Comments on: Establishing Web Credibility

By: Seo London

Seo London — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:46:24 +0000

Wikipedia is not really a credible source ? yes anyone can edit a page there but have tons of traffic and useful to get the basic knowledge of almost topics and thanks a lot for your tips especially the ‘5. Make it easy to contact you.’

By: Tad Chef

Tad Chef — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:03:14 +0000

On that point we can certainly agree. I guess we just use ascribe different meanings to the term obsolete.

By: Oscar Del Santo

Oscar Del Santo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:01:07 +0000

My point Tad was that the social media have brought on new layers to the concept of credibility. I agree with you that the principle is timeless, but it needs to be reinterpreted and reassessed with new developments.

Would you agree with me that being credible in the Web 2.0 is if anything more complex than it once was in the Web 1.0?

By: Tad Chef

Tad Chef — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:03:15 +0000

jaamit: You’re right. Search engines basically attempt to mimic real users so they have similar guidelines to judge authority sites.

Oscar: Well, not really, that was the point of my post. The examples might have changed a little but the basic requirements remain the same.

By: Oscar Del Santo

Oscar Del Santo — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:14:09 +0000

I agree that these are timeless principles: but now with the advent of the social media these guidelines are somewhat outdated- since they are referring to webpages and not to social media participation.

I am of the opinion that if anything the social media have brought along another layer of ‘credibility’ complexity and that we definitely need a more inclusive set of guidelines to encompass the social networks and others.

By: jaamit

jaamit — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:30:57 +0000

I love this concept of web credibility. In a sense search engine algos are actually measuring each of the components of credibility you outline, directly or indirectly. Either your credibility is directly improving crawlability, architecture and on-site content (#8 and #10), or its helping you become a more link-worthy source. So this is absolutely crucial for SEOs to consider and not think of it as an afterthought. Keep the great posts coming Tad! Gotta come back to some of the links you’ve got in here too.