pageoneresults - 2:54 pm on Aug 7, 2008 (gmt 0)

Well worth checking still IMO, as long as it is automated for saving time of course.

Heh! If I were Google Engineering and had the task of minimizing the impact of automated software queries, I'm coming after this industry first! We have abused the tools made available to us 10,000 fold. I don't blame Google one bit for putting their foot down and closing that door. Too many clients are fixated on rankings. It's a volatile fixation! And, it turns into a volatile business relationship. If that is the type of environment you work in, more power to you and I'm not dissin' ya'. If it works for you, great.

I've worked with the "ranking fixated" client in the past, I FIRED them. Tis not part of my package to sit there and chase "where you rank today". The client can take that responsibility on themselves with a little bit of training and the right tool. Let them get their IP banned (temporarily) running reports if they step over that "gray line" in the middle.

Time to let go of the 90s. :)

<added> The word "temporarily" because it really isn't a ban. More of a throttle device to keep you from abusing the system Do it once too many times and there may be further challenges to contend with. Ya, I know, proxy.

[edited by: pageoneresults at 3:04 pm (utc) on Aug. 7, 2008]