Most time Google does not know for sure but it is not like they have to meet some legal burden of proof. So if they 'think' you bought or sold links they can punish you with impunity.
I guess something like this might be in the Google forums but I wanted to comment here because I just posted my first knol and it seems the live links are do follow. I think Google's policy is that as long as you are not blatantly self promoting off topic sites you can have live links that are...
Funny, I just posted something similar in the experiments forum. I have found that initially ranking tends to drop but then you can come back strong...it depends on many factors including the competition for the new keywords.
I have a couple of joomla sites and a couple dozen wordpress ones, I have found WP does very well SEO-wise. Granted I have not spent much time on the Joomla ones but I just fine WP easier to work with in general.
This is one that I have been playing around with for a few months with but because the results can take so long to compile it is proving quite frustrating. Plus I know I should just make a one word/term change at a time but then I figure if I am going to lose my SERP position anyways (which...
There is lots of shared hosting out there, so I am not sure linking back from the same server will be frowned upon. Same ip is another story, that could cause problems if you have dozens of links coming from the same ip address.
I have tried to upgrade my versions of wordpress in the past but ran into problems, I saw there is an automatic upgrade plug-in and it has good reviews. Has anyone here used it recently and what version to version have you had success on?
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I did it once and did not notice any major results. Matt Cutts has stated that Google does not approve of them, so I would not think they are worth much.
I personally feel one quality post a week is better than 5 or more crappy ones. As long as there is some regularity in posting you can develop a loyal readership.
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