I’ve been holding off on doing this entry for a bit, but with the introduction of SearchWiki their aims are so clear to me, I just can’t hold off anymore. Google’s problems over the past 2 years have been the result of an algorithm overly based on links. They’ve finally hit their wall. With the […]
Ok. So I suspect I’m not the only blackhat SEO that monitors the search results for “buy viagra”. For the past few months, these results have been dominated by a variety of forum and web2.0 profiles that were link spammed into the rankings. However, for the past 10 days or so, Viagra.com has somehow managed […]
I’ve already done a post on the future of blackhat seo specifically, but thought I’d put this into a more general stance. Apparently I have a thing for predictions this week. (Affiliate marketers, I know I’ve been neglecting you lately, I’ll make my next entry about that).
Introduction
Before I get criticized here, I’m going to make […]
Ok, so normally on here I only post things that I have confirmed through a test. The following entry is a mixture of common knowledge on duplicate content and a bit of speculation supported by tests, but not normally to the degree I like to do them. However, given the logical sense it makes and […]
This is one of those nebulous questions with no concrete answer. But I figure I’d approach it anyways. Whether or not you like Google and how they run their business, there’s no question that they have become an absolute superpower. And there’s a lot to be learned from their business tactics. I’m going to concentrate […]
Ok. So this is an entry I had to do some real due diligence for to make sure my ducks are in a row. But I’m pretty sure I have this solid. YouTube is cloaking.
What is YouTube Cloaking?
Youtube cloaks any video that gets flagged as having inappropriate content. And this is a LOT of youtube. […]
Ok. This is a debate that’s been raging in my mind for a few days. Google seemingly has almost multiple personalities and abilities. On the one hand, they are completely naive. On the other hand, they are capable of bringing down massive networks in a matter of seconds. So how much credit should they be […]
Ok. So when one thinks backs to the pre-Matt Cutts days of Google, what comes to mind? For many, it’s link farms. The golden scepter of early SEO, a properly implemented link farm allowed you to rule your niches with an iron fist. Guess what? The same is true today. It’s just a lot more […]
While I pretty constantly feel I’m in a constant grappling match with Google and their engineers, I really do respect them on so many levels. But perhaps most of all, is their general “business plan”, and how they implemented it. They are no longer indexing the internet. They are making one of their own.
The […]
Ok, so during the same log checking that I did yesterday, I came across a few manual reviews by Google. So I thought I’d share the love. I was surprised by a few things.
The Basics of a Manual Review
Not much is known about manual reviews(concretely). Manual reviews are Google’s awknowledgment that anything algorithmic will have […]
