Every day there are new directories being created and keeping up with them can be quite a trial. If you have a series of sites that you submit then adding them manually can be a bit of a struggle.
Solution: have a generic descriptor file for sites to identify the main sections of the site that might be submitted to a directory.
I just got spammed by an Australian crowd with this on their own blog…
Blog spammers
For all those newbie blog spammers out there that are looking for top blogs to spam, well SearchEngineBlog has a link to the top500 blogs in the world.Proceed with caution as most of these blog will spot a spammer from a mile off.
Google has launched a new type of search called Blog Search (no points for obscurity!). With people using blog software as an alternative to a proper CMS it’ll be interesting to see how Google works out what’s a blog and what’s a site.
Way back when web pages were all static and javascript was cool I had a play with site submission software tools and found a forum to discuss the relative merits. It was the first time I’d come across the phrase Search Engine Optimisation or SEO and once I had the magic password a wealth of information appeared before me.
I just briefly checked in on my property investment directory and cleaned out some of the spammy submissions and looked at one of the new ones.
Children and their games, huh? Over on seo-guy there’s a veeery long thread which has spawned an SEO contest on about page 27!
Our goal is to see who can get the best ranking for the phrase “simple seo” on Google
The major forums seem to have nasty little threads popping up left, right and centre about corruption at DMOZ. It’s hard to believe there’s anything other than the occasional individual having a go, but some are claiming orchestrated campaigns.