November 2007
The Archives
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11.28.07TagSum.com CloakingOK, this is just a quickie post I wanted to get out while it was on my mind..... I'd never heard of TagSum before today, but came across some interesting stuff they are doing to manipulate the SERPs..... I was doing an unrelated search today and came across pages from: www.facebook.automotivearena.com...I was curious enough to click through and see what the site was, but it jumped me directly to tagsum.com Obviously TagSum is doing some cloaking and redirecting.... Check this search Now click any result. You'll see it redirects you to tagsum.com Go back to the SERP and copy ...
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11.22.07Exploiting the power of FREEWhy is it that people never question a freebie? Is it because people, in their greed and haste, don't take the time to do proper research? Perhaps it’s because there are many people who are just naïve? I think it’s a bit of a combination of both. Regardless, it seems to me that when you give away something for free, people rarely consider what strings might be attached. Think of all the millions of searches happening everyday with “free” or “download” in them. There are millions of people out there looking to get something for nothing. And in response to this ...
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11.20.07Diss My Blog: Winning InsultsThird Place: (Each of you will be receiving a copy of SEOBook and two Databases of your choice) http://seocracy-diss-my-blog.blogspot.com/ - Mr Bowling You, my friend, win a third place prize because you didnt just manage to diss my blog, but you also managed to diss the entire Christian Faith. Not only that, but you also went to incredible lengths to monitor my sites SERPs....(time to go back on your OCD meds). In the end, you insulted me, Canadians, and Canadian whiskey....not to mention you equated Christian Faith to Mental Retardation...nice dude...the only thing your entry didnt have was an obscene cartoon ...
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11.15.07Diss My Blog: The results are inWell, I think it's safe to say that the Diss my Blog Contest was a resoundingly mediocre success. Thanks for all your guys' half-ass involvement......and thanks to Osomolar for defacing my blog through xss....I really needed to waste that extra 30 minutes this morning fixing your shit before having my coffee....yeah....thanks asshole.... Anyways, I'm taking a few days vacation today so I'll announce winners when I get back and have a chance to re-read everything. Thanks again!
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11.14.07Datapresser.com Beta now onlineWell, today is the day I've been working towards! Datapresser.com is now in a live beta test, and the invitations have been sent out. If you weren't invited and feel that you really deserved an invite, I welcome you to hunt me down, find out where I live and address your grievance to me in person. I'll be waiting in the den. Anyways, here is a screen shot of what the xml-rpc posting method looks like. http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/9942/dpressssmu7.png This method posts content directly to your blog, all with the click of the create button. The madlib script you see in that demo calls ...
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