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discovered a disturbing practice apparently being used to increase
link popularity and search engine ranking. The following are the
sorted details of our journey and discovery.
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Curve Equity Exposed Fund 1) Most webmasters understand the hunt for quality relevant
sites is, like most things of value in life, a time consuming and
difficult task. Being limited on time, we first tried to hire a
leading SEO expert to locate relevant links. When the SEO expert
did not
return emails, we tried a few
link exchange sites. While a few good quality links were
unearthed, the link exchange sites simply did not offer a large
quantity of good relevant sites. After all, our competitors had
hundreds of thousands of inbound links and we had less than 900.
While tempting, we skipped over the advertisements for traffic
as our desire was for prospective customers not traffic.
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Equity Income Funds 2) We finally decided on the DIY approach. First step, check
current reciprocal links page to insure all was well. A few sites
no longer linked to us, so our webmaster links page required a few
updates.
Capital Casebook Equity 3) Next we chose to use Link Popularity Check to locate links
that our competitors have, that we perhaps missed. The first thing
we noticed was hundreds of inbound links a competitor had, all
coming from a few specific sites. Upon visiting the sites, we
noticed that one was a "directory" and several others were normal
sites that contained very little content. In short, the directory
and other sites were nothing a competent webmaster could not create
in a day or two.
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Private Investment In Public 4) We found it odd the inbound sites all have the same visual
look, color scheme, and navigation. Our competitor's site was also
listed in the "Related Resources" area on each and every page. The
light bulb suddenly switched on! The inbound sites appeared to have
been created for the sole purpose of increasing link popularity and
therefore the competitor's search engine ranking!
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Equity Mutual Funds 5) Ping the four sites to locate the IP addresses. Four
different addresses, not in consecutive order. Perhaps we were
mistaken.
Birmingham Contact Equity 6) A few mouse clicks to see who owned the domain names of the
four sites. All the sites are owned by the same company, are housed
at the same ISP, and have the same email address listed for the
administrative and technical contact names.
Private Equity Investment Firm 7) A few mouse clicks at Alexa.com to review traffic patterns
show the sites have very little traffic, yet all have a PageRank
score of 6 or higher. Site traffic is increasing for each.
Complying Deal Equity Funds Nope, it does not appear we were mistaken. It appears a
competitor actually created web sites for the sole purchase of
increasing his/her link popularity and search engine ranking for
their primary
business site. To recreate such
a process:
- Register a domain name that is tied to your primary
sites keyword list. For example, if your
primary site sells widgets and has a domain name of Widgets.com,
something like
"Widget- Directory.com" would be ideal;
- Setup a new hosting account with your ISP, using a
different IP address, for Widget-Directory.com;
- Create a few pages that use the keyword list from
Widgets.com, then setup a link system that invites webmasters to
exchange links. Remember, no need to get carried away with content
as the purpose of Widget-Directory is really keyword tie-in and
link exchanges;
- Now, code every page of Widget-Directory with a
link back to Widget.com;
- Sit back and watch. As webmasters enter their sites
and subcategories into Widget-Directory, the results will increase
the link quantity and apparently your search engine ranking of
Widget-Directory AND Widgets.com.
We were curious to see if this was an isolated incident or a
rampant practice. While not rampant, it did not take us long to
find others companies utilizing this technique. Is this ethical? I
am sure some would argue this is a savvy internet marketing
practice, while others will view the practice as repulsive. Ethical
or not, this technique is simple, cost effective, and apparently
will increase your search engine ranking. One thing is clear, I
will never look at directory sites or link exchange pages the same.
Equity Msn Private Wyoming Hopefully, the search engine will adjust their algorithms and
nullify this practice. In the interim, for those that take a
negative PR and/or link exchange hit, remember that honesty builds
longevity and lasting
relationships. Remember the SEO
expert we previously tried to hire? We went back and checked his
site, and yes he utilizes the same technique. Odd thing however,
his sites no longer enjoys top ratings on the major search
engines. Perhaps, the search engines are starting to figure this
one out.
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About the Author
Equity Index Funds Lew Newlin is CTO of Information Solutions, Inc. that operates
SiteRecon
that specializes in
email monitoring and
web site monitoring for businesses.
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