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To my surprise, I noticed a John Chow article I posted sitting on page one of the results for a "John Chow" search at Google. This got me to thinking about how that one post out of 2,140,000 results made it up this high.
This will be more of an analysis than a proof. I have a PR0 blog and really not much going for it in terms of a large readership base. Heck, I do not even use a John Chow label/tag to promote his name with internal linking.
Examining the external links for the article sheds some light:
None of this, however, explains the hows and whys of the high placement in the search results. It is safe to say that there should have been more authoritative blogs than mine to garner this position. Here is a list of various opponent reviews of John Chow from the Top 100.
It was kind of odd that my article was the only one concerning the Pay-To-DoFollow links controversy. Would have thought there would be at least a couple of others in there.
While I do not think that ranking for John Chow in the results is one of my goals in life, it is comforting to know that at least one dissenting view of one of his particularly dangerous money making tips is showing up.
Technorati Tags: john chow, seo, serps, dofollow, nofollow, ranking, john, chow
This will be more of an analysis than a proof. I have a PR0 blog and really not much going for it in terms of a large readership base. Heck, I do not even use a John Chow label/tag to promote his name with internal linking.
Examining the external links for the article sheds some light:
- A reference from a "John, I told you so" article I posted. His last name, Chow, does not appear anywhere in the post. I do reference two of John's posts though, this is a case of "you are what you link to". In this case, it is John Chow.
- Dawud's explanation of why John Chow's billing for DoFollow disappoints him. In this well articulated article, Dawud gave me the a strong anchor text link of simply John Chow. He references several other Chow related articles, but my link is the only one with his name in it. Very sweet Dawud!
- The nofollow proponent Blog Rumble post entitled Do Not Follow Me Please. was a loss of respect opinion. The link from here refrenced my blog name only, and was misspelled to boot ---Websubtractions. Gotta love that one! Still there were several "you are what you link" references.
- Proaffiliate's post was simple. They linked to me in both the Title and Body of the post, of which the only thing in the Body was just the link. Kewl! The title of the post was WebStractions: John Chow offers "paid" DoFollow links. That pretty much says it all.
- Last, but not least, Andy Beard's DoFollow | No Nofollow - Highs & Lows espoused John's Dofollow approach as one of the lowliest of the lows and likened him as a modern-day Internet version of Ghengis Kahn. Andy's link text did not include Chow's name, but there was plenty of Chow references before and after it. This is Chow by association, I guess, and is still giving many click-through action from his readers. Thanks again Andy.
None of this, however, explains the hows and whys of the high placement in the search results. It is safe to say that there should have been more authoritative blogs than mine to garner this position. Here is a list of various opponent reviews of John Chow from the Top 100.
- Scott Jangro's John Chow’s Dangerous Advice concerning Affiliate click fraud
- Arpit Jacob's John Chow Gets Kicked Out of Google which has a stance pretty much like mine in regards to artificially induced links (paid or otherwise)
- The IMDB on the actor John Chow which has nothing bad to say, but it doesn't have anything good. This has nothing to do with this John either. Just threw it in there to spread my John Chow relationship out.
- Josh Dorkin's beef on how John Chow Crashed my Browser again which oddly happens when he has 5-10 tabs open in Firefox. My suggestion is to install NoScript and AdBlock -- but reading his blog via a Reader is probably the safest .
- Somebody at Turk Hit Box saying that John Chow still needs to learn how to improve his Blog SEO. My question is WHY? With over 5500 readers reported by Feedburner, who needs Search Engines.
- Jim Kukral's John Chow is Killing his Blog by trying to hard to make money. And none of that seems to be sinking in with some of those 5500+ readers of his.
It was kind of odd that my article was the only one concerning the Pay-To-DoFollow links controversy. Would have thought there would be at least a couple of others in there.
While I do not think that ranking for John Chow in the results is one of my goals in life, it is comforting to know that at least one dissenting view of one of his particularly dangerous money making tips is showing up.
Technorati Tags: john chow, seo, serps, dofollow, nofollow, ranking, john, chow
Labels: dofollow, john chow, nofollow, ranking, seo, serps
Here we go again, shades of Nigritude Ultramarine. If you all remember the SEO contest from the past, which is probably one of the major reasons for the adoption of the Nofollow microformat -- it looks like there is another one on the horizon. Actually it is coming from another horizon, Indonesia, and it is called Ngadutrafik 2007 and there close to 95,000 results in Google right now.
I just spotted it in the Technorati WTF not more than a few minutes ago, and it is hitting the Hot List. Preliminary checking shows others are setting up profiles there, and looking at the SERPS a number of blogs are being set up as I speak.
There is also an entry in the Wikipedia announcing the contest, which started last April.
One blogger with a hosted WP.com account has been suspended by Matt. Evidently a gal named Nenda ratted him out, citing abuse of the service. The controversy between the two and the aid of another blogger calling attention to it, did not hurt Nenda in the least -- her blog took a steep hike in visitors during that period
What gets me, is if these people are SEO's -- don't they know about Nofollow? Or will Nofollow really matter. They are hitting Technorati, which is nofollow. Some of the blogs they are setting up, they are actually commenting in. All of which have nofollow links. At any rate, this contest may just show us how effective (or ineffective) it is for combatting spam and whether it will curtail it or not. This will be a great opportunity to see them all out in the open like this.
In the meantime, I suggest you keep an eye on your commenting areas, forums too. It may be time to batten down the hatches before the main force blows ashore.
I just spotted it in the Technorati WTF not more than a few minutes ago, and it is hitting the Hot List. Preliminary checking shows others are setting up profiles there, and looking at the SERPS a number of blogs are being set up as I speak.
There is also an entry in the Wikipedia announcing the contest, which started last April.
Ngadutrafik 2007
* Dates: 22 April 2007 – 30 July 2007
* Keyword: "Ngadutrafik 2007"
* Sponsor: www.masterseo.web.id
* Target Ending:Ngadutrafik 2007 is the topic of an SEO contest held by Adsense-Id Forum members. Ngadutrafik 2007 is a non-prized activity that challenges the members and Indonesia SEO professionals and amateurs to rank themselves among the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN using certain keyword(s)
* SEO Ngadutrafik 2007 Championship SEO professionals and amateurs to rank themselves among the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN using certain keyword(s).
One blogger with a hosted WP.com account has been suspended by Matt. Evidently a gal named Nenda ratted him out, citing abuse of the service. The controversy between the two and the aid of another blogger calling attention to it, did not hurt Nenda in the least -- her blog took a steep hike in visitors during that period
What gets me, is if these people are SEO's -- don't they know about Nofollow? Or will Nofollow really matter. They are hitting Technorati, which is nofollow. Some of the blogs they are setting up, they are actually commenting in. All of which have nofollow links. At any rate, this contest may just show us how effective (or ineffective) it is for combatting spam and whether it will curtail it or not. This will be a great opportunity to see them all out in the open like this.
In the meantime, I suggest you keep an eye on your commenting areas, forums too. It may be time to batten down the hatches before the main force blows ashore.
Labels: blogging, google, microsoft, nofollow, seo, spam, technorati, wordpress, yahoo
Want to know what you can charge for a simple text link? It is all dependant upon many factors and there is a simple tool that can let you visualize (and explain) how all the pieces fit into place.
The Text Link Ad Calculator is a slickly packaged Web 2.0 device that will open up many of the secrets behind selling or buying links. The creators of the tool provide a descriptive essay on how this tool actually operates. Pretty unusual for a tool of this magnitude.
In light (or wake) of Matt Cutts announcement that Google will be taking a closer look at paid links, this is a bold and provocative move from TextLinksAds. I am sure they have done their homework on this subject and they may reap some benefit from it. The intricate work to develop and implement the tool had to weigh heavily on their minds.
Now it is here, lets sit back and see how it plays out.
I was never privy to the the inner workings of selling links. But I had a good grasp of most of the mechanics behind it. There were certain intricacies that I felt were important, but could never get a clear understanding of what they were.
This calculator reveals what the designers think are important areas of the page. Most of those areas are generally understood to be important, by me, and the ways from others around the SEO area. It is not written -- it is perception.
Taking the perception of link placement and representing it an intuitive manner to the masses will have a great impact. The graphical interface with instantanial reporting only solidifies the proposition. If this is Web 2.0 and the direction it is headed, then they are on the right track.
VIA: Blue Sky Brothers,LLC
The Text Link Ad Calculator is a slickly packaged Web 2.0 device that will open up many of the secrets behind selling or buying links. The creators of the tool provide a descriptive essay on how this tool actually operates. Pretty unusual for a tool of this magnitude.In light (or wake) of Matt Cutts announcement that Google will be taking a closer look at paid links, this is a bold and provocative move from TextLinksAds. I am sure they have done their homework on this subject and they may reap some benefit from it. The intricate work to develop and implement the tool had to weigh heavily on their minds.
Now it is here, lets sit back and see how it plays out.
Looking out the window
I was never privy to the the inner workings of selling links. But I had a good grasp of most of the mechanics behind it. There were certain intricacies that I felt were important, but could never get a clear understanding of what they were.
This calculator reveals what the designers think are important areas of the page. Most of those areas are generally understood to be important, by me, and the ways from others around the SEO area. It is not written -- it is perception.
Taking the perception of link placement and representing it an intuitive manner to the masses will have a great impact. The graphical interface with instantanial reporting only solidifies the proposition. If this is Web 2.0 and the direction it is headed, then they are on the right track.
VIA: Blue Sky Brothers,LLC
Labels: google, search, seo, tutorials
In the wake of the NoFollow fiasco, honest commenters (eg: non-spammers) have had a rough go in developing deep links with like minded individuals in the blogging community. Some people may be drifting off into link-comaland and having near death experiences ... wait, what is that I see? Just go towards the LIGHT!
The alarms on the cart next to your bed sound off. Code Blue is announced over the com, and in rushes Dr. Dosh Dosh (or as his bevy of nurses call him,Kawaiikuma Honey). Years of experience tell him that you have just gone into cardiac arrest --- he reaches for the TechnoFave™ paddles, applies them to your chest and gives you a jolt that would of killed you if you were not already half there.
Dosh orders the nurse to inject you with 1cc of Linkittohim to stabilize rush you just received from all of that adrenaline pumping thru your veins --- not from the TechnoFave™ paddles, but the nurse that just gave you the injection has the nicest rack that you have ever seen. Obviously Dr. Dosh Dosh is a plastic surgeon as well.
During rehab, Dr. Dosh taught me everything there is to know about taking my blog vitamins to keep up link strength, and I am recovering quite nicely.
Being a born-again blogger of late, I would like to pass on some of the wisdom that Dr. Dosh bestowed upon me. The world would be a better place if we all would just Fave each other and Link hands.
I think most of you already know the recuperative powers of Dr. Dosh's miracle therapy:
... and now. Back to our regularly scheduled program "Yoga With Bertha" already in progress.
Hear what these happy people all have to say about the Dr. Dosh Miracle therapy. Testimonials abound by clicking on their links.
Dosh's Exchange Primer [Show your love]
Show Me the Money [Show the Love]
Azazil.net [Show the Love]
India PR Blog [Show the Love]
Technacular [Show the Love]
Design Adaptions [Show the Love]
Life in the Fast Lane [Show the Love]
The alarms on the cart next to your bed sound off. Code Blue is announced over the com, and in rushes Dr. Dosh Dosh (or as his bevy of nurses call him,Kawaiikuma Honey). Years of experience tell him that you have just gone into cardiac arrest --- he reaches for the TechnoFave™ paddles, applies them to your chest and gives you a jolt that would of killed you if you were not already half there.
Dosh orders the nurse to inject you with 1cc of Linkittohim to stabilize rush you just received from all of that adrenaline pumping thru your veins --- not from the TechnoFave™ paddles, but the nurse that just gave you the injection has the nicest rack that you have ever seen. Obviously Dr. Dosh Dosh is a plastic surgeon as well.
Road to Blog Recovery
During rehab, Dr. Dosh taught me everything there is to know about taking my blog vitamins to keep up link strength, and I am recovering quite nicely.
Being a born-again blogger of late, I would like to pass on some of the wisdom that Dr. Dosh bestowed upon me. The world would be a better place if we all would just Fave each other and Link hands.
Therapy Process
I think most of you already know the recuperative powers of Dr. Dosh's miracle therapy:
- You fave me and link to this post.
- Post a Comment below with the URL of your post that has my link to this post on it
- Also include in comment, how to Fave you back. If you forget, don't worry -- I will find you with my divining rod.
... and now. Back to our regularly scheduled program "Yoga With Bertha" already in progress.
Participants Who Completed Treatment
Hear what these happy people all have to say about the Dr. Dosh Miracle therapy. Testimonials abound by clicking on their links.
Dosh's Exchange Primer [Show your love]
Show Me the Money [Show the Love]
Azazil.net [Show the Love]
India PR Blog [Show the Love]
Technacular [Show the Love]
Design Adaptions [Show the Love]
Life in the Fast Lane [Show the Love]
Labels: blogging, nofollow, seo