In a bid to provide accurate information about a business, and get rid of spammy updates about their operations, Google has revamped the display of ‘closed business’ information on Google Maps. This move by Google comes in after several reports of “place closed” spam labels happening all over the internet. Read More…
I suppose it was only a matter of time before Google Plus started to have spammers show up, but I hate that I can’t remove their $#@$#@ comments when they add their pointless comments to a discussion that I’ve started. Or is there some way to delete spam comments in G+?
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Yesterday, while checking my inbound leads at Search Mojo, I received an unsolicited offer from an individual claiming to be a “SEO Sales Consultant.” While I, a Search Marketing Sales Consultant myself, understand the need to reach out to potential clients, I couldn’t help but notice how non-targeted and false this email’s accusations truly were. For starters, I work for an SEO company–sheesh! But it’s spammy SEO offers such as this that give the search marketing industry such a bad rep.
Google’s recent Panda algorithm updates have had quite an impact in removing spammy websites from the SERP’s but there is still a long way to go before they are all gone for good. Did you know that you can play a part in ensuring these sites don’t rank well?
Although your website has high-quality content, there are, no doubt, sites and landing pages that rank higher in the search results. While this can be frustrating, there are steps you can take to turn the tide on these sites.
A video from the team at SuccessWorks outlines 3 stategies to combat your spammy competition. Here’s the video:
New York Times’ once again probing of the black hat methods of SEO world is not really a surprising news in the world of SEO. This time it has targeted Google with its article that talks about Google’s struggle against fighting the Lockmith Spam especially in the Seattle area in Google Places. While this one’s not as deeply chastened as the JC Penny or Hugo Boss ‘s SEO act. None the less, Google is yet again in the lime light for all the wrong reasons. Yet again they are under stark criticism for not being able to put a tab on the ever increasing wave of SEO spam.
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