What is an EMD or Exact Match Domain? It’s simply a domain name that uses exactly the top keywords that a site is optimizing for. An example of an EMD would be a dentist’s office in dallas trying to get to the top of the search results for the keyword “Dentists in Dallas” by buying and using the domain www.DentistsInDallas.com. In theory, Google went after LOW QUALITY examples of that where the corresponding website provided users with a low quality experience. Now, every time Google rolls out these updates, there’s collateral damage and this time was no exception. We believe that we were hit as part of this update and Google confirmed to us that the change to our sites ranking was algorithmic in nature and not a manual penalty. So, what to do? The answer for me is simple. Keep doing what you’re doing. I started this site 3 years ago (way before Microsoft’s Windows 8 product came out) and my focus has been making sure that readers have a place to go for the most comprehensive news and updates regarding Windows 8. The domain name I chose “Windows8update” accurately described and still describes this site and what we do. It’s a great name and we are proud of the brand that has been built upon it. Over the past 3 years:
- We have provided consistently valuable Windows 8 news and updates
- We have interviewed some of the biggest names in this field
- We have extensively covered the biggest conferences in our field
- We provide valuable Windows 8 tutorials for Windows users
- We have taken a good look at new Windows 8 apps and games in the Windows Store
- Built a Facebook Group with 32,000 + readers which is one of the biggest community sites – http://www.facebook.com/Windows8update
That Sucks dude.
There’s always Bing which I prefer anyway…
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Google sucks ass anyway….
Thanks I think..
LOL
Yeah I noticed that it was harder to find the site in Google.
Good adult response. These changes come and go.
Keep doing what you’re doing!
Thanks Jenny!
Man you are not the only one. My blog got hit back in April and my traffic went down from millions to just few thousands but, recently, my another new blog related to Windows 8 is going pretty well and luckily it hasn’t been affected.
We can’t blame anyone. It’s just fate
Thanks for the comment.
Google get it right most of the time. Algorithms are just difficult to apply evenly. especially across hundreds of millions of sites.
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I will place a link of your great site to my blog sites and sharing link on my G+ profile, perhaps that could help a very little! Good work Onuora, you deserve
All good.
Thanks!
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See why I use Bing.
LOL a common sentiment we hear.
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I thought Onuora prefered Google Search to Bing. Well with Bing I can find the site without any problem. I’m sure Google is supporting it’s own website with these new algorithm’s and making it difficult to find the websites of it’s rivals. Mr. Onuora, you ought to sue Google.
Hah!
Too funny. Thanks for the comment.
Google sucks ass? Well at least their $%$#@# OS doesn’t blow up in your $%%$$## face!!!!