Comments on: Google algorithm update Vince favors Big Brands

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:47:01 +0000

that’s one of the advantages of a big company, they pay a lot to build quality websites that have tons of content and are optimized properly, which the search engines love, and most of them have been around for a long time. just build your site up in a relevant manner and contribute to your industry. people want to read interesting sites and this theory will keep people coming back and combine that with word of mouth and you’ll have a ranking site before you know it.

By: Rhian

Rhian — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:15:21 +0000

@ Credit Claims: I agree, quality contents and links are the 2 most powerful factors in ranking.

By: Noah Group

Noah Group — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:00:21 +0000

very true..big companies with major keywords and known brands must rank not only because they are big companies but because they have very useful and relevant content.

By: Credit Claims

Credit Claims — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:14:39 +0000

@Sean: To ensure you are seen by Google as an authorative site within your niche you need to try and capture some high value links: .org .edu etc… also Relevant Links… and look for hubs that form for each of your search phrases…

I know that this mini-update has ticked a lot of people off, but in my opinion it is better for searchers; who are after all, Google’s main target audience, SEO’s need to be able to adapt to survive.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:39:46 +0000

Can some one provide tips to increase the brand awareness

By: K. Thomas

K. Thomas — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:54:14 +0000

I agree.

I run a non-commercial blog dedicated to a pro-sports team. Prior to this change I was getting 30-40 hits per day.

Now I get 1 or two.

I check even minor keywords that used to bring traffic to my site, and now all that pops up is the major commercial sites (ESPN, CBS, SI etc….)