Comments on: Video: Interview with Adam Lasnik of Google

By: PageRank Sculpting for SEOs who believe in PageRank Sculpting - SEO Theory - SEO Theory and Analysis Blog

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:21:36 +0000

[...] And that was not the only time a Googler has advised people not to use NoFollow on internal links (Adam Lasnik advised people not to fuss over it, for example). Nonetheless, Rand Fishkin and the SEO community have turned Matt’s stance on [...]

By: Using public relations (PR) in SEO | SEMPlanning.com

Using public relations (PR) in SEO | SEMPlanning.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:24:48 +0000

[...] interview with Lee Odden on Feb 20th, 2008, Google’s Adam Lasnik laid these concerns to rest (http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/02/adam-lasnik-video/). According to Lasnik penalties for duplicate content are very rare. Google recognizes that most [...]

By: Michael S. Wholesalers

Michael S. Wholesalers — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:11:33 +0000

I did find the duplicate content and Press Releases info. very informative and will take some quality reasoning from it…. However = Albeit I always enjoy following-up on what Adam has to say and what the newer “Whispers” and SEO rumors are at any given time, unless you know for sure & can actually gauge what importance Google places on internal page linking… I still find it somewhat hard to beleive all Rel-Nofollow attribute/tag – page sculpting verbiage at this juncture…..

Perpahs I’m wrong, but I personally beleive that the entire “Rel-Nofollow” tags situation shouldn’t penalize the honest guy/company who’s goal is simply trying to offer up fresh content and generate readers/visitors to their venues.

My 2 cents.

Michael S.

By: Does PR Sculpting Work? - Page 3 - WebProWorld

Does PR Sculpting Work? - Page 3 - WebProWorld — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:58:35 +0000

[...] results." I fully agree. But who am I= Adam Lasnik confirms that you are fully right too: Video: Interview with Adam Lasnik of Google | Online Marketing Blog __________________ SEO Workers – Search Engine Optimization Consulting Company | SEO Analysis [...]

By: Martin Svetska

Martin Svetska — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:41:27 +0000

I guess I worried about PageRank Sculpting (did not know it was called this way) too much. We are just finishing a project on our website to nofollow secondary links. Not much effort, but anyway…
I guess I should focus more on how deep content is on our website.
Hm, it’s interesting how much one video can change your SEO strategy.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:22:56 +0000

This video really helps not only to webmasters but also to beginners in web developing. The insights are great like “PageRank Sculpting”, “Flash NoScript”, “Anti Sculpting”, and “Duplicate Content”.
This is very helpful to me as Novice Blogger.

By: Does PR Sculpting Work? - WebProWorld

Does PR Sculpting Work? - WebProWorld — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:55:09 +0000

[...] interview suggested uses of internal site nofollow other than for “PageRank sculpting”: Video: Interview with Adam Lasnik of Google | Online Marketing Blog In an interview with Matt Cutts conducted by Eric Enge, Matt said: “What we’ve been [...]

By: Should You Sculpt Your Google PageRank Via Internal “No Follow” Links?

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:48:56 +0000

[...] Adam Lasik, who says sculpting is OK but advises the benefit isn’t worth much time (see Lee Odden’s video interview with Adam Lasik, question is at 5:32). Also there is Matt Cutts, who according to SEMOZ, describes on-site [...]

By: Catfish

Catfish — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:43:52 +0000

The best thing about Adam is how well he communicates and how helpful he is. Everytime I meet him its a pleasure. By the way, for all the people who are anti sculpting, note that he said that Google WILL NOT frown upon the practice. So if it takes 5 minutes to add a couple no follows to your double click adds or your secure server banner that exists in your global footer, its probably worth doing. If you start getting crazy and doing one offs page by page, that’s where the amount of energy required is more than the payoff.

By: SMX West + Interviews

SMX West + Interviews — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:23:43 +0000

[...] you want pure information, check out this video interview that Adam Lasnik did at SES London a couple weeks [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:19:24 +0000

Great interview and great answers! Thanks!

By: When should I use no-follow on internal Links? - Page 2 - WebProWorld

When should I use no-follow on internal Links? - Page 2 - WebProWorld — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:35:48 +0000

[...] If they were not, why should I have them there anyway? Adam Lasnik of Google confirmed my point: Video: Interview with Adam Lasnik of Google Just FYI. __________________ SEO Workers – Search Engine Optimization Consulting Company | SEO [...]

By: Lawrence Spindel

Lawrence Spindel — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:05:48 +0000

I found Adams comments really helpful. Although I am already doing much of what he talked about, it really is nice to hear his validation. I think the video was interesting and entertaining and I would look forward to any more Adam Lasnik videos. I think that Webmaster forums are indeed a good source of information, but contain some misinformation, as well. Adam is articulate and I look forward to viewing anymore of his work.

By: Lin Ennis

Lin Ennis — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:40:01 +0000

I was thinking of using the “no follow” command on About, Privacy, etc., so I don’t have to rewrite those “housekeeping” type pages everything I venture into a new website. Sounds like that’s not a smart strategy.

I wish he’d gone into more detail about press releases. Along those lines, I submitted an article to an article site after it first appeared on my blog. They rejected it as duplicate content, because my blog said something stupid like “submitted by Expert.” I had also set up the blog name as a “user” so when other blogs picked up feeds, the blog name would get some branding. Again, that won’t work submitting to the best article sites, because they’ll check for dupes.

By: James Creare

James Creare — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:18:57 +0000

Adam’s comments on Flash are really interesting, I had stopped adding Flash NoScript to my web-sites, I didn’t realise that Google actually look for this code to counter your flash movie.

By: Jacob F.

Jacob F. — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:20:25 +0000

Thank you for posting this interview! I found it really helpful that Adam tied together Google’s consideration for the presence of pages such as “Privacy Policy” and a penalty for nofollowing them. Also, I think that his “locale and hosting” comment just answered all of my current SEO problems (all of my sites are hosted in an unrelated country to my audience).

By: Hundreds of SEO Interviews | SEO Scoop

Hundreds of SEO Interviews | SEO Scoop — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:31:49 +0000

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By: David McSweeney

David McSweeney — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:38:36 +0000

Great interview. I was particularly interested in Adam’s comments on sculpting internal pagerank. It’s something I have been experimenting with, but after this interview and monitoring my serps/traffic over the past couple of months I am having second thoughts.

By: Duplicate Content NOT to be indexed - WebProWorld

Duplicate Content NOT to be indexed - WebProWorld — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:59:10 +0000

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By: John S. Britsios

John S. Britsios — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:10:23 +0000

Great interview Lee! What I especially loved was Adam’s response on the “sculpting PageRank” issue.

Thanks for sharing.