Comments on: Unexpected SEO Results? Check On Page http://websitebuilding.biz/seo/unexpected-results-check-on-page/ News for Online Business Mon, 21 May 2012 10:22:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John at Website Building biz http://websitebuilding.biz/seo/unexpected-results-check-on-page/comment-page-1/#comment-11446 John at Website Building biz Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:06:16 +0000 http://websitebuilding.biz/?p=226#comment-11446 When I changed the link by fixing the URL, it bounced quickly from 61 to 11 and back down into the high 60s. This was about a week ago so I expect that the change is probably propagating throughout the data-centers. I also made a PDF to attach to that page and Google itself is always making changes - so I guess it is impossible to know exactly which one factor is causing the rapid 50 point fluctuations. I do think that the broken link was holding me down a bit, though. Linking to 404s is bad form regardless of how the SEs interpret it, and I still feel silly for leaving that issue live for so long :) I don't think <em>having</em> the link for “green banana widgets” is as much of a boost as having a dead link was weighing the site down. When I changed the link by fixing the URL, it bounced quickly from 61 to 11 and back down into the high 60s. This was about a week ago so I expect that the change is probably propagating throughout the data-centers. I also made a PDF to attach to that page and Google itself is always making changes – so I guess it is impossible to know exactly which one factor is causing the rapid 50 point fluctuations. I do think that the broken link was holding me down a bit, though. Linking to 404s is bad form regardless of how the SEs interpret it, and I still feel silly for leaving that issue live for so long :)

I don’t think having the link for “green banana widgets” is as much of a boost as having a dead link was weighing the site down.

]]> By: Steve | Trade Show Guru http://websitebuilding.biz/seo/unexpected-results-check-on-page/comment-page-1/#comment-11444 Steve | Trade Show Guru Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:15:01 +0000 http://websitebuilding.biz/?p=226#comment-11444 hi John, Are you saying that the page you were trying to link for, let's say, "green banana widgets" had that phrase (green banana widgets) as a link on it and it was supposed to link back to the page, but it linked instead to a non-existent page (because of your typo)? If I understand this correctly, you think that instead of google ignoring the broken link, it is penalizing the page for it? That could be. I'm not sure though that google counts a link on a page that goes to the same page. I'll be curious if you can update this post if your page's ranking improves. I do agree that broken links are a no-no, and it's a bit embarassing to find them (I've found several on my site). Steve, aka the some what slow trade show guru hi John,
Are you saying that the page you were trying to link for, let’s say, “green banana widgets” had that phrase (green banana widgets) as a link on it and it was supposed to link back to the page, but it linked instead to a non-existent page (because of your typo)? If I understand this correctly, you think that instead of google ignoring the broken link, it is penalizing the page for it? That could be. I’m not sure though that google counts a link on a page that goes to the same page. I’ll be curious if you can update this post if your page’s ranking improves. I do agree that broken links are a no-no, and it’s a bit embarassing to find them (I’ve found several on my site).
Steve, aka the some what slow trade show guru

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