Andy, I have sent literally hundreds of mails to Google illustrating exactly what the miscreants are doing and how. I take SEO seriously and know most if not all the techniques. They have never responded in any way other than their automated responders. I eventually gave up in the knowledge that I was wasting my time and energy.
Whenever I tackle a new market arena demanding fresh keyphrase analysis I always vet the competition to see what I'm up against. The volume of spam is extraordinary. Yahoo! and MSN are better. They at least make an effort to respond and deal with alerts. I have zero tolerance for spammers in any shape or form but as far as Google goes, they're a waste of space when it comes to fighting spam. It's not unfair; it's my experience over the past 3 years. Mike Pepper Accessible Web Developer Internet SEO and Marketing Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.visidigm.com Administrator Guild of Accessible Web Designers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gawds.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy Budd Sent: 28 January 2005 09:53 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Search Engines and CSS On 28 Jan 2005, at 01:28, Mike Pepper wrote: > Take a look at some fought over keyphrases like 'website development' > in > Google UK. You'll find many sites spamming with irrelevant <noscript>, > off-screen absolute positioned text, minute text, hidden layers, even > some > cretins with WOW (white-on-white) text. > > And you know what? Google doesn't do a damn thing about it. I think that's a bit unfair. It's a bit like complaining that the police do nothing about crime in your area when none of the residents can be bothered to report it. If you see a site which use dubious methods to gain a ranking advantage, contact Google and complain. I've a friend who's a professional SEO and one of the main things he and many of his colleagues do is report dubious sites. If after a month or so nothing has been done about it, then complain about it. Andy Budd http://www.message.uk.com/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.1 - Release Date: 27/01/05 ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
