Avoiding Risky Tactics - A Long Term Approach to Search Engine Marketing
Date: 2003-03-11 Source: Search Engine Guide
The beauty of the content-driven approach is that there is no risk, and what works well today will almost certainly work well in the future. On the other hand, many of the current techniques employed to manipulate rank are likely to become just as obsolete as hidden text is today. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Are Your Search Engine Rankings At Risk?
Date: 2003-02-24 Source: Search Engine Guide
While most search engines are becoming more and more adept at detecting 'spam' pages and penalizing or removing them, there is an unfortunate side effect to this efficiency - some companies that are innocent of intentional wrongdoing unknowingly have sites that fall into the 'spam' category. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Spam Spamming
Date: 2003-01-20 Source: Search Engine Optimization Support Forums
The main point of this article is to demonstrate that often sites that take high risk strategies have neglected to consider the low risk strategies that are available to them first. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Engine Damage Controlpop
Date: 2002-10-30 Source: Search Engine Guide
Google and other search engines will boot anyone using spam tactics to get high rankings. If you inadvertently spam Google or others and wish you could clean-up your act, Paul has some good news for you. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Reporting SPAM
Date: 2002-09-09 Source: Search Engine Optimization Support Forums
Often, those using SPAM techniques are new to the industry, new to SEO and just plain ill-informed. In many cases they simply do not realise that what they are doing is SPAM. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Blackballed from Google
Date: 2002-07-04 Source: Search Engine Guide
If your site is not showing up in any given engine, the chances are that you are *not* banned. It's actually very, very rare for engines to ban or penalize sites. So don't just assume that you're banned if your site is missing. Do some detective work and find out the real reason, then fix it! [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The Search Engine Spam Police, Part 2
Date: 2002-05-30 Source: Search Engine Watch
Representatives from major search engines reveal the details of their spam detection and management policies, including email addresses for reporting suspected abuse. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The Search Engine Spam Police, Part 1
Date: 2002-05-29 Source: Search Engine Watch
"We hate spam!" Representatives of LookSmart and the Open Directory Project offer guidelines and advice for webmasters to avoid the wrath of editors and get successfully listed in these crucial web directories. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The Search Engine Spam Police
Date: 2002-01-15 Source: Search Engine Watch
We don't like spam! Three prominent anti-spam crusaders pull no punches when describing common mistakes that will automatically banish your site from the major search engines. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The ambiguous Inktomi anti-spam policy
Date: 2001-09-14 Source: Pandia
Pandia takes a look at the Inktomi search engine's fight against spam, and its ambiguous attitude towards cloaking. Is the relationship between Inktomi and search engine optimization companies like MediaDNA influencing search results? [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
