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    • sansonj
      sansonj @sansonj last edited by

      I have been for weeks doing blogs for links- nothing spammy.

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      • Mcarle
        Mcarle @sansonj last edited by

        http://azbestlistings.com/casa-grande-az-real-estate-homes-for-sale-in-casa-grande-az

        Look at your page.

        Look at where all your maps are, where your search is,

        Look the copyrights info BOTH at the middle & the bottom...

        _The ARMLS logo indicates a property listed by a real estate brokerage other than Sonoran Properties. _
        _All information should be verified by the recipient and none is guaranteed as accurate by ARMLS. _
        _Copyright 2012 Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. All rights reserved. _
        Data last updated 4/5/12 10:09 AM PDT.__© 2012 Diverse Solutions IDX

        Do house buyers want to read all that rather then read about casa grande?

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        • sansonj
          sansonj @sansonj last edited by

          I have no control on this part. It comes with the search stuff. I would love to have it stripped down.

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          • BobLongman
            BobLongman @danbocain last edited by

            Google Webmaster Tools shows when G reads the sitemap indexes; it may take a day or two to digest once it does read it. Until then the changes only matter once the viewer gets to the site.

            That's not always the problem. I too have made recommended changes, and have gotten clobbered.  In my case, one such problem came with reducing the number of times the keyphrase is found in the document text. SEOmoz's page analysis is based strictly on count, not percentage. So mentioning it at least 4 times but no more than 14 is not a help on longer texts, or for that matter on some short ones. There's only so much I can do to use certain core words less often; beyond that, it becomes poor English, which would drive away users who come to the site. I would think Google accounts for that with some sort of text (not file) length keyword/phrase percentage in their algorithm, otherwise it would weigh solidly against authoritative pieces.  But on keywords in document, what's good for Google seems not to be good for Bing, and vice-versa. And recent changes in Google's algo (as reported on the SEOmoz monthly top 10 recently) may well make it even more sensitive to supposed spamming on keyphrase in document.

            That's just one of several such problems. The engines have their own internal contradictions, too (Google re Google services and page speed, for one). You can't get rid of them all.

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            • EugeneF
              EugeneF last edited by

              I would be concerned about some of your outbound links in your SEO text block at the bottom of the page.  You may be linking to sites google doesn't trust.

              Here is a text block from your search result

              :Homes for sale in Casa Grande AZ Casa Grande AZ real estate is now more in demand than ever considering the benefits

              When I use this text as a search phrase, I am finding a bunch of other sites with near identical text.   You need unique useful content.  Your site seems cookie cutter and spammy.

              You could easily by making to high a density of keywords on the page.

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              • sansonj
                sansonj @EugeneF last edited by

                When I do this search I see it is other sites pointing back to me, so I confused.

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                • DonnaDuncan
                  DonnaDuncan last edited by

                  Sansonj,

                  Did you ever figure this out?

                  I was wondering if the changes you introduced made the keyword density too intense in the headers.

                  I clicked on your link, but got a 404.

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                  • googlemonster
                    googlemonster last edited by

                    They 'Google' have patents for rank modifying using seo techniques. It means they can identify what you are doing is aimed at modifying your rank. You need to wait and wait then test again. As it has a time delay.

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