Comments on: SEO Advice: clean house before press releases

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:52:58 +0000

Hi Matt,

I’ve heard conflicting things about press releases, mostly around SEO press releases. I’ve heard that something like this PR for SEO vs PR for people is just PR spam. Does google treat it as such?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:15:17 +0000

Hi Matt,
I work with pages that can display a lot of information for the users. Some times I would like to hide some part of the content to show it on request. Is a question of usability, not SEO. Just to let scan the most relevant information at first sight and optionally show more by CSS whitout having to reload the page.

Does Google take that as spam? I think it would be unfair if it does.

thanks

By: Creative Designing

Creative Designing — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:31:41 +0000

Hey that’s a great catch.
Is it not there in the algo itself, to tackle these kind of issues?

By: Carey

Carey — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:13:48 +0000

Hey guys,

I’m not sure how I got here but somehow through a previous post at SEOchat… anyways, I don’t think I found an answer about my problem I believe in yet.

I work for an international company. Currently we have domains pointing to others with the same info… a no-no i’m sure, but I’m working on that. Aside from that I’m wondering if hosting in local countries is better on rankings than having all international sites hosted on the same server, with clear links to one another?

I welcome all comments, good and bad!!! But go easy one me, haha

By: Justin Hess

Justin Hess — Sat, 05 May 2007 19:43:15 +0000

I almost wish things were like Yahoo! about 8-10 years ago, when a person reviewed a page and than manually entered it in the that search category. I hate algorithms and the time wasted by trying to cheat something that clearly could change at any moment. I wish SEO wasn’t based on factors that hinder the chances for a small company to do well online. Whether you are a black hat / white hat / gray hat SEO expert, I hope that you realize bought into a very flawed system that seems to have everyone going out of their heads and up in arms over what they can and cannot control for a price.

By: Sura Design SEO

Sura Design SEO — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:00:48 +0000

Press releases are a good way to get word out on your products and services. However they are abused just like other forms of legitimate marketing. In the long term all the various forms of spam will be detected and stopped. Why not follow the guidelines of the various search engines and avoid running into problems in the first place. The Google guidelines are about a page in length. The same goes for MSN and Yahoo. They all pretty much say the same thing and the theme is common between them. All internet marketing professionals and copy writing professionals must read and adhere to these guidelines if they want to succeed in the long term. IF you spent the time learning the right way to do things and marketing properly you would be far ahead of spammers in the long run. I believe strongly in promoting SEO in education. I wish there was a way to detect spammers and get them to sign up for SEO Anonymous or some sort of a rehab program where they are treated for this disorder. Maybe Google can take initiate and start such a program for spammers they catch

By: Todd Bondy

Todd Bondy — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:38:10 +0000

If you want to see some hidden text that I have reported many times about, check out http://www.elkgroveacura.com. They have hidden keyword text behind 3 images on their home page. To date, I can’t tell that any action has been taken.

By: Adam Senour

Adam Senour — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:16:14 +0000

I just cant help to be dismayed at how quickly the SEO community jumps at conclusions and wants to assume the worst. This kind of mentality must change.

It wasn’t necessarily you that I was asking the question to. I was asking it to both you and Shea.

As far as assuming the worst, I wasn’t assuming it of you per se. I’ve had my own content lifted and used in various ways by other people with or without my permission. So I don’t prejudge on any of that stuff.

But the email above doesn’t exactly help your own credibility. Just a suggestion.

By: Garry G

Garry G — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:03:30 +0000

Adam Senour Said,
March 28, 2006 @ 11:29 pm

Then why is your logo and company affiliation plastered all over their site?

This oughta be REAL interesting.

I just cant help to be dismayed at how quickly the SEO community jumps at conclusions and wants to assume the worst. This kind of mentality must change.

Response from SEO Inc demanding removal of all unauthorized associations with our site. We have also had countless instances of duplicate and illegal copying our our content and other numerous activities.

—————————-
Garry,
We had applied to your Web Development partner program but never received a reply from anyone at your company. I apologize for pre-empting what we thought would be a good working relationship. I would have expected at least a “thanks for your interest” with a yea or nay response. Apparently our application fell through the cracks.

We have removed all references to your site from our site.
Shea Ellison

By: Adam Senour

Adam Senour — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:29:10 +0000

Then why is your logo and company affiliation plastered all over their site?

This oughta be REAL interesting.