Comments on: Domain Authority Does Not Affect Your Rankings http://www.johnconde.net/blog/domain-authority-does-not-affect-your-rankings/ John Conde's blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:37:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Meta Tags Are Dead. Get Over It. :: John Conde .net http://www.johnconde.net/blog/domain-authority-does-not-affect-your-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Meta Tags Are Dead. Get Over It. :: John Conde .net Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:10:43 +0000 http://www.johnconde.net/blog/?p=22#comment-75 [...] posts Domain Authority Does Not Affect Your RankingsGoogle Gets It Right With Paid LinksWhy I Resigned From the SitePoint.com [...] [...] posts Domain Authority Does Not Affect Your RankingsGoogle Gets It Right With Paid LinksWhy I Resigned From the SitePoint.com [...]

]]> By: Arwen Taylor http://www.johnconde.net/blog/domain-authority-does-not-affect-your-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Arwen Taylor Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:16:18 +0000 http://www.johnconde.net/blog/?p=22#comment-20 Now what about those websites, like Wikipedia, who have what looks like upgraded listings in Google. If you type in Wikipedia you'll see their title and description and then directly underneath that there is about six links to internal pages. I once read that people who had "authority" got that kind of listing but apparently not. :) Now what about those websites, like Wikipedia, who have what looks like upgraded listings in Google. If you type in Wikipedia you’ll see their title and description and then directly underneath that there is about six links to internal pages. I once read that people who had “authority” got that kind of listing but apparently not. :)

]]> By: Dan Schulz http://www.johnconde.net/blog/domain-authority-does-not-affect-your-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Dan Schulz Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:22:33 +0000 http://www.johnconde.net/blog/?p=22#comment-15 Steph, what John's saying is that you don't have to have a trusted domain like cnn.com or wikipedia.com to improve your rankings. Your domain name can be theworstdomainnameever.com and if the content is good, you have a strong internal linking structure (pages within your site linking to each other - and I don't just mean the menu either), and you have great links pointing to your site from other Web sites, you can do well. (Though that is not a guarantee that it WILL happen.) @cochlea, internal links are some of the easiest links (with targeted anchor text) you can possibly get. Not only do they count as links as far as the search engines are concerned, but when used properly can also be considered to be helpful to the person using the Web site (since they don't have to go to the menu just to get to the page in question). So not only do you get an SEO benefit from them, but also an accessibility and usability benefit as well. Steph, what John’s saying is that you don’t have to have a trusted domain like cnn.com or wikipedia.com to improve your rankings. Your domain name can be theworstdomainnameever.com and if the content is good, you have a strong internal linking structure (pages within your site linking to each other – and I don’t just mean the menu either), and you have great links pointing to your site from other Web sites, you can do well. (Though that is not a guarantee that it WILL happen.)

@cochlea, internal links are some of the easiest links (with targeted anchor text) you can possibly get. Not only do they count as links as far as the search engines are concerned, but when used properly can also be considered to be helpful to the person using the Web site (since they don’t have to go to the menu just to get to the page in question). So not only do you get an SEO benefit from them, but also an accessibility and usability benefit as well.

]]> By: cochlea http://www.johnconde.net/blog/domain-authority-does-not-affect-your-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-14 cochlea Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:00:14 +0000 http://www.johnconde.net/blog/?p=22#comment-14 I agree that internal links are important, but I'd probably stop short of saying they are just as important as external links. Wikipedia does inter-link well, but they have also built up a strong brand that many other people reference. Goodness, even their article on deuterium has 822 in-bound links. I agree that internal links are important, but I’d probably stop short of saying they are just as important as external links. Wikipedia does inter-link well, but they have also built up a strong brand that many other people reference. Goodness, even their article on deuterium has 822 in-bound links.

]]> By: Steph http://www.johnconde.net/blog/domain-authority-does-not-affect-your-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Steph Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:39:24 +0000 http://www.johnconde.net/blog/?p=22#comment-13 I have no idea what you are saying, but it sounds important and knowledgeable. I have no idea what you are saying, but it sounds important and knowledgeable.

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