Comments on: Traffic Power CEO in jail http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/ neat fun stuff Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:35:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mark Rogers http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-408539 Mark Rogers Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:44:15 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-408539 What a site! I love the opening comment, it voices my frustrations almost verbatim. In America today, the mom and pop stores are on the way out because of better financed larger corporations. Google supports the death of small business and the supremacy of mega-conglomerates with their policies - including a sites age, who links to you, how much money you spend on traffic, etc affecting your PR. I owned a company that spent $10,000 p/month on PPC and I had page 1 results everywhere in my first year. Now that I don't have that kind of money, my pages are scattered few and far between. Google should focus on inviting small business into an open playing field. - <a href="http://eprofitpros.com" rel="nofollow">Internet Marketing Contingency Consultant</a> What a site! I love the opening comment, it voices my frustrations almost verbatim. In America today, the mom and pop stores are on the way out because of better financed larger corporations. Google supports the death of small business and the supremacy of mega-conglomerates with their policies – including a sites age, who links to you, how much money you spend on traffic, etc affecting your PR. I owned a company that spent $10,000 p/month on PPC and I had page 1 results everywhere in my first year. Now that I don’t have that kind of money, my pages are scattered few and far between. Google should focus on inviting small business into an open playing field. – Internet Marketing Contingency Consultant

]]> By: Itsme http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-134286 Itsme Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:30:22 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-134286 Matt, I have a suggestion for a feature that would be useful for your blog. I just typed in a very lengthy post, taking perhaps 45 minutes to do it. Apparently I entered the spam protection number wrong and was told to return here and try again. Of course I knew that everything I typed would be lost, and it was. The other day I went to post on someone's blog, and it had a feature that in addition to showing you the error, also showed you what you had typed so that you could copy it and and then paste it back in when you went back. I don't know what type of blogging software they use, or you use, but if such a feature is available, I'm sure that I'm not the only person who would appreciate it. I don't have the time right now to retype my original post, but I'll try to return here in the next few days and type it in again. Matt,

I have a suggestion for a feature that would be useful for your blog. I just typed in a very lengthy post, taking perhaps 45 minutes to do it. Apparently I entered the spam protection number wrong and was told to return here and try again. Of course I knew that everything I typed would be lost, and it was.

The other day I went to post on someone’s blog, and it had a feature that in addition to showing you the error, also showed you what you had typed so that you could copy it and and then paste it back in when you went back.

I don’t know what type of blogging software they use, or you use, but if such a feature is available, I’m sure that I’m not the only person who would appreciate it.

I don’t have the time right now to retype my original post, but I’ll try to return here in the next few days and type it in again.

]]> By: NextIdeas http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-133659 NextIdeas Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:03:32 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-133659 Hi Matt and everybody else. Just a note to share my opinion about this post and people in general, we all have pretty much the same mission in life we just end up doing it differently. Being unethical produces different results than being ethical, it's as simple as that. Lets not forget that we all make mistakes and it's much easier to be right about how great we are and how bad everybody else is. The moment we forget that, we become righteous about ourselves, what we're doing and forget to look at ourselves. At the end we all produce the results we worked towards. Black hat / white hat. Purple hat. Everybody speaks in absolutes while there is no such a thing. I've been SEM / SEO 'ing since 1997 and I've always only used ethical, so called white/hat. Some of the work I've done for apparently no reason where technically should not be ranked are ranked and some of them where they should be ranked are not. What's my point? Take things as they are, do your best and move on :) Hi Matt and everybody else. Just a note to share my opinion about this post and people in general, we all have pretty much the same mission in life we just end up doing it differently. Being unethical produces different results than being ethical, it’s as simple as that. Lets not forget that we all make mistakes and it’s much easier to be right about how great we are and how bad everybody else is. The moment we forget that, we become righteous about ourselves, what we’re doing and forget to look at ourselves. At the end we all produce the results we worked towards. Black hat / white hat. Purple hat. Everybody speaks in absolutes while there is no such a thing. I’ve been SEM / SEO ‘ing since 1997 and I’ve always only used ethical, so called white/hat. Some of the work I’ve done for apparently no reason where technically should not be ranked are ranked and some of them where they should be ranked are not. What’s my point? Take things as they are, do your best and move on :)

]]> By: security-dude http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121916 security-dude Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:38:59 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121916 I guess the concept of Google "warning" sites when they are perceived as spamming (e.g. duplicate content) is a nice one. Maybe some kind of spam 'score' when you log into Google Webmaster Tools, with some automated warnings? That way Google could keep it all automated, and help clean up the web! Or is that too much like the tail wagging the dog... I guess the concept of Google “warning” sites when they are perceived as spamming (e.g. duplicate content) is a nice one. Maybe some kind of spam ’score’ when you log into Google Webmaster Tools, with some automated warnings? That way Google could keep it all automated, and help clean up the web! Or is that too much like the tail wagging the dog…

]]> By: David http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121845 David Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:53:50 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121845 They took me for $5k back in the day. That's one of the three times I've been scammed, so now I guess I just have to wait on the other two to get theirs! Hahahahahahahaa! They took me for $5k back in the day. That’s one of the three times I’ve been scammed, so now I guess I just have to wait on the other two to get theirs!

Hahahahahahahaa!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121537 Jeremy Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:19:02 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121537 Obviously a hot topic for debate-always. I say screw the companies that do it the wrong way intentionally. It only hurts everyone else in the long run.I've been witness to how many of them operate, and to pretend that they are only trying to "compete" with the big organizations is laughable-they know EXACTLY what they're doing. play with fire-get burned. I would however, like to see Google send out an initial warning to those who mistakingly post duplicate content, either out of ignorance or forgetting to delete or 301 the dup file, or for similar type, common mistakes. I believe there are MANY companies, myself included that make a silly mistake once in a while, and don't feel our clients should be wiped off the search engine for a month when the situation could easily be corrected in a day. good post overall- Obviously a hot topic for debate-always.
I say screw the companies that do it the wrong way intentionally. It only hurts everyone else in the long run.I’ve been witness to how many of them operate, and to pretend that they are only trying to “compete” with the big organizations is laughable-they know EXACTLY what they’re doing. play with fire-get burned.

I would however, like to see Google send out an initial warning to those who mistakingly post duplicate content, either out of ignorance or forgetting to delete or 301 the dup file, or for similar type, common mistakes. I believe there are MANY companies, myself included that make a silly mistake once in a while, and don’t feel our clients should be wiped off the search engine for a month when the situation could easily be corrected in a day.

good post overall-

]]> By: Opinion - User SEO Portuguese http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121533 Opinion - User SEO Portuguese Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:11:16 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121533 When the Google will be able to give to relevancia to each URL idependente of backlinks or either without depending on third. When the instructions of its services could be translated 100% in other languages as this blog. When SEO will not be on intelligence and creativity and yes to the content of history of each URL. When SEO will not be controlled interaction human being but for a system. When a bad service will be less excellent of that a quality service. These Facts had had not to exist. When the Google will be able to give to relevancia to each URL idependente of backlinks or either without depending on third.

When the instructions of its services could be translated 100% in other languages as this blog.

When SEO will not be on intelligence and creativity and yes to the content of history of each URL.

When SEO will not be controlled interaction human being but for a system.

When a bad service will be less excellent of that a quality service. These

Facts had had not to exist.

]]> By: SEO India http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121135 SEO India Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:50:03 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121135 Hi Matt Very Good post, looking at SEO tactics of the an individual, Google can definitely predict the behavioural and psychological pattern of the company/nidividuals in operation.. :) May be a Google can tie up with Local police departments and help them with something.. Another good way is Google starting a blog on banned domains & why they were banned, this can give idea to budding SEOs to tell them what not to do... Hi Matt

Very Good post, looking at SEO tactics of the an individual, Google can definitely predict the behavioural and psychological pattern of the company/nidividuals in operation..

:) May be a Google can tie up with Local police departments and help them with something..

Another good way is Google starting a blog on banned domains & why they were banned, this can give idea to budding SEOs to tell them what not to do…

]]> By: Personal Development http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121024 Personal Development Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:34:39 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-121024 It's good to see that. People need to be penalized when they play dirty. I see it all the time and it's about time someone pays the price for not playing fair. It’s good to see that. People need to be penalized when they play dirty. I see it all the time and it’s about time someone pays the price for not playing fair.

]]> By: Dave (original) http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-120798 Dave (original) Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:54:36 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/traffic-power-ceo-in-jail/#comment-120798 Send them a bottle of Ouzo, a DVD of Zorba and you'll be sweet :) Send them a bottle of Ouzo, a DVD of Zorba and you’ll be sweet :)

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