, and fast. Not a very competitive keyword (~4.5 million hits in G), but still it was no coincidence.

If u think about it, .EDU and .GOV sites are probably automatically highly trusted: spammers and other shady types don't have access to these TLD's.

I challenge anyone to point out a spammy .GOV or .EDU website.

AmCy

 

I think some .edu sites you can add comments that have been hit by spammers.

I am pretty sure Matt Curtts said that .gov or .edu extension makes no difference. There is a lot of high ranking .gov or .edu sites that would be great to get a link from, but I don’t it has to do with the fact that they have that domain extension.

 

Out of curiosity, who is the registrar for .EDU domain names? Assuming one is a bonafide educational institution, how do you go about registering .EDU?

 

Interesting read with a few "hints" about how to make your site trustworthy.

http://www.google.com/librariancenter/articles/0601_02.html

 

Didn't hear about it, but an aberration, I'm sure. Not the rule.

 

Yes, Matt said .edu and .gov don't make a difference.

But they usually have a good link profile themselves and link to your site without recip.

 

Why does everyone take Matt's word as "truth?" Sure, he provides lots of useful info, but I am sure that there are certain secrets that Matt keeps to himself, so as not too offend the G gods too much.

As always, IMO