Dirty Domain Tricks- Google Blind To the S Variable
Posted in Technology by wayne.porter on October 20th, 2006 Sam. H and I went down the rabbit hole last night exploring some of the dark caverns of the net. I won’t steal his thunder but what we found were more dirty tricks. Einstein would have pondered I am sure.
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Note the “nofollow tag” before the obfuscated domain. Google doesn’t see the obfuscated domain and php code with the s= variable that takes you on a ride into slummy PPCSE land…the plot gets MUCH thicker but I’ll let Sam tell the story.
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The Most Important Question For Google…
On October 19, Google announced that their 3rd Quarter profit rose 92% from $381 million a year ago to $733 million. These impressive numbers might lead one to suppose that the most important question facing Google is “what’s next?”….
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As a heavy user of Google Adwords in promoting our firm of Solicitors we learned VERY quickly to turn off content matching to avoid being displayed on websites created for Adsense revenue, especially at the cost per click we get hit with in the ‘Personal Injury Solicitor’ catagory (I am sure you will all say we deserve it)!
The Adwords spend dropped dramatically overnight and the quality of leads increased.
Google make it difficult for users to turn of content matching in their Adwords account, many advertisers don’t even know it is switched on, or what it is.
Also with the new update to the way the top three positions are calculated and paid for Google will again be rolling in it! Never tried the Content Network as too many people have negative comments about it, but it does work for some.