Whereas even a year ago I would have said that sites appearing high in the SERPs would be good sites to contact, due to the truly amazing amount of spam and hacked sites that appear high up for certain search terms, I'd say you need to visit the...
Matt Cutts, Principal Engineer, said on the Official Google Blog that "English-language spam in Google's results is less than half what it was five years ago, and spam in most other languages is even lower than in English.
Seems Google may need to add spam filters if their real time search results are not to become inundated with irrelevant information. In an effort to combat web spam, Blekko will block from its search results 20 of the worst-offending SERP clogging...
Just don't turn your Twitter account into a spam zombie. Political connections can go a long way, but a campaign dedicated to obtaining these links isn't the best use of time and resources. Editor's note: As 2010 winds down, we're celebrating the...
It could be considered spam. These, of course, are just some of the basic places to start your link building campaign. No one likes a blog that only has a few posts here and there. If you plan to create a blog, block out time on your calendar so...
Large Scale Bulk Spam Uploaded to Google MapsMike Blumenthal has uncovered a case where a computer repair company is using mass uploads to Google Maps to generate national business. SEW Experts: Understanding the Definition of Link BuildingSage...
Adam Lasnik on Paid LinksGoogle's spam fighter provided Eric Enge with some insight into Google's thinking on paid links, what their objectives are, and how they view Nofollow. Eric Ward Podcast on Link BuildingEric Enge and Eric Ward recently...
Kate Kaye at ClickZ uncovers an interesting connection between Google's VP of Ad Sales Tim Armstrong and potential search spam. Is Google's Armstrong Promoting Search Spam? One angry customer can make a big impact on your paid search campaign in a...
Once again, I left London impacted by the significant verticalization in the UK market - the travel sector is incredibily competitive and issues surrounding affiliates and spam continue to plague travel service providers.
New Search Patent Filings: August 28, 2006 - Identifying Web Spam and Adult Images How Plone Websites are being Used to Spam Blogs, Performancing Pay-for-performance is normally tied to a commission structure and dependent upon the outcomes of the...
Furl Under Heavy Spam Fire, V7N MSN Talks Spam Defenses; Takes Weekends Off From Indexing Orbitz is on every radio station talking about their TLC campaign, Travelocity has filled our dreams (nightmares?
That's the blog spam part, and pretty easy to see why you could think that's a guerrilla PR campaign going on, though CNN denies this in the Wired article. CNN gets accused of blog spam and search engine spamming.
Search Algorithm Research FyberSearch Gains Ignore Tag To Help With Blog Spam. Getting Free Of Search Spam By Danny Sullivan, Jan. Yahoo Launches Print and Online Ad Campaign By Gary Price, Jan. Yahoo will launch an online and print advertising...
Talking About Search Engine Spam SEW Blog, Jan. This article for Search Engine Watch members draws comments and observations that came out of two sessions at our recent SES Chicago show on search engine spam and "white hat" versus "black hat" SEO.
Talking About Search Engine Spam SEW Blog, Jan. Patricia Fusco, one of the new SEM columnists at ClickZ, comes out swinging with an argument that if the firm you outsource SEO work to uses "black hat" techniques, they should get axed: Search...
Microsoft Prepares Massive Marketing Campaign for New Search Engine By Gary Price, Nov.http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/041101-623a And a ZDNet UK article: Hackers use Google to defeat anti-spam measures let's us know that a phishing scam...
Microsoft Prepares Massive Marketing Campaign for New Search Engine By Gary Price, Nov.http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/041101-623a And a ZDNet UK article: Hackers use Google to defeat anti-spam measures let's us know that a phishing scam...
A big reason both may help is that they greatly multiply the number of fronts where the page spam or link manipulation battles have to be fought. If you operate a network of sites, can natural interlinking be perceived as link spam?
As I've wrote earlier this year in my Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police article, not even the search engines are willing to be public about firms that spam. Moving forward on the issue wasn't going to be easy, given the huge debate the...
In this issue, she recaps topics raised over the past year, ranging from the debate on cloaking to spam on Google. More and more I come across spam pages that not only have managed to rank well in Google, but they also make money by carrying Google...
