In a recent Q&A with Matt Cutts, several SEOs on a sort of ‘watch list’ questioned how what they did was any different then what Google itself has been known to do from time to time. Watch list, you say? Apparently so. Google has been stereotyping SEOs as having less than stellar intent when it [...]
Is Google Profiling SEOs Unfairly?
June 12th, 2009Black Hat Attacks Spread Scareware
April 15th, 2009Ford and Nissan are in trouble this week as a mass of spammy links showed up on Google result pages when searches were conducted for these and millions of other terms: Diagram Of A 1998 Nissan Pathfinder Blower Motor 1989 Nissan Pickup Voltage Regulator 2006 Nissan Skyline Gtr Vs 2005 Mustang Gt Cobra Youtube Where [...]
Poll Results: Would You Report Your Competitor for Spamming?
May 26th, 2008A poll was started a few weeks ago by the Search Engine Round Table to see how people felt about reporting competitors for ‘black hat’ SEO tactics or spam. The results, released late Friday, were surprising. 70% of those polled said they would NOT report shady tactics if they saw competitors using them. Among the [...]