Archive for the 'Spam' Category
Spam, confusion, and annoyance – welcome to SearchWiki
Even though SearchWiki is a very annoying service that adds clutter to the otherwise useful Google SERPs, I have to give it credit for a new hobby – SearchWiki comment watching. The comments are filled with helpful tidbits like “test”, “this is good”, “where does this comment appear?” and other enlightening information. Beyond TechCrunch’s porn [...]
Read More..>>Electronics reviews = spam
Google’s search results for product reviews truly suck hard, particularly in the electronics vertical. To be fair, so do Yahoo’s. Recently I’ve bought a laptop, a new PC (custom built), and a new TV, and like many customers I like to read impartial expert reviews of products before I buy them. For cheaper products I [...]
Read More..>>Over-powerful domain authority in Google
Some interesting results for the query [airline tickets] in Google today – at numbers 3 & 4 there are 2 results from Bebo, the well-known airline ticket supplier. Hang on, Bebo – isn’t that a social networking site rather than an airline ticketing company? As outlined by Trend Labs recently in a post entitled Spam [...]
Read More..>>Free domain? Free hosting? Yup!
Awesome: Free hosting Free domain(s) I have to say thanks for the tip off from some rather unsubtle comment spam sent to this very blog
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