Based on a very experienced press release specialist, Mondays are NOT very slow news days. If you submit on a Monday, your PR will probably be overlooked and your PR won’t be published online. Why is this bad? Besides the direct traffic press releases generate, less online PR sites [...] Continue Reading…
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Yahoo Answer Bot Bloopers
Looks like someone mistakenly used his blog comment spam bot on Yahoo Answers. Here’s the hilarious result. Moral of the story: don’t spam, use real informative CONTENT. Thank goodness, real quality content is getting CHEAPER by the day.
Craigslist anti-ewhoring warning message
Not exactly breaking news but CL promoters’ troubles just keep piling up. In addition to the pending CL lawsuit regarding promotion software and CL’s geo-ip filtering system, they have now updated the much marketed section W4M section with this “fun fact”. Check it out by clicking the thumbnail below.
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From Spam to Win
A spiced ham commenter (aka spammer) visited this blog last week and their URL trail was particularly interesting. After an in-depth investigation of where they came from, the technique learned led to a 200% improvement in our own marketing efforts. Efficient techniques PLUS ethical linking/value linking = 200% improvement. [...] Continue Reading…
I hate linkwheel FLOWERS
A few established SEO practitioners run this software that maps out a site’s backlink structure. These maps look very interesting, to say the least. Some look like a Carlos Castaneda flashback while others are so damn predictable it’s scary–specially for the clients of such SEO “expertise”. Predictablity, in SEO, [...] Continue Reading…
Beware of Fake SEO contests
Lately, there’s been an explosion of legit and bogus SEO contests. Bogus SEO contests can cost you your valuable low link traffic link list. Here’s how to spot the fake ones from the legit ones.
1) How long has the site holding the contest been around?
2) Have they held non-SEO [...] Continue Reading…
155 free link directories
If you’re looking for backlinks, you may want to look into submitting to these directories. I’ve converted the list to .jpg to “nudge” people to load each site separately and give each site the time it deserves.
Click on the thumbnail to see the list
Sites you can use for linkwheel building
If you’re getting on the linkwheel bandwagon for supercharging backlink value, you can use the list below. Whatever you do, make sure you don’t use a familiar linkwheel pattern. Don’t spam or your linkwheel will be worthless. Make sure to populate the system with REAL AND USEFUL CONTENT.
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Blog comment spam bot bloopers
There’s many webmasters that “overautomated” their operations. In fact, some guys’ operations are so automated that they just click a button to get thousands of backlinks in less than 60 seconds. I’m sure that’s what the autoposter sales page would say but the reality is: automation can [...] Continue Reading…
Recent craigslist update cracks down on spammers
As part of Craigslist’s evolving efforts to crack down on fake ads and “e-whoring”, Craigslist is now using GEO-IP detection for its ads. It used to allow people from outside a particular city to post ads for that city. Eg. someone who lives in Seattle could [...] Continue Reading…
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