No....but a bunch of text the same colour as the background of the page is a good example
Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobby Hartsfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 3:58 PM Subject: RE: SEO Tools > Any resources as to what might incur a blacklisting? > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Bobby Hartsfield > http://acoderslife.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Nathanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:35 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: SEO Tools > > Yes, Google has a huge incentive to keep their search results "cheater free" > > and a lot of $$ resources to accomplish that. I heard recently that they > are now checking for link swaps, so even doing a link exchange may not help > increase page ranking. The best you can do is use h1 h2 tags, links with > keywords in the anchor text, and keyword rich text in the body of the page, > as high up as possible (the fewer table tags the better.) > > Maybe someone can add more but I think seniority is playing a huge part now, > > in other words the longer your site has been indexed the better off you are. > > So newer sites are at a distinct disadvantage, as they will have fewer > legitimate inbound links. > > Sadly Google also has incentive to keep newer sites out of the top pages, as > > that forces site owners to use the paid Google AdWords service if they hope > to get any clicks. > > SEO firms are becoming the equivalent of snake oil salesmen in my mind, but > many people have no idea how things work so the SEO firms will continue to > do well. > > -- Josh > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 2:15 PM > Subject: RE: SEO Tools > > >> One interesting thing is that google seems to ban people for cheating on >> SEO. We have a client who hired an SEO expert, and now their site doesn't >> appear at all on google. So be wary. >> >> Russ >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:11 PM >>> To: CF-Talk >>> Subject: Re: SEO Tools >>> >>> > Actually it is Randy, not Andy :-) >>> > >>> > But my apologies, should be specific.... >>> > >>> > I am looking for increasing the rankings within search engines. >>> > So keyword optimization is my first thought. However I would assume >>> > That the complete ball of wax is what I am seeking >>> > >>> >>> Oops...and I checked your name before posting....DOH! >>> >>> Yes...certianly start with a properly constructed site (keywords, usage >>> of >>> bold >>> and H1,H2, etc tags, no image based links, no dynamic links)....then move >>> on to >>> who links to you and if your site has content in the correct context as >>> your >>> keywords etc would elude to. >>> >>> To look at finding was of adding inbound links from sites with certain >>> Google >>> page ranks etc, you can look at PR Prowler or the suite of OptiTools >>> (these >>> refereneces are a bit outdated as I haven't done this in a while....but >>> god >>> places to start). >>> >>> Be prepared...it's a big scary SEO world out there (thankfully I write a >>> lot of >>> internal biz systems) ;-) >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. >>> VP & Director of E-Commerce Development >>> Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. >>> phone: 250.480.0642 >>> fax: 250.480.1264 >>> cell: 250.920.8830 >>> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> web: www.electricedgesystems.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233822 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
