3 Common Newbie Search Engine Optimization Questions
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| Someone emailed me with 3 quick questions about some SEO terminology they didn't understand. I figured if one person was looking for these answers, many of you would be, too. |
| Here we go: |
| ''What are supplemental results?'' |
| If a page is shown that is in the supplemental results, Google indicates this in their search results pages (SERPs). It doesn't mean that your page or site is banned or penalized. More often than not, pages that are similar to other pages (or complete duplicates) are the ones that show up in the supplemental results. It's generally not something to worry about unless tons of the pages on your site start showing up there. When that happens you'll need to figure out why and fix whatever might be causing the problem. |
| ''When does PageRank update?'' |
| I believe that real PageRank -- the one that only Google knows about -- updates all the time. Toolbar PageRank, on the other hand, updates only about once a quarter. This is why it's important never to use what you see in the green graph of your toolbar as any true measurement of anything. But it's fine to look at it as long as you take the information it provides with a grain of salt. |
| ''What is a link farm?'' |
| There are many definitions of a link farm, but I like to go with the traditional one. That is, a link farm is a set of websites that have all decided to link to each other. It's basically done through a links page that every site from the link farm is required to upload to their site. Every time a new site is added to the farm, it would get added to the links page for everyone to re-upload. There have been hundreds of variations on this basic idea through the years. |
| Suffice it to say that you want to stay as far away as possible from any kind of linking scheme whatsoever. Especially one that requires you to link to sites that you might not really recommend to your target audience. |
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Serge Daudelin is a Search Engine Optimization Specialist who has written over 300 articles in print and 5 published ebooks. Serge is dedicated to helping others and offering the best information on how to make more money online. |
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