Targeting Spam > Bing referral spam

[OneAndOneIs2] The problem with this kind of spam is that we KNOW that bing is a genuine search engine and we want to avoid blocking a potential traffic source and yet they take advantage of their status and use low-down, cheap tactics to inflate their usage figures.

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[Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO] More info on the Caffeine Update: 1- Google favors new blogs : Google seem to drive traffic to new blogs, and that is for single posts not for their main keyword, that is if a blog called [pictures] it does not show high on this particular keyword but it may come first on [picture of president Obama] ,however old blogs are the complete opposite, rank high in the main keyword but low for single posts.

[SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog] SEOmoz | Top 10 Things the Microsoft/Yahoo! Deal Changes for SEO: search has done on this front, but they should also expect serious spammer attention to be focused their way. The loopholes that Google's closed will still likely be open on Bing for some time to come and spammers will use the chaos that comes from a merger to exploit these.

[Online Marketing] MySolutionSpot.com - Online Marketing | Top 7 challenges every ...: For example, let's say you don't have the money to advertise your website on pay per click advertising (AdWords can get very expensive if you are not able to generate sales with it after all), and so you decide to write a classified ad on Craigslist. You can do that, but there are two things to watch for: 1) Craigslist does prohibit direct affiliate marketing, and 2) there are flaggers lurking around on Craigslist often looking to enforce the rules to the letter, and so if your ad looks too catchy, or you make your affiliate marketing efforts obvious (I am sure that we have all made that mistake at some point), someone will flag your ad and it will get deleted. 

[aimClear Search Marketing Blog] Wikipedia @ SMX: Don't be a Dick Or It's Shoot On Site. » aimClear ...: is the fundamental rule of all social spaces” and this is particularly true on Wiki. (There is no actual definition of being a dick.) “If a significant number of reasonable people suggest either bluntly or politely the odds are good that you are not entirely in the right.”

[Andy Beard - Internet Business Systems» Andy Beard - Internet Business Systems & Marketing Strategy] Link Building Strategy | Climbing The Heights Of Mount Google: I guess the most robust way of climbing the GOOGlE mount is by building steps all the way up, step by step, using the mountain as the foundation of your path. That means, no tricks no quick wins, believe in what google uses to base their whole search engine on.

[ProBlogger Blog Tips] 'best and worst' aspects of blogging - What Were the Best and ...: I saw the 90 day limit on your posts which kinda sucks since I enjoy reading through your archives and like discussing the topics of older posts especially the marketing ones, but it of course is understandable with the amount of spammers out their and having to spend that much time sorting through garbage really hurts when it comes to blogging. Personally the best thing about my blogs this week has been breaking into technorati’s top 35k the bad has been lacking motivation with my posts.

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[SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog] SEOmoz | Perfecting Keyword Targeting & On-Page Optimization: The advice I have always received from various sources has always been very vauge, ie Onsite optimisation is good, you need links, you have to use html tags correctly, the keyword density is important etc. This is the first time that I have seen a graphical set of guideline or pie charts that actualy give you definitive guidelines.

[Jordo Media - Feed of the Day from our RSS Feed Directory] Jordo Media - View the feed - 3arn.Net: Square link lists should only be used in the sidebar and best tried to match the format of other widgets: Since you cannot modify the size of ads except the ones available, adjust your sidebar to fit the size of the square link list. Also try to imitate the style of links on the link unit to other widgets in your sidebar, so that link list looks just like other links and their titles in the sidebar.

[Digsby Blog] Digsby Blog » Build 62 - Crystal Clear!: We want to make it completely clear to all users so Digsby is not doing anything you don’t want it to do.  The above changes have been on our to do list but the article really opened our eyes about how few people know about this functionality.  Our goal is to create the world’s best IM client and social media tool. The only way to accomplish that goal is with transparency and communication so we can keep working with you to make a better product.

[SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog] SEOmoz | Revisiting Themed Links: Well, I'm in and give it a go as well.If I have to speculate about anything about Google, I start with user experience in mind.One of the topics I would be in favour of is themed just because it makes sense. If the surrounding text adds relevance to a link, than surely the complete site or parts of the site ought to add relevance.The opposite is proven: getting links from link farms, completely unrelated lists, is detrimental.

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