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nuevojefe - 4:26 am on Feb 6, 2007 (gmt 0)


# Reciprocal link request pages. Check.
# No Privacy policy. Check.
# Outdated copyright date or last modified date visible on the pages. Check.
# error pages that don't send 404 headers or send content regardless of the page requested/querystring entered. Check.
# Massive numbers of incoming links from link farms. Check.
# dead/404ing links. Only a few.
# High link churn. Possibly.
# No published contact address, email address or phone number. Check.
# A high bounce rate (surfers clicking back on their browser and selecting another search result). Medium, although 25%+ leave through adsense on first pageview.
# Too much duplicate content. No.
# Whois info for the domain which is the same as other domains previously penalized or banned. (Could also be true of adsense publisher/affiliate ID's and other identifiable footprints) Check, Check.
# Use of/links to affiliate programs that are known scams. No.
# Domains previously used for spam or that are blacklisted. Minor.
# Stagnation (Site never changes). Some UGC growth.
# excessively long URI's/URL's (query strings or folder and file names). Check.
# A high percentage of affiliate links vs regular outbound links. Check (most of the aff links are dead too :-) )
# No / very few outbound links. Check.
# No / very few inbound links. No.
# All inbound links are to homepage only. No.
# Outbound links to questionable/spammy/crap sites. No.
# Profanity or explicitly adult language on a non-adult site. No.
# Too many spelling errors. Check.
# Contains unrelated subjects (ex: a site that reviews toys and tries to sell insurance or viagra). No.
# Lack of interest from social bookmarking sites. Check.
# MySQL or PHP errors in the pages. Occassional.

Top 10 for one of the top 200 phrases according wordtracker's non-adult "long-term" top phrases list. Decent amount of secondary keyword rankings as well.

And no, we don't aim to make sites this crappy. We just have some that weren't highly important and ended up this way. When we get around to it (currently for this one) we completely fix these issues.

PM me if I win.


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