One time I had a website, built on a domain name I scooped up when it expired, that had tons of backlinks and a PR of 4. It had to do with entertainment and I don’t even remember the name – entsearch or something like that.
I remember building that site and filling it with some pretty good content, and then waiting a week or so before I monetized it with AdSense.
When I did, I was surprised! No ads showed up.
Imagine blanks where your ads are supposed to show and no matter how you changed the content, or targeted the AdSense, nothing ever showed up. Not even PSA’s (public service announcements.)
After waiting a few more days, I contacted Google AdSense and asked them what was up with my new “entertainment” site. The reply was that the domain name had been banned from the Google AdSense program. I asked if it could ever be reinstated, and their reply was, sorry… no.
I know. The feeling was crummy. I hated being part of anything “banned”, a loser, no chance, ever. Needless to say, I didn’t do any more work on that site and let it expire.
Fast forward three years and I’m using WordPress blogs to create niche websites to make money. And I’ve always been a big fan of tagging my articles. I think it just breaks them down into the search words and phrases much like you do when you upload a video to Google’s YouTube. There’s a little place there to put your “tags” in.
I don’t know what other use it would have than to help someone find your content after seeing your “tag” keyword in Google search. But can using tags screw with your SEO for SERP’s? Here’s what I found.
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