Comments on: You’ve Won the Battle but not the War: 10 Ways to protect your site from negative SEO http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/ Advanced Search Engine Marketing Tips to Succeed Online Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:15:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: pravish thomas http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-5410 pravish thomas Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:07:35 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-5410 HI Hamlet, This is what i needed An awesome post Gr8 work The evil always stay there na - i don't get y ppl go for this BLACK hat ? Why the hell they don't be innovative and do something good for the world Don't know when the day would come :) But yeah - Gr keep the good work cheers,,,,, HI Hamlet,

This is what i needed
An awesome post
Gr8 work
The evil always stay there na - i don’t get y ppl go for this BLACK hat ? Why the hell they don’t be innovative and do something good for the world
Don’t know when the day would come :)
But yeah - Gr keep the good work

cheers,,,,,

]]> By: Bob At Blogging For Backlinks http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-5358 Bob At Blogging For Backlinks Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:47:33 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-5358 As far as spotting your content on the web is concerned, there are a couple of things I do when posting articles -- I use a very unique name (foriegn names do well) as the author title, and will often also use a few uniquelly speled (catch that?) phrases in the article body. It then becomes very easy to set up a Google alert for the author name and unique body text. You'd be suprised at how many people post your stuff on the web without any modification at all. As far as spotting your content on the web is concerned, there are a couple of things I do when posting articles — I use a very unique name (foriegn names do well) as the author title, and will often also use a few uniquelly speled (catch that?) phrases in the article body. It then becomes very easy to set up a Google alert for the author name and unique body text. You’d be suprised at how many people post your stuff on the web without any modification at all.

]]> By: Amit http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-4148 Amit Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:55:19 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-4148 Hi Hamlet nice post providing real information on negative seo. Since i myself is new towards the seo, learning the basics from all research work. Well i never thought of negative seo. But, after reading your post i updated my knowledge base. Thanks for guiding all seo's including me. Hi Hamlet nice post providing real information on negative seo. Since i myself is new towards the seo, learning the basics from all research work.

Well i never thought of negative seo. But, after reading your post i updated my knowledge base.

Thanks for guiding all seo’s including me.

]]> By: By Design: Building Trust, Security, Links | Logo Design Works http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-1531 By Design: Building Trust, Security, Links | Logo Design Works Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:07:30 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-1531 [...] Even if you protect your search engine rankings by canonicalizing your URLs, it’s still possible that someone can steal your rankings. And with your own content on their site. Scary but true. Read SEO Fast Start’s article Google Proxy Hacking [via Sphinn]. While you’re at it, also read Hamlet Batista’s 10 Ways to Protect Your Site From Negative SEO. [...] […] Even if you protect your search engine rankings by canonicalizing your URLs, it’s still possible that someone can steal your rankings. And with your own content on their site. Scary but true. Read SEO Fast Start’s article Google Proxy Hacking [via Sphinn]. While you’re at it, also read Hamlet Batista’s 10 Ways to Protect Your Site From Negative SEO. […]

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-1196 Hamlet Batista Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:59:59 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-1196 keniki - Thanks for your comment. These negative seos are definitely a concern of mine keniki - Thanks for your comment. These negative seos are definitely a concern of mine

]]> By: Keniki http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-1188 Keniki Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:02:31 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-1188 Hi great article, all of the above is true. There is now a more advanced way to damage peoples content. Black hats simply use search engine syndication and at present I am told there is no way inwhich you can prevent search engines syndicating your content to any site causing google bowling and many of the other problems mentioned above such as dilluting your content. Hi great article, all of the above is true.
There is now a more advanced way to damage peoples content. Black hats simply use search engine syndication and at present I am told there is no way inwhich you can prevent search engines syndicating your content to any site causing google bowling and many of the other problems mentioned above such as dilluting your content.

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-1060 Hamlet Batista Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:29:47 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-1060 <blockquote>do you have or offer an “idiots guide” on implementing the above techniques?</blockquote> Kirk - Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately I do not have such guide. I'd probably need to write a 50-page guide to make this post easier to understand to the general public. If there is enough interest, I may be able to find time to get it done. I'd need some research for windows/asp based servers. My blog is aimed primarily at advanced marketers, but I can help you clarify any specifics you need.

do you have or offer an “idiots guide” on implementing the above techniques?

Kirk - Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately I do not have such guide. I’d probably need to write a 50-page guide to make this post easier to understand to the general public. If there is enough interest, I may be able to find time to get it done. I’d need some research for windows/asp based servers.

My blog is aimed primarily at advanced marketers, but I can help you clarify any specifics you need.

]]> By: Kirk http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-1034 Kirk Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:08:54 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-1034 Hamlet your list is full of useful information and I thank you for posting it. However as someone who really only knows the basics of HTML and web development and also uses a windows server (and ASP code) in their website, do you have or offer an "idiots guide" on implementing the above techniques? Thanks Kirk Hamlet your list is full of useful information and I thank you for posting it.

However as someone who really only knows the basics of HTML and web development and also uses a windows server (and ASP code) in their website, do you have or offer an “idiots guide” on implementing the above techniques?

Thanks

Kirk

]]> By: Prevent Google Bowl | Best Rank Blog http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-971 Prevent Google Bowl | Best Rank Blog Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:15:18 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-971 [...] a nice little tip: use Google Webmaster Tools to view all your back links to your web site.  By looking at your back links you can potentialy catch and prevent people from creating unwanted anchor text links to your site [...] […] a nice little tip: use Google Webmaster Tools to view all your back links to your web site.  By looking at your back links you can potentialy catch and prevent people from creating unwanted anchor text links to your site […]

]]> By: Rafael Cedano http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-810 Rafael Cedano Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:46:45 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-810 Hello Hamlet, Great article, all that people need to know about negative seo, Great, Congrats. Hello Hamlet, Great article, all that people need to know about negative seo,

Great,

Congrats.

]]> By: David Airey :: Graphic Designer http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-530 David Airey :: Graphic Designer Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:53:18 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-530 Another sterling article, Hamlet. Seems I have some looking around your blog to be doing. Thanks again. Another sterling article, Hamlet.

Seems I have some looking around your blog to be doing. Thanks again.

]]> By: Competitors could sabotage your Web site’s search-engine ranking « Corporate Intelligence http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-413 Competitors could sabotage your Web site’s search-engine ranking « Corporate Intelligence Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:20:04 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-413 [...] SEO expert/blogger Hamlet Batista isn’t amused. He says: These so-called “SEO professionals” proudly proclaim their job to be damaging the hard-earned rankings of their clients’ competitors. I understand a lot of people would do anything for money, but it’s still unsettling to see such people trumpet their efforts with such gusto. A huge thumbs-down to all those mentioned in the article. [...] […] SEO expert/blogger Hamlet Batista isn’t amused. He says: These so-called “SEO professionals” proudly proclaim their job to be damaging the hard-earned rankings of their clients’ competitors. I understand a lot of people would do anything for money, but it’s still unsettling to see such people trumpet their efforts with such gusto. A huge thumbs-down to all those mentioned in the article. […]

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-355 Hamlet Batista Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:15:20 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-355 Paul, That is a good idea for a future post. I promise to work on it. Paul,
That is a good idea for a future post. I promise to work on it.

]]> By: Text Links Buzz » Text Link Buzz! http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-350 Text Links Buzz » Text Link Buzz! Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:28:27 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-350 [...] Google in an attempt to get you penalized. A great article about how to effectively combat this is You’ve won the battle but not the war: 10 ways to protect your site from negative SEO by Hamlet [...] […] Google in an attempt to get you penalized. A great article about how to effectively combat this is You’ve won the battle but not the war: 10 ways to protect your site from negative SEO by Hamlet […]

]]> By: Paul Montwill http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-347 Paul Montwill Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:24:12 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-347 <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=robber&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi" rel="nofollow">robber</a> :-) robber
:-)

]]> By: Paul Montwill http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-346 Paul Montwill Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:19:32 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-346 Hamlet, this picture is hilarious. It made my day. About the post, it is All tips are very useful, especially regarding DOS attacks. As you are very technical guy, can you write a post in the future regarding redirections? Starting with basics and finishing with more advanced tips? It is an important area and I would like to learn more about it and fill my knowledge gaps. Thanks Hamlet, this picture is hilarious. It made my day. About the post, it is All tips are very useful, especially regarding DOS attacks.

As you are very technical guy, can you write a post in the future regarding redirections? Starting with basics and finishing with more advanced tips? It is an important area and I would like to learn more about it
and fill my knowledge gaps. Thanks

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-337 Hamlet Batista Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:32:59 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-337 Tom, Thanks for your comment. How funny that we were thinking in the same lines :-) Remember that the list is about counter-measures for negative SEOs. The reason I omitted the canonical issue is that is very unlikely a (smart) competitor would use it to harm you site. If they did, a simple 301 redirect rule would turn the table in your favor ;-) Tom,
Thanks for your comment. How funny that we were thinking in the same lines :-)
Remember that the list is about counter-measures for negative SEOs. The reason I omitted the canonical issue is that is very unlikely a (smart) competitor would use it to harm you site. If they did, a simple 301 redirect rule would turn the table in your favor ;-)

]]> By: Tom http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-335 Tom Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:23:18 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/16/you%e2%80%99ve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-10-ways-to-protect-your-site-from-negative-seo/#comment-335 Great post hamlet - I was going to write something on this exact subject (and it was going to be a top 10 list too!) but you've gone into a lot more technical detail which is good. (loving the pic as well!) One point I think you missed is that you should always make sure your canonicalisation is fixed - if both the www. version of your site and the non www. version both resolve to the same content it's possible to cause problems with the Google duplicate content filters if you send links to the wrong one. (I know this is a very basic point but it's one that I come across time and time again) Great post hamlet - I was going to write something on this exact subject (and it was going to be a top 10 list too!) but you’ve gone into a lot more technical detail which is good.

(loving the pic as well!)

One point I think you missed is that you should always make sure your canonicalisation is fixed - if both the www. version of your site and the non www. version both resolve to the same content it’s possible to cause problems with the Google duplicate content filters if you send links to the wrong one. (I know this is a very basic point but it’s one that I come across time and time again)

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