42244 1 3 econsultancy_xml <p>This should serve as a warning for any site that relies too much on Google and is vulnerable to any tweaks by the search engine. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.answers.com/">Answers.com</a> CEO Bob Rosenschein said the drop showed the importance of the company's acquisition of Dictionary.com, which it hopes will provide a more reliable source of traffic. </p> <p>He said: </p> <blockquote> <p> <em>"On a pro forma basis, we expect at least 70% of our total traffic to come from people navigating directly to our web properties or typing the term 'dictionary' in a search engine."</em> </p> </blockquote> <p>However, <a href="http://searchengineland.com/070803-083203.php">Danny Sullivan</a> at Search Engine Land has asked around, and no-one else seems to be aware of any recent changes to Google's algorithm. </p> <p> <strong>Further reading:</strong> <br /> <a href="/blog/763-google-bombs-defused-by-algorithm-change">'Google bombs' defused by algorithm change</a>   <br /><a href="/blog/380-the-google-algorithm-according-to-rand-fishkin">The Google algorithm, according to Rand Fishkin</a></p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>This should serve as a warning for any site that relies too much on Google and is vulnerable to any tweaks by the search engine. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://www.answers.com/" Window="Self">Answers.com</Link> CEO Bob Rosenschein said the drop showed the importance of the company's acquisition of Dictionary.com, which it hopes will provide a more reliable source of traffic. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>He said: </Paragraph> <Block> <Paragraph> <Quote>"On a pro forma basis, we expect at least 70% of our total traffic to come from people navigating directly to our web properties or typing the term 'dictionary' in a search engine."</Quote> </Paragraph> </Block> <Paragraph>However, <Link URL="http://searchengineland.com/070803-083203.php" Window="Self">Danny Sullivan</Link> at Search Engine Land has asked around, and no-one else seems to be aware of any recent changes to Google's algorithm. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Further reading:</Emphasis> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/763-google-bombs-defused-by-algorithm-change" Window="Self">'Google bombs' defused by algorithm change</Link>   <LineBreak /><Link URL="/blog/380-the-google-algorithm-according-to-rand-fishkin" Window="Self">The Google algorithm, according to Rand Fishkin</Link></Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-08-06T11:34:00+01:00 1 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Answers.com has claimed that changes to Google's algorithm have reduced its traffic from the search engine.</strong> </p> <p>The site, which provides information on a range of topics, <a href="http://ir.answers.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=258141">said</a> it had experienced a 28% drop in traffic from the levels it was experiencing before the change. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Answers.com has claimed that changes to Google's algorithm have reduced its traffic from the search engine.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>The site, which provides information on a range of topics, <Link URL="http://ir.answers.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=258141" Window="Self">said</Link> it had experienced a 28% drop in traffic from the levels it was experiencing before the change. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1592 363953 Google algorithm changes hit Answers.com traffic false 2007-08-06T13:59:00+01:00 google-algorithm-changes-hit-answers-com-traffic 2009-04-28T22:55:40+01:00 2009-04-28T22:55:40+01:00 73