Aug - 17th
I Finally Figured Out Who Jason Calacanis Reminds Me Of
Posted at 8:32 am | Filed Under Social Media, blogthropology, nerdiness, scams
In all of the discussions and posts about Jason Calacanis, whenever and wherever he replied to people calling him on his bullshit, it always had the same tired familiar ring to it. His statements have that tone that all scam artists and con men have utilized throughout the ages, professing their innocence despite the preponderance [...]
Jun - 21st
zOMG! Jason Calacanis Lied Again?? Shocker!
Posted at 7:45 am | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, SEO, blogthropology, lackofmeds, scams, search engines
Last Thursday, in response to Matt Cutts stating that he needed more than “arbitrary inurl searches” to sway him (which was in turn in response to a Hacker News submission about Mahalo and the plethora of keyword rich domains they were apparently building out) I wrote a post explaining in some detail how the latest [...]
Jun - 17th
Need Help Understanding The Latest Mahalo Spam?
Posted at 7:30 am | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, SEO, blogthropology, lackofmeds, scams
On Tuesday of this week someone posted the following question to the Hacker News website: How long has Mahalo been using keyword domains like this? The link in the story points to a search in Google, [inurl:tip_guidelines mahalo]. The results of this query show a list of somewhere between 180 and 270 sites (Google doesn’t [...]
Jun - 1st
Wordpress Hacking, Matt Mullenweg, And Some Screwed Up Priorities
Posted at 7:45 am | Filed Under WTF, Wordpress, bad research, blogthropology, lackofmeds, priorities, scams
I clean Wordpress installations for people who have been hacked. I can help fix non-Wordpress sites as well, but since often times the way people find me is through the guide I wrote on how to fix Wordpress after you’ve been hacked it turns out that’s what they need me to do for them a [...]
Mar - 13th
The Mahalo Paid Link Evidence Trail
Posted at 5:53 pm | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, SEO, blogthropology, lackofmeds, marketing, scams
Matt Cutts asked me in a Sphinn comment the following question relating the my post on paid links on Mahalo.com:
Mar - 12th
Jason Calacanis: Screw You Google, Now I’ll Sell Links Too
Posted at 8:45 am | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, SEO, Social Media, lackofmeds, scams, search engines
By now Google has to be getting more than a little embarrassed about the behavior of Mr. Jason Calacanis and his site, Mahalo.com. Aaron Wall did a very well written piece explaining how Mahalo Makes Black Look White and the spammy techniques they were employing. This isn’t the first time Aaron has blogged about Mahalo [...]
Mar - 11th
Jason Calacanis’ Backup Plan For Replacing Content: Steal It From Wikipedia
Posted at 1:11 pm | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, SEO, Social Media, blogthropology, lackofmeds, scams, search engines
/sigh
Ok Jason, we get it, you’re desperate. But stealing content from Wikipedia in order to replace what you deleted? Come on!
I am flipping through Mahalo.com today, just seeing if
Mar - 10th
Dear Jason Calacanis: This Isn’t An “Absurd Microscope”
Posted at 8:43 am | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, SEO, blogthropology, lackofmeds, nerdiness, scams
Jason Calacanis replied to my post from yesterday. In it he discusses how he is indeed deleting many of the spammy pages that I had pointed out. Some, like the duplicate content doorway pages, he continues to defend. Either way, progress is being made.
However, he still kinda kills it by tossing in at the end [...]
Mar - 8th
Mahalo.com: Meet the New Spam, Worse than the Old Spam
Posted at 12:23 pm | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, SEO, blogthropology, lackofmeds, scams
Last week, after Matt Cutts gave Jason Calacanis a warning about Mahalo.com’s spammier pages (and probably a few stern looks as well), Jason changed a few items. He had them rename their spambot from “searchclick” to “stub”, thinking a less obvious name would throw off anyone looking into the spam situation. Very briefly they added [...]
Mar - 8th
Jason Calacanis Makes Matt Cutts A Liar
Posted at 8:45 am | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, SEO, blogthropology, lackofmeds, scams
Last week at SMX West, during the Ask The Search Engines panel, moderator Danny Sullivan asked Matt Cutts why he didn’t ban Mahalo.com for spamming Google. Matt stated that he had talked to Jason Calacanis, Mahalo.com CEO, about the issues, and warned him that Google might “take action” if Jason didn’t make some changes to [...]
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