PageRank

SEO Metrics to Replace PageRank?

Rand Fishkin and SEOmoz introduced their tool Linkscape at SMX East and WebProNews was there to get the story. We followed up with Rand at SMX West to get an update on the tool. Rand prefaces the discussion by boldly stating that they are “a few months away from reversing Google’s algorithm.” (If that does happen, just know that WebProNews broke the story. J) As we all wait on that to happen, Rand tells of a different technique SEOs can work on.

WPN Exclusive: Matt Cutts Apologizes on Behalf of Google’s Penalty against Google Japan

Last week, Google was forced to swallow some pride as it issued a penalty against Google Japan. We all know that Google is strongly against paid links, so it was surprising when Google Japan was recently found out for buying blog posts as part of a promotional campaign for a new service. Matt Cutts expresses Google’s deep remorse and apologizes on Google’s behalf in this video.

MSN on BrowseRank

Microsoft recently issued their version of Google’s PageRank called BrowseRank. This innovation is different than other ranking ideas because it is based on user behavior. Jeremiah Andrick of MSN LiveSearch Webmaster Center tells how they wanted to place more emphasis on the customer instead of rank. Watch as Jeremiah explains more of Microsoft’s efforts right here on WebProNews.

SES New York 2008: Greg Boser

Greg Boser, the President of Web Guerrilla LLC, spoke to Mike McDonald of WebProNews at the Search Engine Strategies Conference in New York. Boser discusses the infamous “PageRank Sculpting” and recommends its use. Check out the full interview of Greg Boser that includes helpful tips, only on WebProNews. Keep watching WebProNews for more coverage of [...]

SES: Google’s Fox Clarifies Sitemaps, PageRank

Fox also addresses common concerns such as code to text ratio, priority settings and Google Toolbar’s pagerank reports versus Google Webmaster Tool’s.

Dissecting the Value of PageRank

PageRank has been the topic of many a spirited debate amongst the SEO community-at-large for a long time now. Some professionals will tell you that PR is completely inconsequential to search rankings, while others will swear upon the lives of their children that PR is the driving force behind the success of their sites. Andy [...]

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