Recovering from FFA links
Date: 2003-04-04 Source: ihelpyou Forums
"I got my website up an running and one of the first things I did was submit it to an automated FFA [Free For All Links] program. ...I understand NOW that it was a stupid thing to do." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Hidden layers = spam, right?
Date: 2003-01-28 Source: Cre8asite Forums
"In my opinion, you have a duty to inform your client of what this other company is doing. Explain to them that although it may never get them banned, it could possibly." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Penalties Set To Expire
Date: 2002-12-31 Source: Webmaster World Forums
"...recently we penalized some domains that participated in a certain link exchange program... I just wanted to let those site owners know that those penalties are set to expire, and most of those domains will be coming back." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Hidden text
Date: 2002-11-14 Source: The I-Search Discussion List
"The rules were made so that the most relevant sites would be returned in search results. If a cheater finds a way to up their ranking by cheating - they've circumvented the whole purpose of the search engine because they are apparently admitting that they know they are not the most relevant site and therefore have to resort to cheating." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
How To Report Spamdexing
Date: 2001-11-19 Source: ihelpyou Forums
"I know how time consuming it can be to report a case of spamdexing, but it's a lot easier if you have a standard email template and know the addresses to send it to. Have found a couple of the addresses and I'll edit this to add more as I find them..." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]