Here are several ways companies tend to have duplicate content. Courtesy of an article I read on Search Engine Watch. This is my redefined version in a much more entertaining form.
1. MFA Websites. I’m sure these type of mini sites (Made For Adsense Web Sites) are tempting for Internet Entrepreneurs. I personally stay away from these and try not to contribute into making the Internet full of crap. An MFA Website is a site that is built from the ground up with Google Adsense in mind and used to earn income. These sites are usually made by one person and built multiple times, so one person could have 100 MFA sites. They are also keyword based on a PPC basis, making sure the keyword used has a high ROI (return on investment) per click.The webmaster then steals content from other sites and puts it on their sites, and this tells the search engines that there is duplicate content on the web, or SPAM.
Search Engines tend to give credit to the original source, or the one that posted the article first. Read the rest of this entry »
Wouldn’t it be great if you cold post on your resume that you complete a certain course from HARVARD? It would sure open the eyes of any employer looking at your RESUME. Not me of course, I really don’t like being an employer. Having my own business is what I’m all about.
Well guess what folks… anyone can listen (and WATCH) the lectures from Harvard University. Harvard, one of the most renowned schools in the world, has been making their resources available to anyone with an Internet connection and the willingess to learn.
One of the courses I’m doing right now is computer science. It’s really amazing what the Internet can do for anyone who is willing to look in the right places. This type of material just can’t be found anywhere.
Apart from the fact that regular online courses at Harvard cost $50 application fee, with a $1,700 tuition fee per course, the price can’t be beaten.
The ability to download everything via RSS is also available. You can also watch the courses using you browser with Java, use MP3 format to listen, or use Apple to download and watch whenever your able.
I haven’t been able to find the links to other areas of study. I’ll leave that up to you. Besides,just making a rough assumption here, but if you read my blog you would probably be interested in learning computer science anyway, am I right?
19 Oct, 2007
Posted by: Rohen In: Google
Now webmasters can create their own sitelinks for the Google Search Engine. As stated on their blog, sitelinks are a completley automated process, which means not all websites have them.
Several factors used by the Googlebot are used to determine wether a site can have a sitelink or not. Thanks to their new update, Google has made it available for webmasters to configure their site for “Potential” Sitelinks.
Webmasters can also block sites that are either no longer being updated, featured, nor used. This is a huge help in having more control in what Google shows the user.
To view and manage your sitelinks, go to the Webmaster Tools Dashboard and click the site you want. In the left menu click Links, then click Sitelinks.
Based on a couple of posts in forums, there are dirty pages with fake PRs. This is how it works:
You receive an e-mail asking to do a link exchange from a PR 6-7 site. You visit the link they provide and notice something strange… a delay in showing the PR request, as if it’s being re-directed. Curious as to why that is, you do a quick search on Google for their URL, and you realize that the page doesn’t even come up in the search results.
Well, how can a site have a high PR but not even be listed in the Google Searches? Answer: FORGERY.
When receiving these types of requests, it’s always best to judge a site by the amount of traffic it receives, back links, and most importantly: content.
I won’t post the URL of the site as to not give it undeserved traffic. But for all those thinking of doing link exchanges… be careful!
