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  brandonacox

  8 months ago

  Good list. Often people don't realize the unethical nature of some of these practices. Thanks for sounding the warning!
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  Beecher Bowers

  8 months ago

  Good tips, be sure not to link to junky or spammy sites from yours as well. Google doesn't penalize if they link to you(since there's nothing you can do about it if they do), but linking to them is your choice and can harm your reputation
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  Chirag Pinjar

  8 months ago

  Thump Black Cat SEOing. It won't work
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  Traffic Geyser

  4 months ago

  I agree with you, It may quickly raise SERP and PR but sooner or later they will be penalized with google..
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  philfreelance-web

  8 months ago

  Such a great idea about this, it helps me a lot to know more the modern way of handling seo specially those websites which got hard time to find relevant references, but it's a big challenge to create and make your own.
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  Thomas Eilander

  8 months ago

  Good list. Pretty standard though, heard them before.
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  Lee

  8 months ago

  Nice list, straight forward but true. Good advice for beginners.
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  Phil Thompson

  8 months ago

  That's a good list Richard. It's a sad state of affairs that lots of SEOers are still makign these mistakes and clients are still paying there poor practices.
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  Carlos @ VPSmedia

  8 months ago

  Blackhat techniques will definitely cause alot more harm than anything,
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  Seo things

  7 months ago

  nice post
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  Ninjaaaaaaaaa

  6 months ago

  NEGATIVE FAVOURITISM FTL ;(
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  sem philippines

  6 months ago

  Great reminder on what not to do when it comes to SEO. I agree that useless content is out of the question as there is no long term return to gain from it therefore making the invested effort all go to waste.
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  Busby SEO Test!!!

  6 months ago

  keyword stuffing is okay as long as you never pass 8%. cmiiw.
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  belajar seo

  5 months ago

  many people do link farming but it still boost their SERPs, what do yo think about that?
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  SEO Test

  5 months ago

  Thank for that definition, tht good knowledge.
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  Optimization Sheffield

  5 months ago

  Well done Richard, A great article for people looking to otpimise there site. Sadly I have even seen reputable firms using some of the above pratices.
  
  With regards to duplicate content, check out www.ragepank.com. I use Joomla quite a lot and find that I have to alter the htaccess a lot to stop the 200 (ok) from appearing many times. (This should only appear once per page).
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  Chaunna Brooke

  5 months ago

  Refreshing to note to find this article about some terrible SEO ideas. At least site owners will be warned as to what SEO tips are over-rated and what tips just dont work. And thanks for adding resources on what we can do if we are really using those tips.
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  Q5 Webdesign

  4 months ago

  Great list!!! Really don't do those things!!! Keep it white hat (A)
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  Upcoming fishing events

  4 months ago

  you are on my rss reader now
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  blackidea

  4 months ago

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  No Rules, the only one to be the only rule. Please understand that any action Tukang Nggame. do is appropriate, consistent with the corridor rule itself. Whitehat, blackhat, greyhat, everything is allowed to participate in the Games during the SEO Contest.
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  Search Engine Optimization

  4 months ago

  These are some of the most common mistakes or blunders small businesses make when attempting SEO.
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  zulva

  4 months ago

  yes .. i agree with you..
  black seo = kill self :-)
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  SEO NYC

  2 months ago

  Your suggestions here are all very good. In fact, they are critical, not just to get better page ranking, but also to avoid being penalized by Google. I have seen many sites go from #1 spot to the hundredth page of results simply because they have duplicate content. Or because of keyword stuffing.
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  Seo Services India

  2 months ago

  Good post. This will help the people to do to do ethical and provide the quality in the task. Really good job.
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