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upped because I hate it when every time i try to search for something, there's a scribd link for something TOTALLY IRRELEVANT to what I'm looking for on the fro
by ktharavaad 17y ago
upped because I hate it when every time i try to search for something, there's a scribd link for something TOTALLY IRRELEVANT to what I'm looking for on the front page of google masquerading as real content. I don't like their SEO practices and I think the company should change its tactics.
- sfphotoarts 17y agopossibly you should blame Google if you don't like the search results, not Scribd...
- ktharavaad 17y agoWell, its like saying that you should sue the police when your house got robbed instead of the robber. Scribd is the one with the intent of gaming the system, Google just wants to provide relevant search results, so its clear to me who should shoulder the blame.
- sfphotoarts 17y agono, its not clear at all, the failing is with Google for preventing what you call "gaming the system", and your analogy is flawed for the same reason. Using your analogy lets say you hire a security firm to protect your most valuable asset, then you get robbed. Who would you blame? Clearly the answer is a function of both. However, I'm not even convinced of that Scribd have managed to game anything. Can you provide a link to google search results that backs up your claim?
- tyler 17y agoFrom the article: "2) reducing the aggressiveness of our SEO, which reduces total traffic in the near term but increases the relevancy of Scribd links in search engine results"
- Alex3917 17y agoThe real question is whether or not they got Google smacked before making the changes.
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- rjurney 17y agoCome on dude... they did change their tactics, is what the article says.
- quizbiz 17y agoDare I ask how Scribed got to a point where their SEO is too well done?
- staunch 17y agoSuper high page rank + lots of pirated content + well optimized site. I think that's it.
- Luc 17y agoThat, and, if I am not mistaken, incorporating search terms of previous visitors into the page. Somebody would search for 'iPhone widgets' in Google, click on the Scribd link about totally unrelated'wooden widgets', and Scribd would put 'iPhone' on the page, making it much more likely for the next person to be misdirected.
- jadito 17y agothe word they ad are invisible or visible? If visible where do they put it? in tags? description?