There is a pretty nasty domain name appraisal scam going around that you need to be aware of if you own domain names. The scammer's only intent is to make money from a domain name appraisal service, which is fake. Furthermore, the scammer, Roland … [Continue reading]
Google added the "Irrelevant keywords" section to the sidebar of the Google Quality Guidelines. This section, called "Irrelevant keywords", details the practice of keyword stuffing, and gives specific types of examples of where it is being used today … [Continue reading]
Yesterday, I wrote a post about how to block Semalt (also known as Semalt.com) from showing up in your Google Analytics account. In this post, I'll tell you how to block Semalt from accessing your website using the site's .htaccess file. Just as a … [Continue reading]
There's a website (domain name) that shows up as a referral in your Google Analytics. Semalt.com bills itself as "Semalt is a professional webmaster analytics tool that opens the door to new opportunities for the market monitoring, yours and your … [Continue reading]
Do you remember LookSmart? Back in 1999, the LookSmart website looked like this: Back in 1999, you could search the web from the site's home page, or you could click on one of their categories, and then a few more clicks... and then finally … [Continue reading]
That's actually a great question. Someone recently entered that question into Google and, because I've written about link removals before, they found my blog. So, I decided to go ahead and answer that question. I'm sure there are others that would … [Continue reading]