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Google want quality but not quantity anymore?

by johnyeo90
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Hey fellow internet marketers and those who do SEO,

I had discovered quite a lot of websites which have just one page content, but were able to outranked other sites which have more than 5 unique article in one site. As I know Google update because they want to eliminate the low quality site,and keep those who have unique and quality content site at high rank. However, one page content didnt not represent a quality website, but why they were able to ranked high? :confused:
And using >>blogspot.com<< is the secret weapon to rank high in Google now?

For example is when i searched for "ex recovery system review", which returned a total of 80,500,000 results (without quote), but Ex Recovery System +++ Special Offer +++ ranked 2nd place on google, and this site is completely new! (less than 2 months)
#anymore #google #quality #quantity
  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    It was never about quantity. It was ALWAYS about quality. Regardless of how well the algos work, googles intent was always to surface quality content.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by wolfmmiii View Post

      It was never about quantity. It was ALWAYS about quality.
      This. Exactly.
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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    Hi

    The last few Google updates have done weird things with the rankings.

    I notice it most when doing keyword research. Keywords that look like thy should be competitive have 3-4 really weak sites in the rankings. I mean no KW in the url, nothing SEO's except the title, less than 100 backlinks (or none), with a PR 0 or - and age 0-1 or -.

    And many have crap content. Some have 'lorum ipsum' except for the Title.

    I also see a lot of things like an IM tool affiliate (crap) review page on a health site that has all sorts of unrelated content and offers in thousands of post that barely resemble spun content.

    It seems one thing these Google changes have done is shaken out a ton of low hanging longtail keywords.

    It also seems easier to rank with a handful of quality backlinks over thousands of garbage backlinks.

    This has always been the case, I think, but it looks like Google has emphasized the impact of the difference.

    Mahlon
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  • Profile picture of the author NicoleBeckett
    The only time quantity comes into play is when you're publishing a bunch of quality stuff (like, for example, on your blog that you update once a day/week/month). However, that kind of quantity takes a long time to achieve.

    More than anything else, Google wants to weed out the corner-cutters -- you know, the ones who think they can get thousands of backlinks in an afternoon, or the ones who think that there's a "magic bullet" that can help them avoid actual work.
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  • Profile picture of the author mosthost
    I really think the most annoying beginning to any sentence these days is "Google wants..."

    Who cares what Google wants? Worry about what PEOPLE want.
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    • Profile picture of the author johnyeo90
      Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

      I really think the most annoying beginning to any sentence these days is "Google wants..."

      Who cares what Google wants? Worry about what PEOPLE want.
      Indeed, but you dont make Google happy first, you cant get to people
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    • Profile picture of the author Dthomasp930
      Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

      Who cares what Google wants? Worry about what PEOPLE want.
      And THAT says it all! People focus so much on how to beat the system. We all know the basics of what "Google wants". Things have improved a whole hell of a lot in the last decade with search. Bottom line, build good quality, relevant, content people actually want to read/use. We know Google's general mindset. Rather than complaining about all these updates, when linkbuilding or doing any other SEO-related functions for clients, always keep in mind that search is going to continue in the direction of higher quality, more relevant content. Help your clients understand this, help build them into producers of quality content, and that will go a long way towards making for future success. Some of the nuts and bolts may cause hiccups here and there, but good quality ultimately reigns.

      Not to mention, updates are job security for SEO.
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      • Profile picture of the author jackwebson
        You should be able to give your visitors a good experience on your website so people may find it a good resource of information they need. And the links will just come over naturally as it goes..
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    • Profile picture of the author maryannjhayanna
      Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

      I really think the most annoying beginning to any sentence these days is "Google wants..."

      Who cares what Google wants? Worry about what PEOPLE want.

      Agree. I think people should go and see their (Google) guidelines about it. They have clearly stated that we should make pages PRIMARILY for users and not for search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    John, what you're seeing is pretty typical of Google's major changes, from what I've observed.

    They make a major update (like the recent Penguin), then watch to see what unintended results they get. Then they spend time refining things to mitigate any damage the major change made.

    During the initial period, results can appear to be totally screwed up, and in some cases they are. It sucks for innocents caught in the trawl, but things should approach what Google really intended to do in a fairly short time. It's one of the risks when dealing with an algorithm that accounts for 200+ factors (that they'll admit to).
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    • Profile picture of the author johnyeo90
      Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

      John, what you're seeing is pretty typical of Google's major changes, from what I've observed.

      They make a major update (like the recent Penguin), then watch to see what unintended results they get. Then they spend time refining things to mitigate any damage the major change made.

      During the initial period, results can appear to be totally screwed up, and in some cases they are. It sucks for innocents caught in the trawl, but things should approach what Google really intended to do in a fairly short time. It's one of the risks when dealing with an algorithm that accounts for 200+ factors (that they'll admit to).
      From panda update until penguin attack, I realize that on page seo didnt get effected so much, just off page seo have a lot of changes, and more time is needed to build link. So do you think building link by buying links from fiverr is a wise decision or not?
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  • Profile picture of the author amithak50
    Yes ,Now after Google panda and google penguin ,All about the quality ..quantity does not work anymore ..better to write one quality post in place of 1000's of non targeted posts
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    Yep its all about user experience and giving the user what they are looking for :-)

    Danny

    SEO isnt changing we are just getting a better referee :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Darnscotty
    Google like new fresh content and of course more authority sites. They also put a lot of emphases on social bookmarking.

    Although having a lot of websites and having to add new content regularly is a pain. This is what everyone is saying, fresh content, social booking.

    But after adding a couple of pages and new fresh content to one of my sites, I lost 6 places in the SERP's... So how true is it?
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    there are lots of other factors that can come into it and most of the time a loss in search positions is just a google dance and you 90% of the time come back stronger than before :-)

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  • Profile picture of the author tech84
    It has always been about quality and never quantity. Applies, to everything, backlinks, content, outgoing links, and page optimization.
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  • Profile picture of the author Eric Riltz
    I don't know if someone checked the page mentioned by the OP but it's far from being a quality page. Very far from it. It's a short affiliate review that doesn't offer anything to the reader.

    That being said I don't see it ranked in the 1st five pages of Google for the keyword "get ex back review" (with and without quotes).
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    • Profile picture of the author johnyeo90
      Originally Posted by Eric Riltz View Post

      I don't know if someone checked the page mentioned by the OP but it's far from being a quality page. Very far from it. It's a short affiliate review that doesn't offer anything to the reader.

      That being said I don't see it ranked in the 1st five pages of Google for the keyword "get ex back review" (with and without quotes).

      Sorry for typed wrongly,,the keyword is "ex recovery system review"
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  • Profile picture of the author julianbooth123
    It was always Quality for Google and not the Quantity.
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  • Profile picture of the author waitingforyou
    the quality is the most important forever
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  • Profile picture of the author ivvyevents
    I too think that it is better to opt for quality over quantity because it gives a better chance to capture the attention of the visitor and have gradually have more visitors, which is the ultimate goal of being ranked well and optimizing the website so that it will provide a better chance to be able to reach out to a wider audience.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Originally Posted by johnyeo90 View Post

      From panda update until penguin attack, I realize that on page seo didnt get effected so much, just off page seo have a lot of changes, and more time is needed to build link. So do you think building link by buying links from fiverr is a wise decision or not?
      Definitely not.

      The kind of links usually offered in those gigs is what got a lot of people 'penguined' in the first place.
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