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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Don't Make Search Engines Mad

Search engines have guidelines in place to prevent the unfair manipulation of search engine rankings. These search engine guidelines, or algorithms, are modified on an ongoing basis by the search engines as new deceptive practices are discovered. If flagrant, websites can actually be dropped from the rankings of search engines.

If your site is banned or dropped from the search engine rankings, it can certainly have a negative impact on your website traffic, online sales generation and site popularity.

Read this article if you would like some tips in avoiding making the search engines unhappy with your website.

[Note: Most of these points are big time baddies...a couple reflect just good practice to avoid...unless there is a good reason to do so]