Here’s an interesting video (and transcript) on some
“negative ranking factors” that Google appears to be using:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/googles-negative-ranking-factors-whiteboard-friday
Two of them:
- Having a long domain name
- Using Adsense on pages
You don’t have to agree with all of them necessarily,
but it’s good food for thought.
Talk soon,
George