SEO Wartime - GOOGLE Bomb?

[CryptO]

Here is an interesting article that highlights some flaws that the Google Penguin update has introduced.

Should Matt Cutts be fired for the Penguin update?


Now, after reading that, this is what leaps out the page to me.

Google are opening up a whole can of worms with this.

If you want to take down a site you just spam thousands of crap links that link back to that site and goodbye competition.

Have they seriously thought about the implications of dirty [FONT=&quot]SEO[/FONT] tactics designed to take down other sites?

Snipe your competition instead of fighting it fairly. That is what 'Penguin' is offering.

[FONT=&quot]SEO[/FONT] Wartime. Say hello to the 'GOOGLE Bomb' technique

Thanks but no thanks google.

 

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[Bond]

You need to check the link posted.

Should Matt Cutts be Fired for the Penguin Update?

 

[CryptO]

You need to check the link posted.

Should Matt Cutts be Fired for the Penguin Update?

Good idea. Working now.

 

[Trevor Kuntz]

That article ranks #9 for "Matt Cutts." That's awesome.

 

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[CryptO]

LOL! ^^

cause and effect

 

[kwerner]

Good article. I posted a little something about this last week, but it's great to see that someone took the time to write a detailed article, highlighting a handful of examples (there's THOUSANDS more) of the spam that the penguin update caused to rise to the top and how it ruined the quality of search results in a lot of cases.

 

[Whole Paradigm]

So then, how long does Google historically take to fix such screw-ups and restore "order" if you will?

 

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[kwerner]

Update: Was searching for a keyword using google just now, and noticed that the search results for positions 6-9 are all keyword stuffed and QUADRUPLE 301 redirects. I honestly don't even know how they do a quadruple 301 redirect. Is that considered cloaking??


So let's say I was searching for Shiny Red Boots, this is what basically came up in the search results:

Position 6.
Title: Shiny Red Boots - TotallyUnrelatedDomainName.com
Desc: Shiny Red Boots: Shiny Red Boots, Shiny Red Boots Store, Shiny Red Boot, Shiny Boot, Shiny Red Boots & Shiny Red Boot

Then when you click the link, it takes you to the URL in the Title, then redirects you to Website 2, then Website 3, then Website 4 (apparently they receive a commission from Website 4 if you sign up).

And the same thing for positions 7, 8, and 9.


Thank you Penguin for killing the search results. :fu:

 

[Trevor Kuntz]

People should just start buying thousands of spun article backlinks with the keyword "search engine" linking to Google, and continue doing so until Google drops to page 79 for that keyword. Haha.

 

[CryptO]

What a F$$k up! pardon my french

I spent allot of time effot and money getting my mothers online store to get up to first page. And now she is floating arround on pos 140.
It is a small ecommerce website and even though she heavily relys on Ebay (fortunately) her online story has taken a heavy blow!! There are rediculous non relevent things that are in front of her dedicated store that has a good reputation.

I hope they change this back again, soon. Why do we want wikipedia results coming up top for everything!!!

 

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[Entrepking]

The algorithm is getting a little bit silly in its old age. In order to weed out certain unsavory tactics they are creating totally new ones. But hey, they are Google, they are our rulers. Adapt or die.

As far as taking down other sites, that's kind of a funny idea. The probably don't think people would spend the time to spam links to a different site or they completely missed it. I am morbidly curious as to whether or not this would actually work.

I've heard of many sites receiving penalties for various reasons, many of which use purely white hat practices.

Good luck getting a higher page rank that multinational corporations even if your product is superior. Perhaps the internet is also becoming subject to corporatism.

 

[Brander]

Perhaps the internet is also becoming subject to corporatism.

Of course it is, its been almost a few decades, everything people touch for long, turns to monopolies. The question is, will you play by the "rules" or create a shortcut?