Try searching for UTube ripper! Google buried UTube, the video downloader deep it almost is like Google doesn’t want me to find YouTube video download software program. RIP UTube. With more than 9 years of e-commerce SEO behind my belt, I tend to think I have some experience in optimizing large e-commerce websites for search […]
Hidden Internal Link for BlackHole SEO
Black Hole SEO, large popular websites are all jumping on the Internal Linking optimization strategy using aggregator pages for all stories on the topic, usually companies. This is either done in plain site, or through a bunch of Hidden Internal links within the content, using CSS to make these links appear as normal text. Only […]
Thanks Hackers for the extra Traffic
Back at the end of August, Linux.com got hacked, Kernel.org got hacked. The sites were compromised and the Linux foundation took the whole linux.com site down to make sure no visitors were getting infected. Kernel.org was also taken down where the site showed a note with the following text: ‘Earlier this month, a number of servers […]
Demand Media Stocks Plunge
Not sure if this is a direct consequence of the recent roll out of Panda/Farmer or the decrease in US state solvency, where new confidence metrics were published today. But it seems Demand Media stock has taken a beaten over the latest news, either of the two… In the press, demand media is trying to […]
Levi’s Jeans Sold for $60,000 Traffic Outburst
Years ago, an old Levi’s jeans was sold for $36,000 on eBay. This was not a Levi’s 501 as reported in conflicting stories, but rather a Levi’s Strauss 201. The Jeans was sold for so much money because it was made between 1890 and 1900. I wrote about the Levi’s jeans from 1890 some time […]
W0QQ Removal Case on SMX
Two days ago, I presented 3 eBay cases on SMX West in the session around Industrial Strength SEO. One of these 3 cases was based on the W0QQ legacy issue I blogged about 2 years ago. (full presentation only available for attendees of SMX West, or contact me) If you don’t know what W0QQ […]
Engadget Black Hole SEO
Every morning I usually start with reading the headlines on my favorite TechNews aggregator Techmeme. It has become an obsession for me to get up to date on the News and stories which broke over night. This morning was not different at all, and with the Jetlag from Europe kicking in, getting up at 5.30 […]
Google Re-Inclusion request
Here is why you should cover all of your bases cleaning up anything you might have been doing which violated the Google Webmaster Guidelines, before you do that re-inclusion request. To B.B., the SEO/domainer on Westfield Avenue in Elizabeth, New Jersey: do you really want to be on my radar that much? Maybe not. 🙂 […]
Great SEO people, Thomas aka Thos003
Did you ever wanted to get a black shirt with your quote on it just before a conference for you to wear? Just make sure you get on the good side of Thomas, aka Thos003. First time you meet, he will tell you he is killing bugs. No, not the bugs in software, but rather […]
Link Building through Syndication, Venturebeat example
The popular technology blog Venturebeat has been in a content syndication partnership with The New York Times for several months already. Every post on Venturebeat is re-published in the Technology section of The New York Times. Venturebeat is not the only one as syndication partner, also GigaOM, ReadWriteWeb and IDG are partners. Venturebeat is the […]