Keywords (No one uses these anymore and you can get spam "points" for overuse on Bing, so just forget them. Title tags are also part of what makes people decide whether to visit your site when it shows up in the search results.
Important note: You should never, ever use automated translation – but if you must due to the nature of your industry or the size of your website, then make sure you use your robots.txt file to block search engines from crawling any auto...
If we look at some of the most competitive terms in Google we will see a search engine filled with spam and hacked domains ranking in the top 10. Google's learning process apparently involves trying to solve the problem of web spam by applying the...
For one, sources of unverifiable sources of data (a.k.a.spam), such as Ripoff Report. For example, let’s look at the seven results returned for Search Engine Watch: These sites provide verifiable data that Google can use to and establish...
However, much of the maturation that has occurred in the areas of spam and bot prevention is highly adaptable to IPv6. When you configure your DNS to indicate that your site supports IPv6 connections (via AAAA records) be sure to test that your web...
The site owner hadn’t appreciated how profoundly these spam tactics went against Google’s mission, which is purportedly to provide the most relevant results to users. Comment spam. Google’s most recent Penguin update has caused a storm of...
New Google Search Algorithm Update Targets Web Spam Google Penguin Web Spam Algorithm Update Feedback Form Now Live Penguin is aimed to remove web spam and combat what they view as black hat. In terms of SEOmoz itself, we've been working on some...
Here are some common areas search engines look at for on-site web spam: A lot of on-site web spam that's a true risk, will be from hacking. On-site Web Spam The main thing to take from this is that there are often many ways that the search engines...
New Google Search Algorithm Update Targets Web Spam Google Penguin Web Spam Algorithm Update Feedback Form Now Live Google specifically mentions that doorway pages, which are only built to attract search engine traffic, are against their webmaster...
Also a great alternative to Google and prides itself on being a spam-free search engine. A new search algorithm designed to detect, and boot out, spam. S - Sitewides, Social Signals, SERPs, Spam Spam Spam links are considered to be links that are...
The main purpose of the Penguin update is to put a deep freeze on web spam in Google's search results. There are never any magical guarantees for gaining or regaining top search rankings and Google is notoriously tight-lipped about the exact...
It was the hardest crack down on unethical SEO tactics, spam sites, and fishy backlinks. Named after the notorious link spam slayer? These updates would majorly shake up the search engine results page (SERP) for 3-5 days and occurred approximately...
For those who don’t, Cutts is the head of the web Spam team at Google. That is to say, Cutts works diligently to ensure that Google’s search results are “good” and he polices efforts by folks who try to (overtly) manipulate Google’s results through...
Most SEOs aspire to be genius inbound marketers, eschewing 'the tricks' and take it upon themselves to promote ethical awareness around search engine spam. Article Picture Credits: iRobots.txt by @RichardFergie, Spam's Labyrinth by @LordManley...
Doubling up on the Spam Google has access to a wide number of signals regarding user behavior that they haven't had in previous spam battles. This spam +1 networks provide a signal similar to the link profiles Google’s dealt with over the years.
Wonder why spam never seems to die? Basically, this is an attack technique designed to supplant an authentic web page in a search engine's index and search results pages with another. Site security is an issue that will only become more complex as...
Just as many non-PRs may believe that all PR professionals do is write and distribute press releases, many non-SEOs perceive that all we do is spam the web with utterly meaningless keyword-stuffed content.
Google's Matt Cutts today announced the launch of a new algorithm that is intended to better detect and reduce spam in Google's search results and lower the rankings of scraper sites and sites with little original content.
Social Media Links and SEO -- Spam Ye Not! Pretend you're showing a search engine (or a slow, dim-witted friend) how to drill down through the site. For the search engine optimization (SEO) world, everything!
Google search and search engine spam - Official Google Blog Social Media Links and SEO -- Spam Ye Not! Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Jan.to 22, as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as search news and...
