narsticle
msg:3455085 | 4:47 pm on Sep 19, 2007 (gmt 0) |
ive never heard of that external nofollow tag. I guess i should go learn more about it.
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tedster
msg:3455161 | 5:46 pm on Sep 19, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Technically, that's just a way of showing two values for the same attribute. In theory that "nofollow" value should be treated the same as an attribute with one just a single nofollow value. You could, again in theory, string together other valid values for the rel attribute: rel="next external nofollow". Thast doesn't necessarily mean that Google is going to parse it correctly, just that they *should*. cangoou, two questions: 1) I assume you are not using Google's link data for your analysis, correct? 2) Is there a chance of domain level 301 redirects in your competitor's picture? Those can affect SERPs by transferring backlink influence and PR that is very difficult to discover.
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jd01
msg:3455265 | 7:02 pm on Sep 19, 2007 (gmt 0) |
| Those can affect SERPs by transferring backlink influence and PR that is very difficult to discover. |
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Not sure I understand, but sounds interesting can you elaborate a little? It seems like they should parse the same, but comma separated might make a difference...
rel="external,nofollow" Justin Edited: Re-read the OP.
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tedster
msg:3455279 | 7:21 pm on Sep 19, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Suppose someone owns a example1.com and it is just "doing OK" for the search "kw1 kw2". They purchase a nicely aged domain (example2.com) that has been ranking decently for that phrase, and they use a 301 redirect to point example2.com to example1.com. When Google processes the 301, the backlink influence and PageRank will pass through to example1.com - but it may be very difficult to uncover this as a cause for example1.com's imporved rankings. [edited by: tedster at 8:08 pm (utc) on Sep. 19, 2007]
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jd01
msg:3455296 | 7:39 pm on Sep 19, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Go it! Thanks. I thought you meant there was some new way of making a nofollow link count using a 301 or something and couldn't figure out how it was possible. Justin
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cangoou
msg:3455338 | 8:24 pm on Sep 19, 2007 (gmt 0) |
| 1) I assume you are not using Google's link data for your analysis, correct? |
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Yes, I use Yahoos siteexplorer-api.
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bwnbwn
msg:3455360 | 9:19 pm on Sep 19, 2007 (gmt 0) |
I really don't think there is a logical way to figure anything out why someone ranks better than you. I can give you many examples of sites with one link showing in Google and a couple hunderd showing in yahoo outranking sites with thousands in both. It isn't the couple links you described.
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