I think that it may be just as likely that their audience is simply moving on. 2 years ago TC was on my daily look at list. I havn't been there in perhaps 2 months now. And I'm sure I'm not the only one. I feel that the quality of the writing there has seena dramatic drop, the increase in was I refer to press release journalism has grown substantially, and a whole host of other reasons they simply aren't the site they were 2 years ago. At least for me.
This doesn't account for the sudden drop in traffic lst month, but it does account for quite a lot.
Right. And while I have no doubt that traffic/visits play no role in rankings, the loss of readership directly affects the amount of links they generate each day based on sharing and posting etc. And I believe that may play a large role in why they are dropping. Sort of like spiraling down the toilet ;)
Right. And while I have no doubt that traffic/visits play no role in rankings, the loss of readership directly affects the amount of links they generate each day based on sharing and posting etc. And I believe that may play a large role in why they are dropping. Sort of like spiraling down the toilet ;)
I've got access to the full suite of Search metrics, so if you look over the last 2 years, instead of just the free 3 months, you would see that Techcrunch is down over the last couple of weeks in the search visibility index of search metrics, but over 2 years, they still look quite good.
Now, I do agree that sites like Techcrunch or Mashable carry a risk to be penalized at some point for their over optimization of internal links for major company names. Any article on a large technology company does not even link out anymore, but links to an internal tag page for articles about that company. A major source of traffic for Mashable would come out of SEO for brand names, where they rank on first page for Facebook etc.
I think it would make sense this practice of black hole SEO would deminish in value for these sites... but according the recent ranking data, it has not
Isn't it funny that 2 of the 3 subreddits that have had major upheavels and sc andals recently got dumped. The 3rd being adviceanimals which would probably cause a riot in the streets if it was dumped.
Gabriel aka @Gabs
Bill Hartzer
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Steve Gerencser
I think that it may be just
I think that it may be just as likely that their audience is simply moving on. 2 years ago TC was on my daily look at list. I havn't been there in perhaps 2 months now. And I'm sure I'm not the only one. I feel that the quality of the writing there has seena dramatic drop, the increase in was I refer to press release journalism has grown substantially, and a whole host of other reasons they simply aren't the site they were 2 years ago. At least for me.
This doesn't account for the sudden drop in traffic lst month, but it does account for quite a lot.
what about the rankings though?
the data I posted, isn't traffic, its rankings....I agree though, I think many of TC's core has gone else where. Especially after Arrington left
Right. And while I have no
Right. And while I have no doubt that traffic/visits play no role in rankings, the loss of readership directly affects the amount of links they generate each day based on sharing and posting etc. And I believe that may play a large role in why they are dropping. Sort of like spiraling down the toilet ;)
Right. And while I have no
Right. And while I have no doubt that traffic/visits play no role in rankings, the loss of readership directly affects the amount of links they generate each day based on sharing and posting etc. And I believe that may play a large role in why they are dropping. Sort of like spiraling down the toilet ;)
Noise
Sorry to call this noise instead of a signal.
I've got access to the full suite of Search metrics, so if you look over the last 2 years, instead of just the free 3 months, you would see that Techcrunch is down over the last couple of weeks in the search visibility index of search metrics, but over 2 years, they still look quite good.
Check the image for the last 2 years
Now, I do agree that sites like Techcrunch or Mashable carry a risk to be penalized at some point for their over optimization of internal links for major company names. Any article on a large technology company does not even link out anymore, but links to an internal tag page for articles about that company. A major source of traffic for Mashable would come out of SEO for brand names, where they rank on first page for Facebook etc.
I think it would make sense this practice of black hole SEO would deminish in value for these sites... but according the recent ranking data, it has not
Bottom line here: We need to
Bottom line here: We need to focus on quality, be selective and stop going crazy about SEO's rumor!
Bottom line here: We need to
Bottom line here: We need to focus on quality, be selective and stop going crazy about SEO's rumor!
Could be espotting or Matt
Could be espotting or Matt Hopson https://twitter.com/matthopson t-shirt :D
Could be espotting or Matt
Could be espotting or Matt Hopson https://twitter.com/matthopson t-shirt :D
Is it just me?
Isn't it funny that 2 of the 3 subreddits that have had major upheavels and sc andals recently got dumped. The 3rd being adviceanimals which would probably cause a riot in the streets if it was dumped.