GoogleSearch Engine OptimizationGoogle Exact Match Domain (EMD) Update: Brands vs. Affiliate Marketers
Google recently announced an exact match domain (EMD) algorithm update intended to ensure low-quality EMDs do not rank well in Google search results. Matt Cutts tweeted that the update would “impact 0.6% of English-US queries to a noticeable degree.” So far, the update has had a heavy-handed impact on websites that have built their SEO...