The Top 16 SEO Tips From A Yahoo Insider
Recently in the private forums Rich Schefren provides for his Strategic Profits clients there was a discussion started about search engine optimization.
The topic initially began with two questions. The first was about whether non-Google search engines penalize sites that advertise with Google AdWords (false) and the importance of having an “aged domain” and how it relates to number one rankings.
I became interested when Darryl Peddle, who claimed employment at Yahoo!, entered the discussion and offered some great SEO advice. I asked Darryl for permission to republish the tips from the discussion, which I provide below interspersed with my own opinions based on my SEO studies and experiments. Darryl also has a site called Rank Study.
SEO Advice From A Yahoo Insider
This from Darryl regarding the first question about advertising on AdWords and the possibility of penalties from other search engines as a result:
As an employee at Yahoo I can tell you that advertising on Google will in no way affect your rankings in Yahoo… that’s completely inaccurate. Why would we reduce our quality by dropping relevant sites and advertisers?
This regarding aged domains:
Regarding the aging domain. This is information that is available from the latest Google patent. And yes domain aging is becoming a solid way of determining a sites long term value and quality score. It is just one of many (100+ factors), but it’s becoming more important nowadays.
Top 16 SEO Tips
Here are some tips from Darryl, followed by my own opinion and feedback.
