Google Posts the Truth About Traffic Power
Date: 2006-02-15 Source: Search Engine Guide
Having already made a bad reputation for itself by hiring a legion of phone solicitors to cold-call small businesses, Traffic Power had accumulated a fairly large client list. This weekend, the story took another twist when Matt Cutts, Google’s chief search engineer, posted definite confirmation of the penalty on his blog.
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Dropped for Dupes
Date: 2006-02-02 Source: Search Engine Guide
My site, which is full of good content (1500 or so pages), was dropped by Google 3 months ago. We are a small business and as a result we are close to going out of business (we rely on advertising revenue). [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Does an Over-Optimization Penalty Exist?
Date: 2005-09-02 Source: Search Engine Guide
If you have questions about whether or not the Over-Optimization Penalty (OOP) exists or not, then you obviously haven't pushed the limits enough with your own website optimization or organic SEO efforts to have experienced the joys of running into the OOP (Over-Optimization Penalty).
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Avoiding Search Engine Penalties or Getting Out From Under Them
Date: 2005-08-17 Source: Search Engine Guide
There are times when a web site has indeed come under some kind of penalty or has been completely removed from a search index for one reason or another. Thankfully, there are ways to avoid such penalties as well as ways to redeem yourself if you have experienced this misfortune.
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Search Engine Spam Techniques That Aren't Needed
Date: 2005-02-22 Source: Search Engine Guide
Search engine optimization, also known as SEO, may seem like some sort of black magic to those who don't understand it. It's very difficult to figure out the best strategy when you can't even figure out which articles or websites you can trust. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
What, Exactly, is Search Engine Spam?
Date: 2005-02-16 Source: SearchDay
There's a subtle boundary that separates acceptable search engine optimization practices from the shadier techniques used by spammers. How can you recognize the difference between white-hat and black-hat techniques? [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
What's Acceptable Search Engine "Spam" Technique?
Date: 2005-01-21 Source: informit.com
While there are certainly some shady practices that you can use to "cheat" your way into a better page rank from search engines, some practices that are marked as "spam" can actually be quite innocent. Dave Taylor provides two examples of perfectly innocent web design elements that have been called "spam" by pagerank purists. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Engine Spam? You're Fired!
Date: 2004-12-22 Source: ClickZ
Why would a search engine marketer put an organization's Web reputation at risk by utilizing questionable SEM tactics? The answer is obvious: It's all about profiting from others' ignorance by dancing between the lines of what's right and wrong. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Help, my site has been banned by Google!
Date: 2004-11-17 Source: Pandia
By all means panic. Then draw your breath and read our Banned by Google Survival Guide and learn how to get your pages back in. And yes, the tutorial works for the other search engines as well. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
My Plan to End Spam
Date: 2004-08-03 Source: iMedia Connection
The search marketing industry, along with top search providers, should commission a study to determine how much solid search engine marketing revenue is being lost to spammers. Then search providers will have the incentive they need to create and enforce standards and guidelines. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Slick-Talking SEO Telemarketers
Date: 2004-07-01 Source: Search Engine Guide
Tons of unsuspecting site owners who had put their faith and trust in one particular SEO company had woken up one morning to find that their sites had completely vanished from Google, and in some cases, Yahoo. On SEO forums throughout the Internet, you could almost hear their anguished cries of "What have I done?" [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Spam, Unprofitable Spam
Date: 2004-04-20 Source: iMedia
Despite the negativity, possible penalties and efforts of credible search marketers, the cornerstone of the spammer’s sales pitch is a guaranteed ranking fantasy. The truth is, guarantees in optimization are implausible, but defending the truth is always difficult because reality is never as exciting as the dream. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Been Banned by Yahoo!?
Date: 2004-03-22 Source: Search Engine Guide
It is interesting to watch the varied reactions to the new Yahoo! search. As a spectator I can sit back and take it all in and form my own opinions. I can then apply my ideas to my clients and watch them succeed. One such topic of interest of late is Yahoo!'s policy on spam in the index. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Engine Spam
Date: 2003-12-08 Source: ClickZ
If a search engine representative discovers you're deliberately trying to trick the search engines into giving a page higher relevance than it deserves, the individual page, even the entire site, can be penalized. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Search Engine SPAM
Date: 2003-08-27 Source: dialdesign.com.au
This article is written in an attempt to alert Business and Website Owners in Australia (or anywhere really) of some of the dangers, pitfalls and issues to consider when attempting to position your website well in the Search Engine ranking results. Resources for further research are provided below to help you make your website more user and Search Engine friendly. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Inspecting Your Web Site For Spam
Date: 2003-04-21 Source: Search Engine Guide
In the search engine optimization field, the word Spam is used to describe techniques used to try to fool search engine spiders. This article will outline a few of the more frequent Spam techniques used by webmasters or unscrupulous SEO practitioners. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Missing Backlinks in Google
Date: 2003-04-17 Source: Search Engine Guide
For a site that is well-established that had previously shown backlinks in Google, or one that used to show some decent PageRank but has seen it significantly lowered (more than one point), there may be cause for concern. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
