Matt Cutts Interview Tueday 4PM PST

[Halfdeck]

It's a good time to start a blog.

[Linkster]

Unfortunately - there is nothing new in anything that was said - its all the same thing Google has always done - the recip links, spam and bought links checking has been going on for over 3 years and the misleading PR in the toolbar for at least 2 years - but then nobody ever believes it and keep doing what theyve been doing and I just keep getting richer

[Halfdeck]

Originally Posted by Linkster

Unfortunately - there is nothing new in anything that was said - its all the same thing Google has always done - the recip links, spam and bought links checking has been going on for over 3 years

Linkster, "all the same thing"? Matt isn't just reinterating Google's quality guidelines: "Don't participate in link schemes designed to increase your site's ranking or PageRank."

Assuming Matt's got his facts straight and his head screwed on the right way, Google's crawl priority and indexing behavior is not the same post Big Daddy:

Some folks that were doing a lot of reciprocal links might see less crawling.

it’s by design in Bigdaddy that we crawl somewhat more than we index in Bigdaddy

CrankyDave, your site seems like an example of one of those sites that might have been crawled more before because of link exchanges. I picked five at random and they were all just traded links. Google is less likely to give those links as much weight now.

In other words, Google is singing the same tune as it always has, but is now handling things a bit differently.

[Linkster]

What I was referring to is that although they havent publicly said it until now (and used BigDaddy to "guise" it through) this has been Googles actual practice all along - like I said - it sounds good in the news when everyone is looking at Google to come out with spam prevention - but nothing in the back end has happened other than a different amount of code accomplishing the same thing it did before

[Halfdeck]

Originally Posted by Linkster

nothing in the back end has happened other than a different amount of code accomplishing the same thing it did before

So you're one of those geeks that keeps messing with the co-citation filters on Google's back end? *hide* Seriously Linkster, unless you have moles buried deep in the plex, your claim that "nothing in the back end has happened..." just doesn't fly. Even if you are right on the money, you haven't backed up anything you said. If you think owning a high traffic site automatically makes you an expert on Google, then according to Alexa, I'd have to go with Matt Cutts.

[Linkster]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

according to Alexa

That, my friend, just explained everything to do with your opinions

[Halfdeck]

Originally Posted by Linkster

That, my friend, just explained everything to do with your opinions

Linkster, I don't give a rat's ass how your site or mine is ranked in Alexa. That wasn't my point. In case it doesn't show, I highly respect your opinions. But without proof, your claim doesn't carry any weight with me. And why should you care, if you're right and you keep raking in the dough?

You claimed "nothing in the back end has happened other than a different amount of code accomplishing the same thing it did before" - care to back it up?

[DangerDave]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

If you think owning a high traffic site automatically makes you an expert on Google, then according to Alexa, I'd have to go with Matt Cutts.

That's the funniest thing I have read in ages.... Sad but funnnnnny!


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