Is Google Changing The Rules About Links?
Read something very interesting at PageTraffic Blog the other day. It looks like Google has remove the recommendation to add your site to Yahoo directory…
Brian Ussery reported that Google has dropped two of the most relevant and vital bullet points from the Google Webmaster Guidelines. Those bullet points include:
* “Have other relevant sites link to yours.”
* “Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!, as well as to other industry-specific expert sites.”
Over at Google Groups they showed what the page looked like before & after the changes…
Used to say:
Have other relevant sites link to yours.
Submit it to Google at http://www.google.co.uk/addurl.html.
Submit a Sitemap as part of our Google Webmaster Tools. Google uses your Sitemap to learn about the structure of your site and to increase our coverage of your web pages.
Make sure that all the sites that should know about your pages are aware that your site is online.
Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!, as well as to other industry-specific expert sites.Now says:
When your site is ready:Submit it to Google at http://www.google.com/addurl.html.
Submit a Sitemap using Google Webmaster Tools. Google uses your Sitemap to learn about the structure of your site and to increase our coverage of your webpages.
Make sure all the sites that should know about your pages are aware your site is online.Yup, I saved screen shots, as I do because they change these things
without notice, ignorance of the law is not a defense in Googleland.
Could one of the reasons be that the old version was in conflict with them cracking down on blogs selling text links. After all to get your links on Yahoo you have to pay $299… A paid link.
Tough to tell others they are being slapped for selling text links, and turn around and recommend the Yahoo directory on their webmasters guide.
Hmm… food for thought!
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Indeed an interesting news and food for thought. Wondering they’ve realized NOW that they were actually promoting Yahoo directory (making profits..Shhh) or something else was under curtains too.. I’ve been a victim of their attack on blogs selling links and I know they’ve banned MOST of such existing blogs people had. Slapped! LOL that was funny.
Sunita Biddu
12:27 am
As long as directory submissions don’t suddenly become another slap.
Dennis Edell
11:42 pm