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Tuesday 29 May 2012

I have been very busy this last month running around removing all of my keyword linked phrases from all over the net in a bid to make sure I don't get penalised for what Google now considers spam.  Content is, so we are told, the only criterion for deciding the fate of your website now.  I am not convinced!

It seems posting the same article everywhere is also problematic.  Sites like HubPages only want unique articles and the Google bots will ignore, or so we are told, a duplicate article posted anywhere else.  Of course there is still a benefit in posting the same article in various locations because it will have a much larger audience.  The link may only be counted once for Google search engine placement, but the link will be visible and garner traffic. 

Talking about HubPages they seem to be being more awkward recently.  I have never had a problem posting there until this week when one jobsworth got into their head that I was over promoting my website.  There was one small paragraph at the end of the article and only one link.  I didn't waste time querying the problem or pointing out that in the past I had used the two links allowed.  Instead I removed the article and posted it on another site, one with just as high a PR.  The problem may have been too many words in bold, but there was no specific mention of that being the case.  If Google are now just using content as the criterion then presumably the bots ignore emphasised words and phrases?  So again where was the problem?  Oh well it was HubPages loss.