Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Google Says: A Single Tweak Won't Boost Your Search Rankings


When it comes to search rankings, most people who think about it feel there is an easy way to get those rankings. In short, they feel they make a tweak and bam, their rankings go through the roof. When it doesn't happen, they feel that they are missing out on a silver/magic bullet.
Google's John Mueller said in a Google Webmaster Help thread that there often isn't a magic bullet. That often a single tweak made to a web site will not lead to significant ranking changes for the better. John explained that there are hundreds of ranking factors, so making a small tweak won't likely lead to increased rankings.

Google Video On AdWords Customers Getting Special Treatment In Organic Search Results

A common newbie myth and a belief many of my anti-Google readers feel, is that Google will treat AdWords customers better in the organic rankings. One person asked if these big spender AdWords customers get special treatment by being able to ask for favors from AdWords representatives for organic ranking purposes.


Danny Sullivan Awarded Lifetime Achievement At Bend WebCAM


Danny Sullivan gave the keynote address at the Bend WebCAM conference a couple days ago. At the event, he was given the "lifetime achievement" award while on stage.
Matt Siltala took a picture and shared it on Twitter.
Congrats Danny, well deserved!