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Google Places is Run by Extraterrestrials
- Most people seem to believe they exist, but when you go to where they're supposed to be (Area 51, Roswell, Contacting Support), you never see them, hear from them, or see … Continue Reading ››
LDA – More Important than Inbound Links
Portland, Oregon…or Estonia?
Bug in Google Local Search reviews algorithm
I discovered this peculiar bug yesterday when checking on rankings and reviews for my client Von Ray Johnson, a personal trainer in downtown Portland.
Portland Mercury News editor Matt Davis' blog shows up as all 9 reviews for my client--and all links presented just go to the home page of his blog site. It sure … Continue Reading ››
Portland Mercury News editor Matt Davis' blog shows up as all 9 reviews for my client--and all links presented just go to the home page of his blog site. It sure … Continue Reading ››
The Disposable Search Engine
BACKGROUND: Google Mini is essentially an appliance, a mini version of Google that they ship preconfigured on a cheap rackmount webserver, with a light version of Google installed. You can configure it … Continue Reading ››
Double-translation spam
We got a little traffic from RingEnvy.com at TheBigDay, and for various reasons I decided to poke my nose in a little deeper...and was quite entertained by the spammy trick I discovered.
It seems RingEnvy.com is (well, WAS...the site's dead now!) scraping content from Yahoo Answers in order to generate lots of pages of juicy content … Continue Reading ››