You MUST Charge Matt Cutts For Linking To Him
Posted on April, 27 at 8:05 pm
No, seriously folks. Links have value. If they didn’t have value, then Google wouldn’t care about people buying and selling them. Since they have value, we must avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Not only is it what he wants… it’s Google policy. And even if it weren’t Google policy, Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Cuttisms, Google, Social Media, blogthropology, nerdiness | 4 Comments »
Sitelinks at #60 - A Warning Shot From Google
Posted on April, 27 at 2:58 am
Last Thursday Barry Schwartz (Rustybrick) reported over at SERoundtable about a discussion going on in a Google Groups thread, having to do with a webmaster who had dropped 6 pages from the #1 spot, but was still seeing sitelinks when he did get to his listing. Barry said that he did not see the listings for himself, and was wondering why no one else could see them (he knew they were real due to a screenshot the webmaster took here).
The answer to Barry’s question is that Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Google, SEO, Social Media, blogthropology | 5 Comments »
Introducing: PuzzCAPTCHA Advanced Comment Form Protection, LinkMyPics - The Hotlink Advantage Maximizer… Oh, and Evan Rachel Wood, Topless [NFSW]
Posted on April, 25 at 3:42 pm
No, my blog wasn’t hacked by porno webmasters, and no, I’m not converting Smackdown to an adult website (although, to be honest, kids or sensitive people should always approach my blog with caution). I wanted to test some of the various image search algos, and as it just so happens the search [Evan Rachel Woods Topless] currently brings up no valid results on Google Images (which kind of surprised me, but more on that at the end). Since I am also releasing a Wordpress plugin to help prevent comment spam (which blogs coming up for queries like that probably encounter a ton of) and a very nifty little widget that helps turn image and bandwidth theft into links, I figured I would do all 3 at once. I promise, I am putting all of the questionable images way below the fold… so if you are the sensitive type, Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Google, SEO, Social Media, blogthropology, coding, web design | 13 Comments »
From: Da Law Offices Of Vinny and Guido, Esquires
Posted on April, 10 at 1:27 pm
To: Mr. Patrick Curl
From: Da Law Offices Of Vinny and Guido, Esquires
Regardings, as it were: Your Joke on one Mr. Darren Rowse
Dear Mr. Patrick,
Listen ups. Recently it has come to our attentions dat yous decided ta play what yous thought would be a funny on our dear friend, one Mr Darren Rowse. Yous thought, what? Dat by smearing Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in On The Ball-ness, Social Media, blogthropology | 1 Comment »
Network Solutions: Not Just Thieves and Hijackers, Now Using Tactics That Can Get Your Site Banned From Google
Posted on April, 8 at 11:03 pm
Network Solutions apparently wasn’t happy just being slimy in the domain purchasing arena (see: WARNING: Do not check domains at Network Solutions by John Honeck for background on that one), and have now moved into the realm of not caring if they damage your existing sites as well.
According to TechCrunch, NetSol is now engaging in the practice of Hijacking Unassigned Sub-Domains, which put simply means Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Google, SEO, lackofmeds, scams, web design | 5 Comments »
Advanced Web Usability: 5 Important Lessons Learned From Digg
Posted on April, 4 at 7:18 am
In the early days of the Internet, one of the biggest attractions was the fact that absolutely anybody was able to sign up for a free email account, and with it get their very own webpage. No design experience whatsoever was required for this… and it showed. Gaudy was vogue, and if you doubt me spend some time on the Internet Archive to see what I am referring to. With continued ease of use and the advent of cheap hosting, this trend continues even today. However, fortunately for those of us who are in fact design-challenged (and yes, in general I do include myself amongst the masses when it comes to a lack of graphic arts talent) in modern times we have leaders in the industry we can emulate when we want to learn how things should be done. Today let us turn to one of the Internet giants for our lessons in usability, to none other than Digg.com itself.
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Posted in On The Ball-ness, Social Media, blogthropology, coding, lackofmeds, web design | 5 Comments »
Birthplace Of Google Gets Hacked: Blog On Stanford.edu Hit By Latest Wordpress Exploit
Posted on March, 23 at 7:51 pm
It looks like even Stanford University, where Google was born, has been victim to the latest Wordpress exploit going around.
I was poking around in the serps from the query I showed in the last post, seeing what blogs had been hit, Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Google, Social Media, blogthropology, coding, lackofmeds, nerdiness | 3 Comments »
New Wordpress 2.3.3 Exploit/Vulnerability - Adds Spam Directory /wp-content/1/
Posted on March, 23 at 3:51 am
Ok, so I just had 2 of my WP installs hacked, on 2 different servers. This is not the same thing that Shoemoney reported on a few days back (hidden link injection), and as of yet I have not seen any definitive answers as to what it is. All of my blogs were upgraded to 2.3.3 last month, and in all but 2 of them the only thing that was kept Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in On The Ball-ness, blogthropology, coding, nerdiness, scams | 52 Comments »
Link Bait Kindergarten: Creative Thinking Must Come First
Posted on March, 13 at 5:58 pm
This Tuesday Matt Cutts published a post, that he had originally written in Dec 2005, entitled SEO Advice: Getting Links, where he outlined some good ideas that can lead to getting more links in to your site naturally. Some of the concepts he touched on were things such as providing a useful service (one time or ongoing), becoming a resource, or simply being the first to come up with a catchy idea. The ideas were all well laid out Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Cuttisms, Google, On The Ball-ness, SEO, blogthropology, nerdiness | 10 Comments »
Pulled Post…
Posted on March, 11 at 4:13 pm
Today I posted a piece that made fun of online romances, something that I generally always take with a grain of salt due to having observed them in all of their forms over the many years I have been online. The one thing that they all have in common is drama, and an abundance of it at that. So from my point of view I regard them as digital Dr. Phil episodes at their best, and Geraldo Rivera exposes at their worst… and open to commentary and examination when publicly conducted.
With this particular post, however, I named names Read the rest of this entry »
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