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Google Changes Algorithm, Site Networks Suffer

So, my blog now has the same page rank as Engadget. Go me!!! Oh… wait.

Anyone who has been paying attention has already heard the news about the shift in Google’s algorithm that seems to be penalizing sites for massive cross linking. This is especially relevant to myself as my job is as Lead designer for one of these networks. So, here’s the roundup of everyone who is writing about it.

  1. TechCrunch - Google Declares Jihad On Blog Link Farms (Where I first heard the news from Gavin)
  2. Silicon Alley Insider - Google’s PageRank Shuffle: Big Sites Say Bye-bye, Traffic?
  3. Search Engine Journal - Google Drops PageRank For Many Sites : Paid Links or New Algorithm?
  4. Mathew Ingram - Google uses the PageRank hammer
  5. Google PageRank Penalties For Network Blogs
  6. Andy Beard - Digg Favorites Slapped By Google (IMO, the best analysis)

They all say the same thing and reference each other. (Hmm… wonder if they will take a PR hit?)

From Andy Beard:

Many of the reputable sources that have received a penalty are part of extensive blog networks, and they have one factor in common. They have massive interlinking between their network sites.

That was my analysis as well, just judging from our own internal methods of doing things. This has consumed a large part of my day with phone meetings and e-mails flying around trying to figure out how to rectify the problem. But I probably can’t talk about that yet.

As Mike said: It was Fun While It Lasted

I probably should rel="nofollow" those links, just to be safe…

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Posted October 24th, 2007 in Web Design by Matt

Online Calendars and Date Pickers

Smashing Magazine posted a nice roundup of Online Calendars and Date Pickers.

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Posted October 23rd, 2007 in External Link by Matt

ideasonideas: How to disarm 10 difficult client observations/requests

ideasonideas: How to disarm 10 difficult client observations/requests. Great responses to horrible requests.

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Posted October 16th, 2007 in External Link by Matt

A List Apart: Findings From the Web Design Survey

Okay this is just flipping cool.

A List Apart: Findings From the Web Design Survey

In April 2007, A List Apart and An Event Apart conducted the first survey of people who make websites. Close to 33,000 web professionals answered the survey’s 37 questions, providing the first data ever collected on the business of web design and development as practiced in the U.S. and worldwide.

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Posted October 16th, 2007 in External Link by Matt

Best Practices For Bulletproof E-Mail Delivery

Best Practices For Bulletproof E-Mail Delivery teaches us how to make sure our e-mails don’t accidentally get caught by spam filters.

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Posted October 16th, 2007 in External Link by Matt

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