Century Cafe and Bakery

What’s Up With Our Google Rankings?

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:13:58 +0000

Century Cafe and Bakery was #1 on Google for the phrase Manhattan Bakery for 2 years until recently. A site took over that is a pure spam site. 50% of the site is pay per click Google advertising. The other 50% is stolen content… that’s right, it’s a “scrapper site” or an “MFA – made for adsense” site. The funny thing is that another site pulled ahead of Century Cafe for”Manhattan Bakery” and it has only a single backlink compared to Century’s 150 backlinks and it’s not as old as Century’s site and it only has a few pages. Century’s site has 1,000 images and almost 100 pages.

What’s Going On With The Google Rankings?

I’m going to work hard to get that MFA Made for Adsense Scrapper site removed from the #1 position on the phrase Manhattan Bakery. MFA sites are just internet spam and I like to take out the trash.

I’m also going to ask every SEO friend I’ve got to look at this site and try to figure out why a 5 page site with 1 inbound link moved ahead of a 100 page site with 1000 images and 150 links.

Century Cafe and Bakery was moved up to a #1 position on Google Local Maps for the phrase Chinese Bakery:

Lemon Chiffon Punk Spike Cake

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:32:12 +0000

The Lemon Chiffon Punk Spikes are the only edible punk spikes I’ve ever seen in “the Village” and I used to practically live in Washington Square… That’s very NYC dude (I know – thanks). Besides being able to tell you where every street accessible couch in New York University was in the 1980′s, I’ve seen a lot of punk spiked hair. This cake brings me back to the days of punk but in cake form. Wow. This is the only post that goes beyond Ace of Cakes on this website. This cake is as good as it gets in the 20$ and under price range. The signature glazed fruit topping is as good to eat as it is to look at. And the lemon chiffon spikes are fun to break off and munch…. on your way to visit the place where CBGB’s used to be.

100,000 Google Impressions in a Month

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:33:22 +0000

Wow !!! Centurycafe.com had over 100,000 Google impressions in a 30 day period recently.
We are getting 50 to 100 unique visitors a day on the site
We have almost 150 inbound links from other websites.
We ranked #1 for the phrase Manhattan Bakery for over 2 years until Google allowed a MADE FOR ADSENSE MFA site to go to #1 to make more money for Google. That MFA site has ZERO unique content… infact it has STOLEN CONTENT. Half of the page is GOOGLE ADS. Wow !! They have 1 inbound link. I have no explanation why our site is not #1 anymore.
Our site has over 1,000 images that I made with a Nikon D-60 and I color balanced and sliced every image by hand using Photoshop. Wow, the other site has ZERO images for viewers.
Our site has been up continuously since 2004. Their site is only 2 years old.
We did 14 GIGA BYTES in bandwidth this month. 14 GB!!! Thats a lot of people looking at a lot of images. It’s all in Google Analytics too. Why Google is letting a trash SPAM MFA site rank #1 for Manhattan Bakery is a mystery… but maybe it’s the example SEO Pundits have been looking for all these years. PROOF THAT GOOGLE FAVORS MFA SITES ON THE NATURAL SIDE.

Manhattan Bakery Website with 1000 Photos

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:18:20 +0000

We got it. First to 1000 with an image slideshow that can keep you entertained for hours. It will entertain us for hours anyway. Take a look on the top nav bar of teh website and look for “Photo Gallery”. When you get there… well there are 4 different pages you can go to as you can see the tabs on the bottom of each page… click the “Slideshow with Piclens” text and get ready for stunning gourmet bakery visuals!! In the lower right hand corner of the screen there is a button that will allow you to expand the slideshow to full screen. Wow !! Just click on teh escape key to get back to the normal size.

Most of the images in the posts can be clicked 2 or 3 times to make the strawberries as big as your screen – and it’s all in high resolution so you should be able to see it so clearly it makes your mouth water. If YOU want a website like this please call Web Design Workplace owner Mal Milligan at 201-696-5375 for a quote.

Napoleon Sponge Cake Roll

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:36:53 +0000

Here is another twist on a famous Chinese Sponge Cake Roll – the Napoleon. The cake is of course spongy and moist but not too moist. Asians love sponge cake and the competition among the bakeries in Chinatown is keen to be the best. I see a lot of locals trying this for the variety. There are also some nuts in this particular one. If you are a sponge cake lover try this one and I’m sure you will be hapy with it. The item in the picture can be found in the second window case and it’s packaged to go. You can also normally buy a slice if you are eating in. Regards !!

Chocolate Sponge Cake Roll

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:04:58 +0000

This is done to perfection as Asian Bakeries are very competitive with their sponge cakes. There are 5 variations of the basic sponge cake roll available at the Century Cafe and Bakery in Manhattan but this is a favorite. Usually served with coffee. In fact, this would go great with a Bubble Coffee like our last post. There is a cream filling which is light and balanced to give the right amount of moisture without over powering the delicate flavors that come out from the sponge cake. This roll is sometimes called a Sponge Log and it’s sold in a plastic tray that keeps the cake fresh for 5 days or more.

Bubble Coffee

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:06:22 +0000

What? Bubble Coffee?

You better believe it. I’ve seen it around NYC but at a place like the Century cafe and Bakery you can have just about any drink made into a Bubble Drink or a “Boba Drink” including the ubiquitous NYC “coffee light and sweet”. Are most Bubble Tea drinkers going to try this one? I doubt it. Coffee drinkers usually don’t want Boba’s in their drink. But it is an interesting and refreshing variety and change of pace. I recommend it when you are in the mood to try something new. Cheers -

Happy Holidays from The Century Cafe and Bakery

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:36:49 +0000

From our family at the Century Cafe and Bakery to your family we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a healthy and prosperous New Year in 2010 !!! We are grateful for your patronage and we are looking forward to seeing you during the holiday. Cheers everyone !!

NYC Bubble Tea – Strawberry Boba Drink

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:32:21 +0000

So many names and so many flavors. The Century Cafe and Bakery in NYC has an incredible selection of Bubble Tea and Bubble Drinks. Some call them Boba Drinks. You can guess the Bubble Tea is made with tea and an infusion of fruit sometimes and of course the black pearls or bubbles. The Bubble Drinks have no tea at all, but they have a fruit blended with ice and pearls added. Try the strawberry bubble tea or bubble drink. Yum.

Zebra Pinstripes Cake

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:10:55 +0000

Another unique design from our Manhattan Bakery… this is a black and white stripped cake with a glazed fruit topping. We can make this to order with 1 day notice but this has been a popular style in the fall of 2009. Delicious vanilla cake inside and just the right amount of frosting outside. This will really impress friends and relatives as a finish top your next entertaining meal.