We’ve reported before on the confusing mixed messages Google is sending out regarding paid links. Their Webspam department headed by their own representative to the SEO/SEM/blogging community, Matt Cutts has repeatedly issued pronouncements against the evil (there’s that word again) practice of link selling. He even has a post [...] Continue Reading…
Google’s fatwa against paid links and business reality
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Adult marketing on Google Friend Connect
It appears Google’s Friend Connect/Blog follower feature allows users to fly topless pictures. Add this to a mix of high volume “social”-enabled blogs and hilarity (and traffic) ensues.
Here’s an example from a fairly popular blog:
The racy profile pic will appear first under the Google Friend Connect/Follower area. Click Here.
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Sneaky way to get traffic via Twitter
We’ve been noticing that many heavy traffic news and other mass media sites have been posting tweets to them via @. I guess the rationale for this is to get a “pulse” of what readers feel about late breaking news, current trends, and genuine feedback. Interestingly, more and more [...] Continue Reading…
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Google: Hypocrite, pimp, or clueless?
Unless you’ve been smoking rocks or hiding under one, you’re probably well aware of Google’s current Netwide manhunt for sites that buy links to get a SERP advantage. Here’s one of the more famous blowouts: izea’s payperpost.com program paid bloggers to blog about sponsors and linking to them without [...] Continue Reading…
The best day to issue an online press release
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…
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…
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