Comments on: Maintain Your Trusted Expert Status – The Importance of Testing and Where to Start http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/ Making Money Online Blogging by Milking the Internet! Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: John Cow http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/#comment-33684 John Cow Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:12:00 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510#comment-33684 You are correct that it will not affect a specific pages ranking however i have seen first hand that my sites with a robot.txt get indexed faster and the stats are much cleaner because i block a lot of bots. If you are not using a robots.txt and see how many 404 errors you have for the bots looking for a robots.txt and (this is my own opinion) Google wants to see you use one and gives your site a much more legit appearance in their eyes. You are correct that it will not affect a specific pages ranking however i have seen first hand that my sites with a robot.txt get indexed faster and the stats are much cleaner because i block a lot of bots.

If you are not using a robots.txt and see how many 404 errors you have for the bots looking for a robots.txt and (this is my own opinion) Google wants to see you use one and gives your site a much more legit appearance in their eyes.

]]> By: Rahail http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/#comment-33677 Rahail Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:46:16 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510#comment-33677 I don't think robots.txt has any significance in Google SERPS. it is used to restrict crawlers to access any specific page. If it has any significance, i am willing to hear about it. I don’t think robots.txt has any significance in Google SERPS. it is used to restrict crawlers to access any specific page. If it has any significance, i am willing to hear about it.

]]> By: David Scott http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/#comment-33639 David Scott Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:44:14 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510#comment-33639 This is a very detailed post. Thanks. You could have just said "Test Fools" and be done with it, lol. But really appreciate the details and bringing it down for us. I actually need to test more. Thanks for the reminder. This is a very detailed post. Thanks. You could have just said “Test Fools” and be done with it, lol. But really appreciate the details and bringing it down for us. I actually need to test more. Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: Loan motification http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/#comment-33610 Loan motification Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:51:40 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510#comment-33610 hey this is the one of the best articles i have ever read on this topic. thanks for breaking down everything. hey this is the one of the best articles i have ever read on this topic. thanks for breaking down everything.

]]> By: Kalvster http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/#comment-33507 Kalvster Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:04:12 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510#comment-33507 I should run tests some time. :D I should run tests some time. :D

]]> By: Sean Breslin http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/#comment-33490 Sean Breslin Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:28:19 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510#comment-33490 I'm running some tests Jason at the monement on my gogvo hosting page, still earl days the page is only a week of so old, need more traffic to really get into the nitty gritty! I’m running some tests Jason at the monement on my gogvo hosting page, still earl days the page is only a week of so old, need more traffic to really get into the nitty gritty!

]]> By: 7 Steps for a Successful Split Testing – Kinda Science-y Stuff | Johncow.com http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/#comment-33436 7 Steps for a Successful Split Testing – Kinda Science-y Stuff | Johncow.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:37 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510#comment-33436 [...] 7 Steps for a Successful Split Testing – Kinda Science-y Stuff Written by John Cow on November 10th, 2009 ShareThis is a continuation of the Trusted Expert posts on testing… [...] [...] 7 Steps for a Successful Split Testing – Kinda Science-y Stuff Written by John Cow on November 10th, 2009 ShareThis is a continuation of the Trusted Expert posts on testing… [...]

]]> By: Manish http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/#comment-33400 Manish Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:06:19 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510#comment-33400 One of the best post ever read on the topic. Really impressive. Thanks for sharing. Keep it up..... One of the best post ever read on the topic. Really impressive. Thanks for sharing. Keep it up…..

]]> By: Firman http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/#comment-33351 Firman Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:12:36 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510#comment-33351 one thing, on the internet, we can be an expert instantly :) (anonym) one thing, on the internet, we can be an expert instantly :) (anonym)

]]> By: Colleen Knight http://www.johncow.com/maintain-your-trusted-expert-status-the-importance-of-testing-and-where-to-start/#comment-33329 Colleen Knight Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:22 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510#comment-33329 Wow! Tons of useful information that I'm bookmarking and trying out. Thanks. JOb Pursuer. Wow!

Tons of useful information that I’m bookmarking and trying out.

Thanks.

JOb Pursuer.

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