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Homebase SEO – Bad Practice?

Here is the release on Homebase and its SEO practice.

Taking an objective view on this is difficult considering I am a cynic when it comes to ‘accidental’ bad practice in this industry.

The results speak for themselves and a look at the first snapshot will show you how well this approach has worked when combined with link spiking. For the agency looking after Homebase and its SEO needs then it is quite possible they will be crowing their success. For me the crucial test would come if it were scrutinised by Google, would it withstand this scrutiny? Perhaps as usual I am somewhat overzealous for a story?

February 22, 2010   Posted in: Bad SEO  10 Comments

Homebase Bad SEO

Homebase Using Dodgy SEO – Shoddy Black Hat

Tomorrow I hope to publish an expanded view of really poor SEO practice deployed by Homebase.

Amazingly they are not getting any scrutiny from Google or competitors, perhaps it will be viewed as just ‘bad webmastering’ but then if that were a good excuse we could all use spammy mistakes.

I will also be looking at the link spikes they have had, there are two very large link spikes, the site is well listed for terms such as Kitchens and Furniture but are they gaining unfair advantage or do you think it is just everyday stuff that is acceptable.

February 18, 2010   Posted in: Bad SEO  2 Comments

Easycar – Pushed by Indian Blogs?

OK today I am back from holiday and I thought that we may of had some rationalisation in the serps with regards to the effect of blog spam initiated by Indian bloggers and deployed by UK SEO agencies on behalf of their clients.

Sadly I find that my weeks absence has seen no change so I though I might dig around a little and see who is deploying this with a vengeance to push generic search positions.

August 10, 2009   Posted in: Bad SEO  10 Comments

Indian Blog Spam

Well we just had an interesting client conversation discussing the merits of Indian Blog Spam which currently is driving some high profile search listings.

I am awaiting some kind of action from Google as surely they cannot allow Indian Blog Spammers to carry on influencing search results in the UK so prominently as they do at the moment. The blog posts themselves are simply embarressing written in a language that is unrecognisable to English.

Now don’t get me wrong as I know and recognise my grammar is not perfect and I sure as hell cannot speak or write in any other language but then I don’t sell that as a service to unscrupulous agencies who are currently deploying it on behalf of unsuspecting clients.

July 27, 2009   Posted in: Bad SEO  10 Comments

Sell Your Story

Well what can I say, I have had a number of events over the last few weeks that has made me think ‘sell your story‘, not because of monetary gain because if I did do it I would give the proceeds to charity anyhow. That said maybe my story wouldn’t sell, what I do know is the experience would embarress local police and court services and show the plight of everyday good and decent people.

It is about a young girl, a complete thug and a judicial process that allows a vulnerable person to be the victim when the perpetrator who has a criminal record as long as you could imagine walks free around the streets with impunity.

July 20, 2009   Posted in: Bad SEO  No Comments