Digg Adds No-Follow to Combat Spam
Digg made a change to their site today, adding the no-follow attribute to all external links until they felt sure the link was safe.
They also issued a statement about the change on their blog and even went as far as to speak directly to SEOs, saying they would indeed lose some of the authority they may have been getting from Digg in the past.
“These changes reduce the incentive to post spammy content (or link spam) to Digg, while still flowing ’search engine juice’ freely to quality content. We’ve added rel=”nofollow” to any external link that we’re not sure we can vouch for. This includes all external links from comments, user profiles and story pages below a certain threshold of popularity.”
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Social Media Scorpios
Helen Overland did an article recently on Search Engine People about SEOs and their Astrology signs.
What’s You Sign Baby gave a little explanation of what type of SEO you were likely to work with based on their Astrology sign. It was quite an interesting post that I recommend you check out.
I happen to be a Scorpio and this is what they had to say about myself and other Scorpio SEOs:
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Google Experimenting with Images in Search Results?
Is Google playing with a new search result display… and also testing image recognition?
Guest blogger Jenise Uehara Henrikson is in internet marketing, focusing on urban clothing and streetwear.
Update: This article is NOT about Google’s “universal search” which includes images, as well as news and video mixed in the site results. This post documents something new that Google Search appears to be testing only in smaller markets. What’s different about it? Read the (entire) post.
I was doing some research on google.se (Swedish localized Google) when I came across some interesting search results.
In case your Swedish is rusty :) “vigselringar” means “wedding rings”.
What Does Google Think of Hiring a Social Media Consultant?
I am often asked by clients if Google would look negatively upon them using a social media consultant to get links for their websites and content.
I have always done my best to explain that social media does not actually get links in the same way as you would buy them, but rather it gets the right exposure to put your content in front of the largest body of link givers on the web. With that exposure and great linkable content, you actually get natural links to your content, which Google sees as legit and good.
Recently I came across an interview that Eric Enge did with Matt Cutts, that further clarified how Google feels about hiring a social media consultant to help get natural links for your site and content.
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About Brent Csutoras
Brent Csutoras is a social media marketing consultant and entrepreneur, who specializes in social media marketing, content marketing, and viral content creation.
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