Google MayDay update

CDAMichael · Jul 10, 2010

I find this very curious - given the nature of domaining and domain name development, the Google MayDay update has hardly made any waves in the Domainer Community.

As a domainer, domain developer and content creator, I see it as significant. If unique content is responsible for your organic traffic and thus revenue, then it should concern you too..

Traffickerz.com | A really big Google change flies under domainer radar

Archangel · Jul 10, 2010

Curious: What is the full source of this article?

CDAMichael · Jul 10, 2010

I found the video that Matt Cutts made regarding the algorithm update (at the bottom of the article) and simply researched it - it is all over the web development and SEO community but failed to make a dent in Domaining circles.

Archangel · Jul 10, 2010

Oh, I see. I am deaf and thus hadn't looked at the video. I wasn't aware. Thanks for telling us about this

You're right: I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere else in the domaining community.

enlytend · Jul 11, 2010

The takeaway is:

“you can’t just add a bunch of keywords on a page and expect results just on that”.

If you're already producing good, unique content and presenting it smartly you won't see much of an impact. Product pages (datafeeds and ecommerce) are what have been hit hardest - in particular, ones without any other value-added content.

Good article by Vanessa Fox on the subject:
Google Confirms “Mayday” Update Impacts Long Tail Traffic

As for it flying under domainer radar - from what I've seen domaining forums (and the domaining community in general) aren't exactly a hotbed of up-to-date SEO knowledge

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CDAMichael · Jul 22, 2010

from what I've seen domaining forums (and the domaining community in general) aren't exactly a hotbed of up-to-date SEO knowledge .

Agreed. As a domainer I'm happy for the lack of competition, but as a developer, it is really frustrating trying to teach the importance of it to clients, what is essentially the backbone of search.

It is like scuba divers not caring about their air supply, or race drivers not caring about the fuel. Very strange.

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