I find myself constantly amazed by many SEO tactics. Take this link farm for instance:
- columbuslaser.com/index.cfm/PageID/1357 - la-sight.com/SVS.asp
Scroll to the bottom and read the boilerplate footer text:
"This listing is purely for ... search engine link popularity enhancement."
Uh... wha?? In other words,
"Sorry for polluting search engine results with my crappy websites, but don't say I didn't warn you!" |
Once you start to look, you will spot hidden links like that on sooo many sites – it's really embarrassing.
I've found that MSN/Live's linkfromdomain:-query really helps in spotting them. Just check a domain and if you see domains which do not fit into the visible scheme – look deeper in the code.
I know a smaller webdesign company here in Switzerland that forces the same hidden link tactic onto all sites they do. And it works for them, at least so far :D . To me it's just the worst kind of way you could treat clients – to force them to use forbidden techniques on their own sites. |
> I know a smaller webdesign company here > in Switzerland that forces the same hidden link tactic > onto all sites they do.
Feel free to email me more details John, maybe this is worth another case study. |
Hey, Philipp
Check this out – the so-called "automated" and “relevant” ranking in action: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22IDcide+Affair%22
The facts are clear – intentional interference it its clearest simplest form, pushing pages from the domain down, down, down and away.
Case study? Not holding my breath...
Eppur si muove
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Andrew: "I find myself constantly amazed by many SEO tactics. "
Did you mean "I find myself constantly amazed by many SPAM tactics"?
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Yes, by no means was it an endorsement. Replace 'amazed' with 'apalled'. |
There are lot of more websites from 4imedia e.g. vivendi-magazin.de an others that uses the same imagemap-tactic. |