This category is for specific news and information regarding search engine penalties.
For those of you new to the SEO world you can rest assured that if the sky has not fallen yet – it soon will, any second, maybe…this same drum has been beating for the past 5 years and every few months a new SEO Prophet has some newfangled reason for it to be the Read more about SEO is Almost Dead…Just Barely Surviving…(cue the death rattle)![…]
Here we go again…besides the fact that 5000 directory submissions will probably get you banned it seems there is no shortage of folks offering this SEO (Stupid Egghead Option) on DP and we are supposed to believe they are working for $0.50 an hour. I understand that there are some countries around the world where Read more about Directory Submission for Less than $1 an Hour[…]
There was an interesting post over at SEO Book titled: Buying Links vs Buying Rankings vs Stealing Content vs Selling Scams It focuses on the hypocrisy that is present when it comes to link building, buying rank and the morality of it all. Personally I have a problem with Google passing judgement on any site Read more about Does Google Sell Rank Position?[…]
Around a year and a half ago Google unleashed its’ wrath on general web directories. With bolts of lightning (not quite but just as painful to the directory owners) it struck down the page rank of some of the best know directories for buying links. Let’s see how they have faired 18 months later. http://www.ewebpages.org/ Read more about Directory Meltdown 18 months later[…]
well, really bad… Here is some content I found that was written exclusively for the search engines – it uses the keyword multiple times but sounds absolutely terrible. The photographs can be something useful in making us able to get the certain memories stay in our mind. Without using the photographs we might not be Read more about Really bad content is…[…]
The amount of misinformation floating around the web as it relates to search engine optimization is staggering. It seems that 9 out of every 10 posts I read contains blatantly wrong advice. I am begininning to think that some very sneaky SEO pro’s are spreading incorrect info on purpose. Here is a thread I came Read more about SEO Misinformation Creates Many Myths[…]
I receive quite a few inquiries asking if I can match or beat some very low (and I mean looooowwww) prices of some overseas folks that offer SEO (and I use the term loosely here) services. I often explain that most of these companies are just making free directory submissions or spamming blog comments and Read more about Outsourcing Problems[…]
Hiring a qualified in-house SEO is very difficult. I myself have been working from home on my own projects for the past 7 years and had very little time to take on contract work for other folks. Because my lifestyle changed (kids are growing up) and I was feeling very socially isolated I decided to Read more about Hiring for an In-House SEO Position[…]
There have been rumors of such techniques floating around for ages and there are even some black-hat SEO’s that specialize in this type of “link bombing”. The gist of the deal is that you create organically or through purchase ‘bad’ links to your competitor’s websites in hopes of causing their search engine rank position to Read more about Sneaky Webmasters can Sink their Competition[…]
I have been a critic of Google’s posturing and seemingly indiscriminate awarding of penalties for a long-time. There has been a ton of speculation around the industry of -20, -50, -60, -100 penalties (for those laypersons this is a SERP penalty that subtracts ranks you should be awarded, so if you normally should rank number Read more about Proof of the -60 Google Penalty?[…]