Re: [ILUG-BOM] is SEO unethical [was] Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 59, Issue 4

[Saswata Banerjee & Associates]

Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> On 08-Mar-08, at 12:39 PM, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
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>> But if there is a software that will analyse a page and tell what
>> problems are on it that will prevent the search engine from putting it
>> in relevant search or from putting it on the top, then such a software
>> will be useful to all who develop (or commission someone to develop) a
>> website. If there is an open source software that does it, than it is
>> better for that.
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> 1. make sure that your web page is standards compliant - lot of  
> software for that
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Does standard compliant pages come up higher on google search ?o u
I am yet to see that.
In fact, I suspect non-compliant pages are on the top, going by the Hall 
of Shame listing.
> 2. make sure it is well designed - lot of examples for that
> 3. make sure there are no broken links - lot of software for that
> 4. make sure that there are no circular links - links to sites  
> leading back to your site
>   
Well, pages with circular links do come up on the top of google listing, 
but that part at least is probably unethical.
> 5. make sure that there is good content - no software for this, only  
> common sense
> 6. make sure it is useful
> 7. make sure it has an USP
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> then you dont have to worry about SEO
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You forgot another important thing. Google spider will rank higher pages 
whose content changes more often.
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>> Why would sensible people not discuss it.
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> because sensible people do the above and so do not need to discuss SEO
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That is  a flame bait, but I will leave it at that.
No, even the most sensible people do not do that. I can show you so many 
sites by large companies and so called smart people that do not do what 
you said.
That is why SEO is a profitable business.
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