Interesting Search Results

[mahlon]

I just did a search for a competitor and to my suprise I got page after page of just their site for results (I stopped at page 10). Their adwords were also top to bottom on all the pages, they have different URL's all over the place. It's as if I was doing a site search.

How is this happening?

[Stefan]

It's a smash and grab approach to web-commerce.

They flood the SE's with loads of different domains, all with duplicate content, everything merrily cross-linked, (and presumably linked to from non-penalized sites to get them in the serps), and then they stay in the results for a brief period, (until the Google algo catches on post-deepfreshbot serps), then they get everything booted, but have made off with money during their time in the sun. Then they do the whole thing over again with a whole new bunch of bogus sites. They're the thieving, money-grubbing b*stards who help to pollute the internet with a lot of pure garbage.

[g1smd]

Amen.

I know of a result where most of the first 200 results are all one site using multiple the.location.keyword.com/ URLs that all have the same content, except that the single location word changes for each one. The keyword is exactly the same on all 200 sites.

[spud01]

I don't know how Google allows this, it sucx.

I've noticed a site that cloaks its keywords outside the table format, so its not viewable in the page and all there is to see is a logo and a [enter] link.
Paying closer attention all the cloaked keywords, anchor texts etc point to similar pages within the same domains which in turn point to the frontpage.

Google doesn't seem to be doing anything about this, even after reporting the SERP and keyworks used.

The website is owned by a major corporation in the Services Industry, so I wonder if google r turning a blind to them after receiving a back hander perhaps?

I will IM anyone the offending site so they can make their own judgement and decide whether its fair play what their doing or foul play.

[edited by: spud01 at 3:29 pm (utc) on Jan. 13, 2004]

[sidyadav]

This is probably a minor bug in Site Clustering, I wonder if anyone at the Googleplex has noticed it.

Sid

[spud01]

well if its a minor bug, then its doing some major things to SERPs I seen a lot of different terms spammed by the same domain using what google classes as 'principles and guidelines on what to do and not do.' >>
[google.com...]

[FillDeCube]

I have also noticed a suddomain spamer has been #1,#2,#3 for almost all major city hotels reservation --> <citykeyword>.thedomain.com (it is an affiliate site) . I reported this but google doesn't seems has made any action. :(

[Ledfish]

I stickyd spud and provided him with details about a site I say doing the same thing he was talking about, he stickyd me back and provided the details of the company he was referring to.

Guess what, both sites are using the exact same method, what most interesting is the both have the same comment line as the third line in the page source information and of course that line indentifies the SEO.

More interesting, the site I provided to him and the one he provided to me are not even close to be in the same industry or business sector. Not related in any way either.

What a small world!

[worker]

File a spam report. Reference webmasterworld, and Googleguy. They will review it and try to address the issue in upcoming algorythmic changes.

[plasma]

File a spam report.

ROTFLMAO
SCNR

[sidyadav]

lol

[spud01]

Ledfish,

Yea thx for the IM, your right its pure coincidence we both picked up on different sites, and both maintened the same deceitfull SEO individual/company.

[spud01]

I believe the word to use to discribe the SEOs deceiptfull practices is 'Obfuscation' [webmasterworld.com...]

[g1smd]

Maybe you could try contacting someone at the main company and telling them that what their SEO guy is doing contravenes all the known SE guidelines, and to not be surprised if at some future Google update their site disappears without trace.

or maybe not.

[mahlon]

Looks like LLBaen is using the same tactics and even the same coupon sites, I got page after page of just LLBean results.

This is really LAME!

[spud01]

the outfit thats done the optimizing breaking quite a few google guidelines, have so far got away with it. google doesn't seem to be paying attention to what their doing.