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Did Google kill the long tail?

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Re: Did Google kill the long tail?

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This infographic is like watching a politician spin their selfish agenda into a "think of the children!" plea. Pretty funny actually.

How so?

(Not knowing much about web marketing and SEO, I feel like I'm missing a lot of the context to understand this topic.)

Re: Did Google kill the long tail?

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The takeaway from this seems to be that Google no longer rewards attempts to game its SERPs. I can't help but think of this as a good thing.

The issue here is that it's still really easy to game SERPs, it just takes more money to do so and a willingness to step in gray hat territory. Search plus your world has the potential to make it very hard if not impossible to game SERPs, however. The takeaway from the infographic should really be that Aaron Wall (of seobook.com) runs a business that teaches (white hat?) SEO to small business owners. It's in his best…

Being knowledgable in internet marketing, the first thing I spotted was that the context of this article is to be an advertisement at hackernews et al.

I am tired of "marketers" posting content here, and I suggest that we should downvote the post and upload the image at an imagehost.

Re: Did Google kill the long tail?

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I was surprised by the fact that Google no longer passes along the search query for logged in users. Checked my analytics account and it is now about 7.5% of all organic search traffic and climbing up.

Anyone know the rationale behind this one? How does this help in fighting the spam? Or how does it improve search experience?

Re: Did Google kill the long tail?

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Actually, I would think Googles new social search stuff will help promote small brands. If your friends are talking about a product it will be pushed to the top of your search results.

Could be great for a little games company like mine. I make very niche games and have no hope of being ranked for a term like "strategy game". I hope that if people are talking us in their circles we might get a few more hits.

Re: Did Google kill the long tail?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The issue here is that it's still really easy to game SERPs, it just takes more money to do so and a willingness to step in gray hat territory. Search plus your world has the potential to make it very hard if not impossible to game SERPs, however. The takeaway from the infographic should really be that Aaron Wall (of seobook.com) runs a business that teaches (white hat?) SEO to small business owners. It's in his best…

Being knowledgable in internet marketing, the first thing I spotted was that the context of this article is to be an advertisement at hackernews et al. I am tired of "marketers" posting content here, and I suggest that we should downvote the post and upload the image at an imagehost.

So you're tired of "marketers", yet you think the image has some value, so you want to rip it off the origin website to remove the attribution?

I'm guessing you're also vehemently against copyright laws.

Also, with a new account you're talking about advertisement at hackernews and being tired of marketers posting content here?

I'm just fascinated by how 80% of all complaints about the degrading quality of HN come from new users.

Re: Did Google kill the long tail?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being knowledgable in internet marketing, the first thing I spotted was that the context of this article is to be an advertisement at hackernews et al. I am tired of "marketers" posting content here, and I suggest that we should downvote the post and upload the image at an imagehost.

So you're tired of "marketers", yet you think the image has some value, so you want to rip it off the origin website to remove the attribution? I'm guessing you're also vehemently against copyright laws. Also, with a new account you're talking about advertisement at hackernews and being tired of marketers posting content here ? I'm just fascinated by how 80% of all complaints about the degrading quality of HN come fr…

Their username looks like random keyboard mashing, so it's likely a regular who doesn't want the comment associated with their usual profile.

Re: Did Google kill the long tail?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you're tired of "marketers", yet you think the image has some value, so you want to rip it off the origin website to remove the attribution? I'm guessing you're also vehemently against copyright laws. Also, with a new account you're talking about advertisement at hackernews and being tired of marketers posting content here ? I'm just fascinated by how 80% of all complaints about the degrading quality of HN come fr…

Their username looks like random keyboard mashing, so it's likely a regular who doesn't want the comment associated with their usual profile.

Or maybe a username that got (hell) banned.

And while I get the need for anonymity, people really need to grow some balls and stand-up by their beliefs.

Re: Did Google kill the long tail?

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post #7

This infographic is like watching a politician spin their selfish agenda into a "think of the children!" plea. Pretty funny actually.

How so? (Not knowing much about web marketing and SEO, I feel like I'm missing a lot of the context to understand this topic.)

They're complaining about a shady, user-harming tactic no longer working thanks to Google's malevolence. It would be analogous to the Drunk Drivers' Forum complaining about roadside checks penalizing those who had trained themselves to drive in a straight line while drunk.

Re: Did Google kill the long tail?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their username looks like random keyboard mashing, so it's likely a regular who doesn't want the comment associated with their usual profile.

Or maybe a username that got (hell) banned. And while I get the need for anonymity, people really need to grow some balls and stand-up by their beliefs.

After you, bad_user.
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