NOODP: Should Google Have Kept Greasing Wheezer?
One of my favorite Little Rascals episodes is called Bear Shooters where Spud can’t join the gang on their hunting trip because he has to stay home and grease his little brother Wheezer. It’s rumored that the band Weezer took it’s name from this classic episode.
"I can't come out," whines Spud. "I've got to stay home and grease Wheezer!"
It all works out for Spud in the end. But, I’m wondering if Google should have stayed inside and greased Wheezer a while longer before adding support for the NOODP tag. Did we celebrate prematurely?
We’ve read several site owner reports that allege their rankings have dropped significantly since implementing the tag on their sites. A few of these also report that they removed the tag and their placements returned to their former positions.
The only Intrapromote client so far that has implemented the tag has also experienced a drop in placement for their most important and competitive search phrase at Google. About the same time, they’ve also seen a major drop in the number of pages indexed by Google.
Coincidence?
Poor Wheezer was better off with the croup?
Hmmmmm . . . . . . . . . .
Our client plans to yank the NOODP tag to see if normalcy resumes. Stay tuned. I’ll let you know what happens.