19
Oct
2007
Linkbait (cartoon)
Posted by pops as Linking, SEO, SEOrefugee Cartoons
Check out the full-size cartoon at the SEO Refugee blog
16
May
2007
Charity Link Meme
Posted by Skitzzo as General Interest, Linking
Recently I’ve been impressed with the number of different initiatives in the SEO community involving giving something back. Bruce Clay recently launched an SEO for Charity contest, one of the 5 finalists in Marketing Pilgrim’s SEM Scholarship Contest is a viral attempt to raise money to fight AIDS in Africa, and I just recently noticed [...]
16
May
2007
Ethics Questions on Linking and Paid Posts
Posted by Skitzzo as Linking
As you all know I do paid reviews on this blog. Usually it’s not an issue as all the site’s that have purchased reviews to date have been quality websites and sites that I would have no qualms recommending.
However, this latest review was a different story. As I discussed at the end of the post, [...]
25
Jan
2007
NoFollow Me To Wikipedia
Posted by Skitzzo as Linking
While I do agree that spam was a problem for Wikipedia, I do NOT believe this is the answer. Similar to the NoFollow move pulled by SearchWarp a while back, this move is a slap in the face of the very webmasters who helped build Wikipedia into what it is today. And apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks so…
23
Jan
2007
Not ALL Wikipedia Links NoFollow
Posted by Skitzzo as Linking, SEO tactics
If you haven’t been hiding under a rock lately, you’ve probably heard that Wikipedia recently reinstated the NoFollow tags for all external links. The English version of the user edited encyclopedia had been the only version without the NoFollow tags (a method, according to Google, of preventing spam).
The move made headlines all across the online [...]