The worst class of inbound link is from a Made for AdSense site (MFA), and the best tend to be authoritative sites with high traffic or blogs and forums that have a busy and engaged community. British SEO tools company, Linkdex, has released data...
This follows a blog post at the start of 2011 from StackOverflow's CTO, Jeff Attwood which cited Trouble in the House of Google and, along with a rising tide of criticism, ultimately caused Matt Cutts to launch a new algorithm that attacks 'junk...
However, Q&A sites tend to be heavily scraped by 'made-for-adwords' (MFA) sites, which have given Google a lot of headaches recently, and also they are easy to exploit using sites like Mechanical Turk to hire people to ask and answer any old...
Will Adsense soon become a platform that just shows the best possible money making ads regardless of relevancy associated with the site - can MFA site builders forget about looking for high end keywords and now just concentrate on building...
Yes, AdSense was a cool way to make money as a publisher, but MFA accounts made it tough to use the early version with any major success. Adweek announced awards for "the decade's best in the marketing, media and agency world" this past week.
As Stein explains, the group aims to protect users from spam blogs (splogs), Made for AdSense (MFA) sites, and other Google Cash Scam artists by "dominating organic search results with consumer protection information.
People have been buying domains with branded terms in them for a long time for affiliate marketing and "made for AdSense" (MFA) sites, among other uses. MFA sites and affiliate marketing methods could change fast, as could branding and trademark...
Google Webmaster Central and the Google Search Quality team have a new ally in the global fight against Web spam, cloaking, paid links, link farms and other non-sanctioned schemes: the Security Group at the University of Cambridge.
There are many Web geeks out there who will build numerous Web sites, load them with automated content and run what many in our industry refer to as "Made for AdSense" (MFA) Web sites. MFA Web sites are about finding any tactic necessary to get...
Easy Automated Solution for the MFA/Arbitrage Problem Webmaster World "So, advertisers set a maximum CPC and publishers set a minimum CPC? What's going on in the search industry? Find out here, with these links to some of the latest topics being...
A Quick and Easy Way to Kill Made for AdSense (MFA) Websites, Search Engine Roundtable Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search...
A Quick and Easy Way to Kill Made for AdSense (MFA) Websites, Search Engine Roundtable Except it wasn't really a debate. More rhetoric was thrown around in several sessions than any three Obama/Clinton CNN/YouTube debates.
Search Engine Watch Forums "When we send out press releases via PRweb, we get some decent exposure, but the vast majority of the sites that pick up the release are spam, MFA sites. What's going on in the search industry?
Life One Month After June 1st Crackdown Webmaster World "It's been a month since the June 1st crackdown on arbitrage / MFA sites. What's going on in the search industry? Find out here, with these links to some of the latest topics being discussed...
Yahoo SERP Lists Google Group That Redirects To MFA Search PageTalk about a maze. Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related...
Talk about a maze. I was checking one of my keywords at Yahoo and found down at the number 10 spot a listing for what would appear to be a Google Group covering the subject. The url should have told me something was most probably amiss.groups...
Another quick check is to see if they are linking to sites with real substance or just MFA (made for AdSense) sites. Today, I'll explore the other side of the story with signals of low-value links. With more and more companies realizing the power...
Several AdSense publishers have received notice that their sites, which are mainly of the AdSense arbitrage/made for AdSense (MFA) variety, are being kicked out of the AdSense program as of June 1. In the short-term, this could affect publishers...
The End of MFA Era? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web: From the SEW Blog: Should You Bring Search Marketing In-House?
The End of MFA Era? This is a question many companies are wrestling with right now. It's a very serious question that's worth the time it'll take to make the right choice. Bringing search in-house" really means, in many instances, creating a new...
