Monthly Archives: March 2006

Blackhat SEO vs. ignorance: part2

The post I’ve done on blackhat SEO vs. ignorance recently has gained some exposure – people have commented on the post itself,  it’s been commented on at digg, it’s even been translated into other languages. While it was pretty complete …

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Matt Cutts – Selected Quotes

There was some talk recently whether or not it’s worth it listening to what Matt Cutts says – well he has just proved that he does have interesting things to tell us, and it’s only a matter of us interpreting …

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Google indexing whois queries

Not only does Google have access to whois data for your site, it also indexes whois database and even goes as far as to display the indexed queries in its search results:

MySpace Media kit

Anybody out there with any serious business targeting young audience , e.g. fashion, health, wellness & fitness, sports & rec, music, film, TV, etc, MUST contact MySpace for their media kit for advertizers. Even if you’re not interested in placing …

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Blackhat SEO is NOT a crime – ignorance IS

Some define blackhat SEO as “using unethical techniques”. Unethical my ass! Killing a child is unethical. Exploiting drawbacks in an algorithm created by those whose professional duty is to create an algorithm that can provide most relevant search results but …

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Google deletes its own blog

Google’s official blog was deleted by their own folks. Any wonder regular Blogger blogs get deleted?

Syndk8 forums membership

I have been getting emails from people asking me to let them into the forums. As you probably know, currently we have limited access of the new members and they should get manually approved before they can join. This has …

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Yahoo Answers the new MySpace?

(notice The launch of Yahoo! Answers beta last December seemed to go unnoticed, by Threadwatch members at least. However, looking at it now, I see a lot of activity going on. Some is serious questions, some is plain BS, the …

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Miss one letter and what you get…

You’d think Google has registered all the possible variations of their domain name, to prevent cybersquatting, spam, hate sites, etc. Not really. Running into a domain they have missed is as easy as a finger slip on the keyboard. Try …

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Shady uses of domain searches

EGOL over at SEOMoz did a post on domain searches using Overture Keyword tool revealing a lot of interesting aspects regarding the “brand strength” and type-ins. While providing some food for thought, this information doesn’t seem very applicable in the …

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