Comments on: The Power of Myth: Can a black-hat take down your rankings? http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/ Advanced Search Engine Marketing Tips to Succeed Online Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:19:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: MB Web Design http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-3047 MB Web Design Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:59:56 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-3047 I can vouch for the fact that bad sites linking to you doesn't affect you negatively - see this: http://www.mathewbrowne.com/porno-website-designer/ I can vouch for the fact that bad sites linking to you doesn’t affect you negatively - see this: http://www.mathewbrowne.com/porno-website-designer/

]]> By: Florchakh http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-840 Florchakh Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:23:34 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-840 One funny aspect - Googlers manually removed all SEO jokes of my natives. How we've got to know that? Some of jokes were two words keyphrases, now they are ranked high only for the first word keyterm, for to whole phrase they just don't appear within search results. Of course they are still available in Yahoo and Live.com :) One funny aspect - Googlers manually removed all SEO jokes of my natives. How we’ve got to know that? Some of jokes were two words keyphrases, now they are ranked high only for the first word keyterm, for to whole phrase they just don’t appear within search results. Of course they are still available in Yahoo and Live.com :)

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-638 Hamlet Batista Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:58:22 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-638 Mutiny - The logic behind their filters is far more complex that we think. I found some interesting papers, but my Math is not on par to fully understand them. I am brushing up my linear algebra and graph theory skills, but that will take me several months. I plan do a review of one of the advanced books I am reading. Mutiny - The logic behind their filters is far more complex that we think.

I found some interesting papers, but my Math is not on par to fully understand them. I am brushing up my linear algebra and graph theory skills, but that will take me several months.

I plan do a review of one of the advanced books I am reading.

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-637 Hamlet Batista Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:53:40 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-637 Drew - Thanks for your comment. As has been my teaching so far. If you want reliable results, you need to build a strong foundation. Anybody can do what is easy and that is why most people don't make it big. Drew - Thanks for your comment. As has been my teaching so far. If you want reliable results, you need to build a strong foundation. Anybody can do what is easy and that is why most people don’t make it big.

]]> By: Drew Stauffer http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-627 Drew Stauffer Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:44:17 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-627 Great Post Hamlet. It seems like these days people are looking for a quick fix instead of putting in the hard work. If people would stop trying to "game the system" and just concentrate on their own campaigns then they wouldn't be so susceptible to techniques such as these. Great Post Hamlet.

It seems like these days people are looking for a quick fix instead of putting in the hard work.

If people would stop trying to “game the system” and just concentrate on their own campaigns then they wouldn’t be so susceptible to techniques such as these.

]]> By: Mutiny Design http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-626 Mutiny Design Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:34:07 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-626 If they have changed anything, it is minimal. Many sites sucessfully rely on huge ammounts of links with the exact same link text (generally from low rankings sites). If they have changed anything, it is minimal. Many sites sucessfully rely on huge ammounts of links with the exact same link text (generally from low rankings sites).

]]> By: Jez http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-622 Jez Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:55:46 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-622 I thought Google had changed its algorithm to avoid link bombing etc. I thought Google had changed its algorithm to avoid link bombing etc.

]]> By: Mutiny Design http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-614 Mutiny Design Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:41:59 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/07/27/the-power-of-myth-can-a-black-hat-take-down-your-rankings/#comment-614 I agree with you that it is probably possible, but not likely due to the costs invloved to take down a competitor. It is probably so expensive to do so that it would be far more beneficial to spend your money on your own SEO campaign. The only way I could see it happeneing is by spaming in the name of your competitor and then reporting it and hoping Google will take action. In my experience, having spammy looking incoming links will not adversely effect your site. I know one site that has 22,000 incoming links; almost all have the exact same link text and they have ranked no. 1 for their term consistently for at least six months. Sure the site has a low PageRank and you could knock them off their spot with some top quality link building, but it sure is going to take a long time to beat them. I don't know how it is over in the States and the competative search market that is the Dominican Republic, but here in the UK - SPAM is KING for a great many search terms. One thing I usually point out in regards to Google allegedly looking for repetative link text is that a lot of link text will contain the company's name. If I had a company called Apple and had 500,000 incoming links saying Apple, should Google downgrade those links? How are they going to tell any difference between 500,000 links saying Apple and 500,000 links saying 'Microsoft Sucks' :P I agree with you that it is probably possible, but not likely due to the costs invloved to take down a competitor. It is probably so expensive to do so that it would be far more beneficial to spend your money on your own SEO campaign. The only way I could see it happeneing is by spaming in the name of your competitor and then reporting it and hoping Google will take action.

In my experience, having spammy looking incoming links will not adversely effect your site. I know one site that has 22,000 incoming links; almost all have the exact same link text and they have ranked no. 1 for their term consistently for at least six months.

Sure the site has a low PageRank and you could knock them off their spot with some top quality link building, but it sure is going to take a long time to beat them. I don’t know how it is over in the States and the competative search market that is the Dominican Republic, but here in the UK - SPAM is KING for a great many search terms.

One thing I usually point out in regards to Google allegedly looking for repetative link text is that a lot of link text will contain the company’s name. If I had a company called Apple and had 500,000 incoming links saying Apple, should Google downgrade those links? How are they going to tell any difference between 500,000 links saying Apple and 500,000 links saying ‘Microsoft Sucks’ :P

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