Comments on: Candy.com Search Engine Rank Update http://www.dotweekly.com/candy-com-search-engine-rank-update Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Noo Yawka http://www.dotweekly.com/candy-com-search-engine-rank-update/comment-page-1#comment-9250 Noo Yawka Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:50:06 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=2889#comment-9250 The comment "Candy.com Search Position" suggests a technique which can be used to lower the rank of a competing site. The commenter suggests that "candy.com" might look spammy to search engines because the site is discussed on many domainer sites in addition to being used as a site to sell candy. OK, if that's the case, then this suggests that one can lower the rank of a competitor's site by discussing it for non-relevant reasons on sites not related to the primary business. Thus, for example, if you compete with "hotels.com" (to pick an example out of the air) all you have to do is initiate discussion of "hotels.com" on domaining and other sites that have nothing to do with hotels as places to stay for the night. Nah, no one would ever do anything nasty like that, right? The comment “Candy.com Search Position” suggests a technique which can be used to lower the rank of a competing site. The commenter suggests that “candy.com” might look spammy to search engines because the site is discussed on many domainer sites in addition to being used as a site to sell candy. OK, if that’s the case, then this suggests that one can lower the rank of a competitor’s site by discussing it for non-relevant reasons on sites not related to the primary business. Thus, for example, if you compete with “hotels.com” (to pick an example out of the air) all you have to do is initiate discussion of “hotels.com” on domaining and other sites that have nothing to do with hotels as places to stay for the night.

Nah, no one would ever do anything nasty like that, right?

]]> By: Domain Development http://www.dotweekly.com/candy-com-search-engine-rank-update/comment-page-1#comment-9248 Domain Development Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=2889#comment-9248 @Jamie Their SEO is horrible and they're not doing much in the way of link building, articles or social media. They've already spent 7 figures on the domain, and now they need to spend a fraction of that on professional SEO. With a category killer name like they have, they'll get into the top 3 in google, no problem. - Richard @Jamie

Their SEO is horrible and they’re not doing much in the way of link building, articles or social media. They’ve already spent 7 figures on the domain, and now they need to spend a fraction of that on professional SEO.

With a category killer name like they have, they’ll get into the top 3 in google, no problem.

- Richard

]]> By: Candy.com Search Position http://www.dotweekly.com/candy-com-search-engine-rank-update/comment-page-1#comment-9243 Candy.com Search Position Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:58:20 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=2889#comment-9243 I just posted the current Google search positions for Candy.com, CandyDirect.com and CandyWarehouse.com as of 11/14/09. The terms looked at were candy,lollipop(s), chocolate(s), hard candy, candy bar(s), candy store, Halloween candy, Christmas Candy and Valentine Candy. It's not a pretty picture. I suspect all the links from domain related sites to the Candy.com home page makes the site appear spammy to search engines. Yes this is a shameless attempt to hopefully pick up a link from a themed source. Thanks. I just posted the current Google search positions for Candy.com, CandyDirect.com and CandyWarehouse.com as of 11/14/09. The terms looked at were candy,lollipop(s), chocolate(s), hard candy, candy bar(s), candy store, Halloween candy, Christmas Candy and Valentine Candy.

It’s not a pretty picture. I suspect all the links from domain related sites to the Candy.com home page makes the site appear spammy to search engines.

Yes this is a shameless attempt to hopefully pick up a link from a themed source. Thanks.

]]> By: @AndrewHazen http://www.dotweekly.com/candy-com-search-engine-rank-update/comment-page-1#comment-9242 @AndrewHazen Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:09:22 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=2889#comment-9242 I too have been tracking their SEO success and have contacted the company several times about our search engine optimization services.....our client is on first page of google for 'bulk candy' and dozens of other candy search terms (like halloween candy, chocolate turkeys, etc. and does not have a category killer domain name (www.MetroCandy.com)....with the right SEO strategy and quality inbound links, Top 5 Google rankings for Candy.com is a no brainer... @AndrewHazen www.AndrewHazen.com www.PrimeVisibility.com I too have been tracking their SEO success and have contacted the company several times about our search engine optimization services…..our client is on first page of google for ‘bulk candy’ and dozens of other candy search terms (like halloween candy, chocolate turkeys, etc. and does not have a category killer domain name (www.MetroCandy.com)….with the right SEO strategy and quality inbound links, Top 5 Google rankings for Candy.com is a no brainer…

@AndrewHazen
http://www.AndrewHazen.com
http://www.PrimeVisibility.com

]]> By: dnClips.com - More than just domain Feeds http://www.dotweekly.com/candy-com-search-engine-rank-update/comment-page-1#comment-9241 dnClips.com - More than just domain Feeds Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:57:07 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=2889#comment-9241 "link:candy.com" on google. Most of the links are related to the domain sale and mainly from Ricks blog. It may take some more time for their campaign to have some effect. “link:candy.com” on google. Most of the links are related to the domain sale and mainly from Ricks blog. It may take some more time for their campaign to have some effect.

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