Category: <span>Blackhat</span>

…But I won’t tell you my strategy, because its proprietary… This post appeared in my FaceBook feed, and sparked some discussion: From…

I was asked earlier whether using badges for building links is a good idea. Its certainly not a new concept, enterprising SEO’s…

UPDATE: Please check the end of this post for some final notes, following communications with Google. Rand Fishkin published a post yesterday…

I’ve been contacted a handful of times over the past two years by webmasters complaining about Expedia outranking them, or for having…

I am bothered by comment spam as much as the next person, but in the pursuit of science (honest) I  also like…

Google have done an incredible job of portraying itself as a friendly, warm & fuzzy.  A kind of anti-corporation if you will.…

Negative SEO has been a hot topic for a number of years now, and we all know the typical routes to demoting…

SEO is an interesting game, we know how big brands (like Interflora) sometimes get it totally wrong and buy links resulting in…

Yesterday evening, well known florist brand Interflora was wiped off the face of the internet.  Well, in search marketing terms anyway… Searching…

Hey folks, a bit of a quick and dirty post here, very little prep has gone into this, and the whole point…