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December 2005

I’m a Contest Troll

by Greg December 30, 2005 Search

I’ll respond in more detail to some of the whining that’s taking place over the SEO contest when I get back from vacation. (By the way, the cash prize for 1st place is now up to $3000.00 thanks to our good buddy Mike Grehan)
Until then, here’s a great read. I’m a contest troll . [...]

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Another SEO Contest

by Greg December 29, 2005 Search

I’m sure most of you remember Search Guild’s SEO contest from a couple of years ago. (Search Guild members were given a phrase that produced no results in Google "and the person who ranked #1 after a month won a prize).
It turns out that someone from V7N has decided it would be good [...]

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Blog Spamming Part 2

by Greg December 22, 2005 Search

In my last post, I showed an example of what I thought was an attempt at competitive sabotage. Within a minute of clicking the publish button, I received a good example of real comment spam, so I thought I’d post it so everyone can see the difference.
Name : Press Release
E-mail: ip_fresh@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.media-press-release.com
IP: 86.105.70.148 , dyn-86.105.70.148.cj.upcnet.ro
Comment: [...]

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Arizona Web Design Company Blog Spamming?

by Greg December 22, 2005 Search

Last week I received the following comment spam plugging an Arizona web design and SEO firm called MCP Media:
Name: Shannon Light
E-mail: marketing@mcpmedia.com
URL: http://www.mcpmedia.com/search-optimization/SEO.php
IP: 202.134.119.9 (Hong Kong proxy)
Comment: MCP Media is a professional Phoenix web design company. Get free web design quotes here any time!

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New Browser App

by Greg December 21, 2005 Search

OK, so you want to get banned from WebmasterWorld too?
Here’s the browser tool I used to get banned. Just fire it up and selected Googlbot as your UA and start surfing. By this time tomorrw, you should get the Linux death screen.
(You can read more about what it does on the download page)

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