Text size is everything for Google. Or not?

nospam@example.com (Tonnie Lubbers) — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:12:12 +0200

How credible is your text?

Google needs 300 words, oh wait no, it needs 500 now to mark your text as credible. What? No, that was last week, now it needs a 1000 words to get your page worthwhile ranking ....

What the ....?

Another SEO hoax was innitiated by some guru that saw a text ranking better because he used a 1000 words.

Did it realy? Did it realy rank better because there were a 1000 words or did he write a unique piece that is worthwhile reading and has tons of information ... or was it just because he got enough links to it from good sites or did it rank because it was new?

No, the guru is sure its because of the 1000 words. Well get of your ass and follow him he knows where to go. Put tons of text on your pages, even if it is jibberisch.

Even if he is lost, whole hoards of wanne be seo's and desperate site owners jump up and do what he says, because he told it, or even because 'it might be true'.

Have fun writing

Changing hosting and bad SEO info - Short SEO news

nospam@example.com (Tonnie Lubbers) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:39:38 +0200

It sometimes happens (as we have experienced ourselves recently - but thats another story) that one has to change hoster.

Bad services, server breakdown, no respons on mails, requests ignored etc. all legitimate reasons to change ones hoster. The story is bad enough as it happend so lets focus on what turned out to be a bummer for my client.

We moved the web site to the other account, notified the old hoster that it was moved and i thought that would be it. Almost a year later my client calls and tells me he got a bill from his old hoster for hosting his web site. Strange but okay can happen, what was more weird was the following fact (thats the way he told it to me - its a fact) that because there were two versions of his site, he got a penalty for 'duplicate content'. Even a translation as he said could trigger this.

As i asked him who had told him that nonsens he stated: A very respectable SEO company (well uhm year right). They also told him that they had prove, which i asked for but never got, and it was a common mistake that people make, not deleting the web site on the old hoster that is.

Facts:

Client was hosted on a shared IP
Hosting had been transfered
DNS changed a year ago
I have my site in 3 different languages and i know some one who has 10 translations, neither one of them were, or will ever be counted as duplicate

Even those facts could not convince him and he was sure his rankings dropped because of duplicate content.

I told him he'd better listen to some people that realy know what they were talking about than to those that dont know the facts. Even if the web site was still there, the DNS had changed and the bot in no way could reach the old content as it was on a shared hosting. The conversation turned from worse to bad and i told him i would ask some people who would be the ones to know and let him know their answer.

Well, i mailed Matt and his answer:

People can link to content on an IP address, for example. It's rare, but does happen. Now for the IP address to be shared--that would be truly weird.
Matt

I mailed my client and thats it for me. If you dont want to listen to good advice, and trust every one that has an opinion on SEO issues, well than neither i and no one else will be able to help you

Things to be learned from this:

SEO can be confusing, you might not know who tells the truth and i know there is a lot of bs. spread by those that simply blabber on things they think they heard or think will work as a 100% fact. So stay safe and dont just believe all you hear. Check and double check
Make sure you have the old site deleted, especially if you have had your own IP and transfer to another hoster and a new IP.

Ps. I called the old hoster and he teared up the bill

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