Reducing Spam From The Spam Experts
Posted by David Harry
Well, given all the hub-bub over Matt and the magic NF tag, I shall simply direct you to a post here on ‘sculpting’ the day before the whole thang hit the fan. One should always relied on more statistical approaches to site architecture…nuff said.
As for me, I’ve noticed a few other things in between the dramas that are actually noteworthy… but that will have to wait for next week… For now, while this video (from Matt Cutts; spam assassin) has some of the usual stuff, I submit to you;
There’s gold in them thar’ hills!!
Next week, we’ll look at something that’s more interesting from all of this….
SEOs = Baaaad M’kay?
Another interesting area that I have been digging in since we last talked about search engines thinking of us as adversaries is web spam. I have started a comprehensive list of web spam approaches and resources – look for that soon as well.
One reasonably well known fella in this area is a gentleman by the name of Dr. Marc Najork (spam assassin at Microsoft Research).
Understanding Web Spam
When you have the time, listen to it entirely – know this my spunky optimizers, good intentions and all, you are the enemy to some search engineers…
About the Author: David Harry is the President of Reliable SEO and has been building and marketing websites since 1998. He can be found writing about search and internet marketing on the Fire Horse Trail and is the author of the SEO Handbook series. http://www.reliable-seo.com http://www.huomah.com http://www.the-seo-handbook