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.
Update: The #83 Alexa rated site has a search box that is vulnerable to link injection.
Update 2: I used a social bookmarking service to bookmark the vulnerable pages, pointing to one of our affiliate sites. I’ll collect ranking data now, and 6-8 weeks from now to see if there is any measurable lift from having links to the page that “links” to our site.
