I’ve discovered an Alexa top 2000, PR8 (front page) e-commerce site that is vulnerable to search box link injection techniques. Do these techniques still carry any weight with search engines, or have their algorithms completely discounted, if not punished, them? I’ve got an experiment going, and I’ll let you know the results in 6-8 weeks.
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Archive for May, 2009
Do Link Injection Techniques Help With Search Engine Ranking?
MaxMind GeoLite Country and GeoLite City Made Easy
Some consumers are up in arms because that fake blog they read by someone who just happens to be from the same city they live in, turns out to be a bit phony. They're surprised to find out that a piece of software is behind the trick, which does a GeoIP lookup on their IP [...]
Viddler Set Thumbnail API Script
Update: This method was always a bit hit and miss. It appears that Viddler has incorporated some "set thumbnail" functionality, see the comment below from Viddler's Rob Sandie for more details.
If you need to set the thumbnails for your Viddler videos, I've created a quick and _dirty_ script that will allow you to do that [...]
Meeting Facebook Ads’ Landing Page Requirements
I've been experimenting with the Facebook Ads platform a bit, seeing what they will approve, how much traffic costs, and how well it converts. As with most subjects, jumping in and experimenting teaches you a great deal of things, in a very rapid fashion. I highly recommend this method, as long as you have an [...]
Keywords AJmain and GGmain showing up in Tracking202 data
I've been using Prosper202 to track keyword searches and performance for some affiliate marketing experiments we're doing. It's a very nice product, with a lot of information available on which keywords people search for before clicking on your ads. It takes a fair amount of setup, but once in place, the information that can be [...]