Comments on: Taking Back The Number 1 for Make Money Online http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/ The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:02:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: John Chow fixes anchor text and pleases Google at Hamlet Batista - Internet entrepreneur, developer and search marketer http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-80219 John Chow fixes anchor text and pleases Google at Hamlet Batista - Internet entrepreneur, developer and search marketer Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:03:11 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-80219 [...] did he do? He is not telling. I was going to use this post to explain exactly what I did to restore my number one ranking. [...] [...] did he do? He is not telling. I was going to use this post to explain exactly what I did to restore my number one ranking. [...]

]]> By: WBW (Worldwide Blog Wrestling) Presents… » John Chow’s Latest Contest May Soon Be Overshadowed… http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-79728 WBW (Worldwide Blog Wrestling) Presents… » John Chow’s Latest Contest May Soon Be Overshadowed… Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:23:17 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-79728 [...] right, it looks like when John claimed to have taken back the #1 rankings, he was actually just playing catch and release. I gotta say, very sportsman-like of you [...] [...] right, it looks like when John claimed to have taken back the #1 rankings, he was actually just playing catch and release. I gotta say, very sportsman-like of you [...]

]]> By: shaun http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-77712 shaun Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:32:13 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-77712 haha good job you deserve that spot! haha good job you deserve that spot!

]]> By: SEO Blog http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-77268 SEO Blog Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:25:15 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-77268 I definitely could have been more professional but I'm an in house SEO and don't worry about my image all that much. Granted, I probably should have calmly explained things but I didn't need to do my own research to know your explanation was way off. I know how search engines work for the most part and I've seen sites fall off like this time and time again. I've seen sites banned, I've seen them penalized, and I've seen them just drop in rankings. In John's case, it's going to take something major for him to drop out of the rankings that drastically and changing a few anchor texts is not going to cure anything drastic. I definitely could have been more professional but I’m an in house SEO and don’t worry about my image all that much. Granted, I probably should have calmly explained things but I didn’t need to do my own research to know your explanation was way off. I know how search engines work for the most part and I’ve seen sites fall off like this time and time again. I’ve seen sites banned, I’ve seen them penalized, and I’ve seen them just drop in rankings. In John’s case, it’s going to take something major for him to drop out of the rankings that drastically and changing a few anchor texts is not going to cure anything drastic.

]]> By: SEO Blog http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-77265 SEO Blog Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:21:35 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-77265 The Robots.txt file is a bit like a security gate or a toll booth. If you don't allow Google to pass, they wont. Once you let them back in, they'll enter and everything will be back to normal. As far as caching the new version, it will eventually switch over to the new version but their cache doesn't update as often. That's why I was able to see what John had done. However, just because they have not updated their cache, does not mean they don't know the new version is there. They call the robots.txt file every time they come to the site. The Robots.txt file is a bit like a security gate or a toll booth. If you don’t allow Google to pass, they wont. Once you let them back in, they’ll enter and everything will be back to normal. As far as caching the new version, it will eventually switch over to the new version but their cache doesn’t update as often. That’s why I was able to see what John had done. However, just because they have not updated their cache, does not mean they don’t know the new version is there. They call the robots.txt file every time they come to the site.

]]> By: SEO Blog http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-77260 SEO Blog Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:17:23 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-77260 Same here... I probably get a bit too worked up at times, and say things I shouldn't. You really should do some link building for your sites though. :wink: Same here… I probably get a bit too worked up at times, and say things I shouldn’t. You really should do some link building for your sites though. :wink:

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-76734 Hamlet Batista Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:02:57 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-76734 SEO Blog, I've enjoyed this battle of wits. I am sure everyone, including myself, has learned something. You've been added to my contacts in MyBlogLog. Hopefully, we can continue exchanging ideas and point of views on SEO and SEM related topics in the near future. :cool: SEO Blog,

I’ve enjoyed this battle of wits. I am sure everyone, including myself, has learned something.

You’ve been added to my contacts in MyBlogLog.

Hopefully, we can continue exchanging ideas and point of views on SEO and SEM related topics in the near future.

:cool:

]]> By: SEO Blog http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-76698 SEO Blog Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:55:38 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-76698 Hamlet, I didn't say you weren't successful, I said your sites having only 18 links makes me wonder about your SEO knowledge. You might very well be great at marketing and make a boat load of money, but there's just no reason your site should have only 18 links to it. If you haven't focused on SEO, that's fine but I DO know SEO. Hamlet, I didn’t say you weren’t successful, I said your sites having only 18 links makes me wonder about your SEO knowledge. You might very well be great at marketing and make a boat load of money, but there’s just no reason your site should have only 18 links to it. If you haven’t focused on SEO, that’s fine but I DO know SEO.

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-76669 Hamlet Batista Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:18:18 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-76669 Michael, Again, just saying what you think doesn't make it true. Please back your claims as I do. Michael,

Again, just saying what you think doesn’t make it true. Please back your claims as I do.

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-76650 Hamlet Batista Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:53:23 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/taking-back-the-number-1-for-make-money-online/#comment-76650 Michael, Thanks for the heads up. Firstable, please read all my comments and the about in my blog. I don't make my living as a consultant and I am not pitching my SEO services here, like others. I ran the command with as you instructed and the maximum number of results I get is 10,800. Why don't you answer the reasonable questions I raise in my blog instead of just quoting them? If your theory is true please explain what I ask. Why is Google caching the 'broken' version of the robots.txt instead of the 'fixed' one? Michael,

Thanks for the heads up. Firstable, please read all my comments and the about in my blog. I don’t make my living as a consultant and I am not pitching my SEO services here, like others.

I ran the command with as you instructed and the maximum number of results I get is 10,800.

Why don’t you answer the reasonable questions I raise in my blog instead of just quoting them?

If your theory is true please explain what I ask. Why is Google caching the ‘broken’ version of the robots.txt instead of the ‘fixed’ one?

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