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		<title>By: workout routines</title>
		<link>http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/the-5-easiest-ways-to-get-search-engines-to-trust-you/comment-page-1/#comment-57962</link>
		<dc:creator>workout routines</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>great post. the tips are very helpful indeed but i still have my doubts regarding the google&#039;s rank calculating algo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>great post. the tips are very helpful indeed but i still have my doubts regarding the google&#8217;s rank calculating algo.</p>
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		<title>By: andrew</title>
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		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>excellent article. I really don&#039;t whois should matter or give weight in any algorithm. For the IP address most of the time you have no idea who else is sharing the IP address with you, Google knows this and should take it into consideration. I have earned trust for many sites on shared IP addresses</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>excellent article. I really don&#8217;t whois should matter or give weight in any algorithm. For the IP address most of the time you have no idea who else is sharing the IP address with you, Google knows this and should take it into consideration. I have earned trust for many sites on shared IP addresses</p>
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		<title>By: EH</title>
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		<dc:creator>EH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve actually been doing quite a bit of research on SEO and many sources say that you don&#039;t have to register your domain name for 10 years--supposedly that is a tactic that many people use that doesn&#039;t actually help.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve actually been doing quite a bit of research on SEO and many sources say that you don&#8217;t have to register your domain name for 10 years&#8211;supposedly that is a tactic that many people use that doesn&#8217;t actually help.</p>
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		<title>By: VestRite</title>
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		<dc:creator>VestRite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It took quite a while for Google to trust my site.  The whois data may not be correct anymore, and if what you are saying is true, I should definitely give it a looksie.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It took quite a while for Google to trust my site.  The whois data may not be correct anymore, and if what you are saying is true, I should definitely give it a looksie.</p>
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		<title>By: Guess</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guess</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been thinking about submitting my site to Yahoo&#039;s paid directory, but about DMOZ, I only see Geocities and other free subdomain crap listed, and I was never successful in listing any of my own.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been thinking about submitting my site to Yahoo&#8217;s paid directory, but about DMOZ, I only see Geocities and other free subdomain crap listed, and I was never successful in listing any of my own.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Davis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Davis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Dave, thanks for stopping by. Regarding the SSL, yes, they do. I believe this is only relatively recent though. I&#039;d show you an example from this site but we excluded the quote and contact pages using robots.txt and used Webmaster Central to remove them from the index. The second result for the search &quot;paypal&quot; should show what I mean.

Regarding the domains, ICANN just raised the prices of domain registration so if anything I can only assume they will go up further.

Now, &quot;Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but can’t Google recognize a physical address? I believe it can, or at least it can in the US. Have a read of this: http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/archive/index.php/t-7285.html

Notice the &quot;Ways to get into the local search engines. if you add a footer with the complete physical address of your company, helps you get into Local Search engines.&quot;

The post was not &quot;The 5 Easiest ways to get GOOGLE to trust you&quot;. I would love some more information on how Google deals with physical addresses though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Dave, thanks for stopping by. Regarding the SSL, yes, they do. I believe this is only relatively recent though. I&#8217;d show you an example from this site but we excluded the quote and contact pages using robots.txt and used Webmaster Central to remove them from the index. The second result for the search &#8220;paypal&#8221; should show what I mean.</p>
<p>Regarding the domains, ICANN just raised the prices of domain registration so if anything I can only assume they will go up further.</p>
<p>Now, &#8220;Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but can’t Google recognize a physical address? I believe it can, or at least it can in the US. Have a read of this: <a href="http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/archive/index.php/t-7285.html" rel="nofollow">http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/archive/index.php/t-7285.html</a></p>
<p>Notice the &#8220;Ways to get into the local search engines. if you add a footer with the complete physical address of your company, helps you get into Local Search engines.&#8221;</p>
<p>The post was not &#8220;The 5 Easiest ways to get GOOGLE to trust you&#8221;. I would love some more information on how Google deals with physical addresses though.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Callan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Callan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Dave, nice post. 
Do search engines detect ssl through the URL? Sometimes when I&#039;m visiting pages with SSL I get a popup security alert which to be honest annoys the hell out of me. Personally I would stick to SSL for data that needs to be very secure as opposed to simple forms, put the user and not SEs first. 

My domain is set to expire in 2017, similiar to the graphic above. No two bit spammer would ever register a domain for this long, so I strongly agree with the 2nd point. In the future though when domains go down in price the value of long registrations will come down too. 

By the way Michele, do I have a dedicated on blacknight. Finally got migration sorted... right pain!

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but can&#039;t Google recognise a physical address? I imagine this adds to your trust &#039;count&#039; too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Dave, nice post.<br />
Do search engines detect ssl through the URL? Sometimes when I&#8217;m visiting pages with SSL I get a popup security alert which to be honest annoys the hell out of me. Personally I would stick to SSL for data that needs to be very secure as opposed to simple forms, put the user and not SEs first. </p>
<p>My domain is set to expire in 2017, similiar to the graphic above. No two bit spammer would ever register a domain for this long, so I strongly agree with the 2nd point. In the future though when domains go down in price the value of long registrations will come down too. </p>
<p>By the way Michele, do I have a dedicated on blacknight. Finally got migration sorted&#8230; right pain!</p>
<p>Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but can&#8217;t Google recognise a physical address? I imagine this adds to your trust &#8216;count&#8217; too.</p>
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		<title>By: Adam Sharp</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam Sharp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not at all Dave, glad it was useful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not at all Dave, glad it was useful.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Davis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Davis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Livejasmin, if you read the referenced post you would know what I was getting at. Also refer to : http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2007/03/which_is_better.html

So yes, I did of course &quot;Check this out&quot;. The reasons were indeed nothing to do with the reason Matt Cutts outlined. Also, did you think that inserting a porn link into your URL field would get by me?

Boris, thanks for the follow up. I see where you are coming from and I appreciate you&#039;r point of view.

@Adam, thanks for the link, do you mind if I insert your comment and link into the post?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Livejasmin, if you read the referenced post you would know what I was getting at. Also refer to : <a href="http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2007/03/which_is_better.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2007/03/which_is_better.html</a></p>
<p>So yes, I did of course &#8220;Check this out&#8221;. The reasons were indeed nothing to do with the reason Matt Cutts outlined. Also, did you think that inserting a porn link into your URL field would get by me?</p>
<p>Boris, thanks for the follow up. I see where you are coming from and I appreciate you&#8217;r point of view.</p>
<p>@Adam, thanks for the link, do you mind if I insert your comment and link into the post?</p>
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		<title>By: Livejasmin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Livejasmin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do you check out any of this before you post it?

3) Get a dedicated IP address.

Try reading www.mattcutts.com/blog/myth-busting-virtual-hosts-vs-dedicated-ip-addresses/

Less Myths more facts would help no end</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you check out any of this before you post it?</p>
<p>3) Get a dedicated IP address.</p>
<p>Try reading <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/myth-busting-virtual-hosts-vs-dedicated-ip-addresses/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/myth-busting-virtual-hosts-vs-dedicated-ip-addresses/</a></p>
<p>Less Myths more facts would help no end</p>
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		<title>By: Boris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Boris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am about to renew my registration for the site that has the 302 and will finally address that issue. I actually, think these ideas presented here are very sound and reasonable. 

It just bugs me on occasion, that so much is written, as if it is fact when much of it is only theory. I am sure a good case can be made for quality directory listings.

However, since I have never spent a penny on marketing I will not start now start by buying into directories. DMOZ has turned me down so many times that I have given up. I even tried to become an editor.
I have a nice little house cleaning service website in Tucson. It is nice and clean with PHP, Alt Tags, H-1, and so on,and no flash. The content is good and relevant. It also has an eco friendly blog that rules the rankings for this niche. Look it up if you like: Green friendly house cleaning tips... or something like that... And yes, it is long tail... I love long tail and Geo-targeting for niche markets.

Thanks so very much... I gotta run.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am about to renew my registration for the site that has the 302 and will finally address that issue. I actually, think these ideas presented here are very sound and reasonable. </p>
<p>It just bugs me on occasion, that so much is written, as if it is fact when much of it is only theory. I am sure a good case can be made for quality directory listings.</p>
<p>However, since I have never spent a penny on marketing I will not start now start by buying into directories. DMOZ has turned me down so many times that I have given up. I even tried to become an editor.<br />
I have a nice little house cleaning service website in Tucson. It is nice and clean with PHP, Alt Tags, H-1, and so on,and no flash. The content is good and relevant. It also has an eco friendly blog that rules the rankings for this niche. Look it up if you like: Green friendly house cleaning tips&#8230; or something like that&#8230; And yes, it is long tail&#8230; I love long tail and Geo-targeting for niche markets.</p>
<p>Thanks so very much&#8230; I gotta run.</p>
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		<title>By: Adam Sharp</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam Sharp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For those of you doubting the whois privacy issue, Matt Cutts strongly hinted that this is a red flag last year at Pubcon.  He was reviewing a site that was apparently penalized and said:

&quot;when I checked the whois on them, they all had “whois privacy protection service” on them. That’s relatively unusual. Having lots of sites isn’t automatically bad, and having PPC sites isn’t automatically bad, and having whois privacy turned on isn’t automatically bad, but once you get several of these factors all together, you’re often talking about a very different type of webmaster than the fellow who just has a single site or so.&quot;

I did a writeup about it after the conference last year:

http://www.sharpseo.com/blog/index.php/archives/48</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those of you doubting the whois privacy issue, Matt Cutts strongly hinted that this is a red flag last year at Pubcon.  He was reviewing a site that was apparently penalized and said:</p>
<p>&#8220;when I checked the whois on them, they all had “whois privacy protection service” on them. That’s relatively unusual. Having lots of sites isn’t automatically bad, and having PPC sites isn’t automatically bad, and having whois privacy turned on isn’t automatically bad, but once you get several of these factors all together, you’re often talking about a very different type of webmaster than the fellow who just has a single site or so.&#8221;</p>
<p>I did a writeup about it after the conference last year:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sharpseo.com/blog/index.php/archives/48" rel="nofollow">http://www.sharpseo.com/blog/index.php/archives/48</a></p>
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		<title>By: David Eaves</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Eaves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Michele, thats good to know.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Michele, thats good to know.</p>
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		<title>By: Michele</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nominet are considering extending domain registration periods beyond the current two years, though I can&#039;t see it changing in the next few months a lot of people would like to have the option.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nominet are considering extending domain registration periods beyond the current two years, though I can&#8217;t see it changing in the next few months a lot of people would like to have the option.</p>
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		<title>By: David Eaves</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Eaves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Boris, I can&#039;t vouch for all of them but I have seen Yahoo, Dmoz and Business.com listings have a big impact on newish (Sandboxed) sites numerous times. The couple of times I tried the ten year domain thing it seemed to have had an impact as well, it&#039;s  a shame you can only register .co.uk&#039;s for two.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boris, I can&#8217;t vouch for all of them but I have seen Yahoo, Dmoz and Business.com listings have a big impact on newish (Sandboxed) sites numerous times. The couple of times I tried the ten year domain thing it seemed to have had an impact as well, it&#8217;s  a shame you can only register .co.uk&#8217;s for two.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin Gibbons</title>
		<link>http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/the-5-easiest-ways-to-get-search-engines-to-trust-you/comment-page-1/#comment-12778</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Gibbons</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would add to this the use of key webpages such as privacy policy/terms and conditions, about us and contact us (containing full address and telephone details) to build trust in a website.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would add to this the use of key webpages such as privacy policy/terms and conditions, about us and contact us (containing full address and telephone details) to build trust in a website.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Ridout</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt Ridout</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Get listed in the top authority directories. - There is less emphasis on this now, and using a dmoz logo is a bit tongue in cheek</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get listed in the top authority directories. &#8211; There is less emphasis on this now, and using a dmoz logo is a bit tongue in cheek</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Davis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Davis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Boris, thanks for the comment. Akismet flagged you as spam so sorry it took so long to fish you out.

You are right and there is no concrete evidence that the above work but noticing a strong increase in organic rankings and quality score after implementing each has to stand for something. Also, Google specifically says &quot;build your site for people, not for search engines&quot;. The above points that I mentioned are indeed factors that not only improve the experience for the user, but also help the user and keep them secure. I am certain that credibility indicators to humans are similar to those used by search engines.

Ultimately though, as stated, there is nothing concrete and I doubt there could be a test to verify it considering search engines take into consideration many things at once.

Regarding your 302 redirect example, you never mentioned for which site or keywords. Would things change if there was some fierce competition in your niche? If a competitor overtook you would you consider moving to a 301?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Boris, thanks for the comment. Akismet flagged you as spam so sorry it took so long to fish you out.</p>
<p>You are right and there is no concrete evidence that the above work but noticing a strong increase in organic rankings and quality score after implementing each has to stand for something. Also, Google specifically says &#8220;build your site for people, not for search engines&#8221;. The above points that I mentioned are indeed factors that not only improve the experience for the user, but also help the user and keep them secure. I am certain that credibility indicators to humans are similar to those used by search engines.</p>
<p>Ultimately though, as stated, there is nothing concrete and I doubt there could be a test to verify it considering search engines take into consideration many things at once.</p>
<p>Regarding your 302 redirect example, you never mentioned for which site or keywords. Would things change if there was some fierce competition in your niche? If a competitor overtook you would you consider moving to a 301?</p>
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		<title>By: Hugo Peppers</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hugo Peppers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Easy?  I don&#039;t know about that.  These are easy if you have the money to pay someone to set it up, or to follow those rules.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Easy?  I don&#8217;t know about that.  These are easy if you have the money to pay someone to set it up, or to follow those rules.</p>
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		<title>By: Boris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Boris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I disagree on all points. These all may be true, however, I have never seen any proof that these work. It seems like well meaning guessing to me! Just because something make sense doesn&#039;t mean that it actually works. When you can provide verifiable evidence then I will change my mind.
One of my websites has had a 302 redirect used since day one... Yet, it is #1 ranked and has been for 9 months. Is a 301 a better idea... Yes, it is... But the 302 has never hurt me... So why should I give much thought to all this other stuff?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I disagree on all points. These all may be true, however, I have never seen any proof that these work. It seems like well meaning guessing to me! Just because something make sense doesn&#8217;t mean that it actually works. When you can provide verifiable evidence then I will change my mind.<br />
One of my websites has had a 302 redirect used since day one&#8230; Yet, it is #1 ranked and has been for 9 months. Is a 301 a better idea&#8230; Yes, it is&#8230; But the 302 has never hurt me&#8230; So why should I give much thought to all this other stuff?</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff Quipp</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Quipp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice post Dave ... and great timing!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice post Dave &#8230; and great timing!</p>
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		<title>By: Michele</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dave
There are several valid reasons for a dedicated IP, such as SSL or running certain services that require a dedicated IP. Not wanting to be associated with other users on an IP wouldn&#039;t really be a valid excuse. Of course it&#039;s a golden opportunity to take a dedicated server :)

Michele</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dave<br />
There are several valid reasons for a dedicated IP, such as SSL or running certain services that require a dedicated IP. Not wanting to be associated with other users on an IP wouldn&#8217;t really be a valid excuse. Of course it&#8217;s a golden opportunity to take a dedicated server :)</p>
<p>Michele</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Davis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Davis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for stopping by Gab. The point about the whois data was to make sure that it correlated to the contact data on the site. 

I red Jakob&#039;s article and also a patent rundown by Bill Slawski on search engines using publicly available stumbleupon and del.icio.us data but as my next article will point out, ther is a lot of ways to easily abuse social networks. (Not that SSL and domain reg length cannot be abused either).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for stopping by Gab. The point about the whois data was to make sure that it correlated to the contact data on the site. </p>
<p>I red Jakob&#8217;s article and also a patent rundown by Bill Slawski on search engines using publicly available stumbleupon and del.icio.us data but as my next article will point out, ther is a lot of ways to easily abuse social networks. (Not that SSL and domain reg length cannot be abused either).</p>
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		<title>By: Gab from SEO ROI</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gab from SEO ROI</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While I agree with the first four techniques (and want to give you kudos on a good post, overall), I personally doubt the whois info matters. Why should people concerned about their privacy not do as well as those who don&#039;t give a hoot about their privacy? Privacy is a legitimate concern and just because spammers prefer their privacy, you can&#039;t go and correlate private whois 100% with spam. If indeed Google is relying on that in TrustRank calculations, they&#039;re getting off track, imho.

On a related note, you might care to point out certain other trust factors that can help. BBB Online programs, Chamber of Commerce programs, and especially off-site factors like publication in reliable industry sites (think New England Journal of Medicine). If I were to venture a guess, success on social media sites like StumbleUpon and Digg are probably also important, for the reasons listed by Jakob Nielsen here:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980208.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I agree with the first four techniques (and want to give you kudos on a good post, overall), I personally doubt the whois info matters. Why should people concerned about their privacy not do as well as those who don&#8217;t give a hoot about their privacy? Privacy is a legitimate concern and just because spammers prefer their privacy, you can&#8217;t go and correlate private whois 100% with spam. If indeed Google is relying on that in TrustRank calculations, they&#8217;re getting off track, imho.</p>
<p>On a related note, you might care to point out certain other trust factors that can help. BBB Online programs, Chamber of Commerce programs, and especially off-site factors like publication in reliable industry sites (think New England Journal of Medicine). If I were to venture a guess, success on social media sites like StumbleUpon and Digg are probably also important, for the reasons listed by Jakob Nielsen here:<br />
<a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980208.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980208.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Dave Davis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Davis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Michele, yea having a dedicated IP helps with implementing the SSL cert. Can be a pain on shared hosting. 

RIPE don&#039;t mind unless there is &quot;justification&quot; I believe (you know more about that than me). In the past, my successful justifications have been :

&quot;client does not want to be associated with other sites hosted virtually on the same IP. Any other tips on this?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Michele, yea having a dedicated IP helps with implementing the SSL cert. Can be a pain on shared hosting. </p>
<p>RIPE don&#8217;t mind unless there is &#8220;justification&#8221; I believe (you know more about that than me). In the past, my successful justifications have been :</p>
<p>&#8220;client does not want to be associated with other sites hosted virtually on the same IP. Any other tips on this?</p>
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		<title>By: Michele</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Getting a fixed IP goes well with the SSL, but getting one for the sake of it doesn&#039;t sit well with RIPE</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Getting a fixed IP goes well with the SSL, but getting one for the sake of it doesn&#8217;t sit well with RIPE</p>
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