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Comment on Does Your Website Weigh the Same as a Duck? by Iain Bartholomew

Iain Bartholomew — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:54:24 +0000

Thanks Joel. Like I said to Bill, the important thing is not burning the domain, rather fully considering that option before investing resources in a recovery process.

Of course a new domain doesn’t have to be a wholesale rebrand – adding a hyphen, removing one, adding or removing a geographic term, etc. are all ways to move domain without renaming the business.

Comment on Does Your Website Weigh the Same as a Duck? by Joel

Joel — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:35:03 +0000

The tough part is that you can’t just torch domain names for some businesses. It’s a pretty tough sell to go, “Hey, rename your company so that you can have web success again!”

But there are many sites I wish I could do it for; some things just aren’t worth saving.

Comment on Does Your Website Weigh the Same as a Duck? by Malcolm Gibb

Malcolm Gibb — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:50:37 +0000

Good post Iain, I think there are too many agencies and clients alike that simply jump into removal and re-inclusion without looking at the bigger picture of the irreparable damage to the site and the brand. Spending the time and resources that would have been spent removing links building a new domain and doing some proper marketing shit will no doubt be more beneficial in the end. There is also no guarantee at the end of a link removal project that Google will remove any penalties, the damage is done… sometimes it’s better to just move on and learn from previous mistakes.

Comment on Does Your Website Weigh the Same as a Duck? by Krystian Szastok

Krystian Szastok — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:27:17 +0000

I have to hold my hand up and say ‘me too’. We’ve decided once on a project that there are too many links that would need to be either removed or disavowed and that what would be left is actually probably 20% of work of removing the crap.
So I totally agree – where possible (client’s sometimes won’t go through with it) I suggest weighting up the work required to clean up a domain versus building a new domain up.

Comment on Does Your Website Weigh the Same as a Duck? by Iain Bartholomew

Iain Bartholomew — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:11:20 +0000

I don’t think my advice is to always burn a penalised site, rather to consider it and make an educated decision before committing resources to a recovery effort.

Thanks for reading Bill, always appreciate your input. A much wiser man than I!

Comment on Does Your Website Weigh the Same as a Duck? by Bill Sebald

Bill Sebald — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:51:43 +0000

I took this advice on one website. Another I fought for. Both panned out, but it was a tough call for sure. Quack.

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