Comments on: Five dangerous SEO tools in the hands of the uneducated optimizer or client http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: aya http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/comment-page-1/#comment-88 aya Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:57:38 +0000 http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/#comment-88 I am not so sure about rank checking software. Our tourism related site suddenly dropped 200-300 places downwards for all keywords for all rankings from top 10-20 positions in google in one day in early Feb 07. We had been using googlemonitor for about 3 months - an automated rank checker, running it once a week or so and Google had blocked us from websurfing temporarily a few times around then. With no other obvious changes on or off site, we suspect that we may have been penalized by google for using the rankchecking software. Does anyone else have experience of this or have any ideas? I am not so sure about rank checking software. Our tourism related site suddenly dropped 200-300 places downwards for all keywords for all rankings from top 10-20 positions in google in one day in early Feb 07. We had been using googlemonitor for about 3 months - an automated rank checker, running it once a week or so and Google had blocked us from websurfing temporarily a few times around then. With no other obvious changes on or off site, we suspect that we may have been penalized by google for using the rankchecking software. Does anyone else have experience of this or have any ideas?

]]> By: kelvin newman http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/comment-page-1/#comment-74 kelvin newman Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:09:14 +0000 http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/#comment-74 I don't think Jennifer has anything against the tools themselves per se just the over reliance on them by some to judge performance. ROI and conversions can be a lot more valuable indication of how well a campaign is doing. I don’t think Jennifer has anything against the tools themselves per se just the over reliance on them by some to judge performance.

ROI and conversions can be a lot more valuable indication of how well a campaign is doing.

]]> By: ogletree http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/comment-page-1/#comment-72 ogletree Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:14:56 +0000 http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/#comment-72 Automated Rank Checkers will not hurt your rankings. The worst they can do is make it so you can't search Google for a short period. All you are doing is running a search and looking at a bunch of sites. Google has no idea which site you own. I'm sure Jenn knows this I just thought I would make it more clear. The post seemed to imply that it could hurt your rankings. Automated Rank Checkers will not hurt your rankings. The worst they can do is make it so you can’t search Google for a short period. All you are doing is running a search and looking at a bunch of sites. Google has no idea which site you own. I’m sure Jenn knows this I just thought I would make it more clear. The post seemed to imply that it could hurt your rankings.

]]> By: Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:07:37 +0000 http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/#comment-70 <strong>SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 17, 2007...</strong> Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:...... SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 17, 2007…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:……

]]> By: Clive Walker http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Clive Walker Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:08:55 +0000 http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/#comment-68 I suggest signing up for a Google Webmaster Tools account because the backlinks check seems to count a lot more links. This would seem to be more accurate than the usual link: search. Additionally, you also get feedback from Google if it has any problems with your website. I suggest signing up for a Google Webmaster Tools account because the backlinks check seems to count a lot more links. This would seem to be more accurate than the usual link: search. Additionally, you also get feedback from Google if it has any problems with your website.

]]> By: Ohad Gliksman http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Ohad Gliksman Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:27:06 +0000 http://www.jenniferslegg.com/2007/04/16/five-dangerous-seo-tools-in-the-hands-of-the-uneducated-optimizer-or-client/#comment-67 Jennifer, What tools would you recommend? Jennifer,
What tools would you recommend?

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