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this is great news. a lot of my clients suffer from their great keywords being hijacked by content farms. I have been reviewing the SERPs and it really has helped
Pleased to see Google working to improve the end user experience. If ranking are lost by sites employing these cheap-cuts, then we all benefit
It's about time that google realized it was becoming part of the problem in serving up crap content. Giving high page ranking to keyword-rich but poorly written Chinglish pulp adds to the problem not the solution. Let's see if this change by google actually makes a difference.
This is good news for us White Hat Marketers. It's going to clean up the Google SERPs by eliminating the garbage content that has no substance.
This sounds like a good move that will help out the little guy, like me:)
Apparently, Yahoo is in their sites too. Do a search on Yahoo Fantasy Golf. Watch closely as the results appear then disappear, leaving only two, neither of which is the site, only the forums. That doesn't seem to be a helpful, revelant presentation if I can't get to what I wanted. Same things happens with Bing, so it appears that they have the inside track on Google changes too.
Not that I am any fan at all of Yahoo, but it demonstrates the enormous power Google has. Odd that Google who has been the victim of censorship worldwide should decide to practice it itself.
I have seen quite a few of the article were all they were doing was placing key words in them without any good reason for it. You can tell that the article was for content only, not achieving any real information. Thank you Google. Tim
This is good news for us White Hat . It's going to clean up the Google SERPs . very nice. Thanks
Great news - good to see them go away. What about the ones that just provide links and no content?
Just checked on some of our keywords that had been ranked in the mid to high teens lately. They are now appearing on SERP in the top 10. Great content wins - thanks HubSpot!
Finally, Google focusing on their core product. It's about time.
Hopefully, this algo change won't negatively affect the legitimate websites with large amounts of content pages.
Great news!! It will definitely help the little guys working hard to create real content.
"This change is likely a direct shot to Demand Media, a company that recently went public and generates much of its revenue from traffic generated by low-quality articles written simply to target new keyword searches."
Unfortunately this is not the case there are reports around the web saying that Demand Media has gained even more traffic after the Farmer Update.
This is great for those of us creating unique, hard to find content. There are too many sites with ranked, irrelevant content.
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Key point, "This includes
creating interesting and engaging content relevant to your industry as a way to drive traffic and links to your website". If you build it, they will come. Have something to sell before you clog up the search engines.
Steps which have been taken by Google is very interesting. Still Quality content is a major factor for getting ranked.
I love this. I felt like I was spinning my SEO wheels trying to compete with the biggies and cheaters. We will all benefit from a more level playing field.
HOW COULD WE KNOW THAT GOOGLE CHANGED TO A BETTER WAY OR THE OPPOSITE? SEEMS LIKE THEY CONTROL THE RULES. A LOT OF COMPANIES WITH GOOG CONTENT COMPLAINED ABOUT VALUING THEM WRONG.
about time!!
They are the biggest rip off. As I always said....create original content yourself! Period!
In a search for Google's recent change to their Algorithm I came across your post. I certainly can understand about nixing link farms and links of bad reviews but.... why is Google penalizing the good merchant? Is it truly about content or add dollars spent? On one account I dropped from 11,978 in Google organic visits in 2010 to 8,498 in 2011 for the same period after Google's algorithm adjustment. Sales have dropped 1/3rd too. In this economy is it a good business practice to put the small business out of business? Thanks Google... Looks like Bing is getting Delectably Yours Decor advertising dollars until this is corrected!
Personally I like these changes - and I am an internet marketer. One thing I heard about this change is that it effected pretty much all of the article directories.
So the question is - is it even worth it to submit articles anymore (even if they are quality content)? Are you going to be getting any link power at all from submitting articles now?
This has definitely changed the game for internet marketers, as article marketing was a big part of the internet marketing world.
Just wondering what your opinion on article marketing is and how it has changed with this recent change in Google? Would love to hear your opinion...