Modern Day Search Engine Manipulations

An anonymous reader writes "I fondly recall the days of yore when search engines could be manipulated just by sticking thousands of extraneous filler words in the META tags or hidden at the bottom of the page. Nowadays search engines work by more advanced techniques that generally don't fall prey to these simplistic tactics, but it'd be folly to presume them impervious. Does it still happen?"

Comments

Re:"invisible links"

[Anonymous Coward]

.... if only i could remember it... is highly ranked on google.

You should try this Google search!

No! Wrong!

[fm6]

That's absurd. Next you'll be telling us that we can raise our /. karma by writing posts that people actually enjoy reading! PUTTING CRAP ON THE INTERNET IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT!!!

Re:An interesting question

[Anonymous Coward]

While the first story is about having sex with a goat, one must ponder why Google would show it when someone searches for goatse.cx...what's the correlation? Lots of people linked to that site with the text goatse.cx?

You got fired, right?

[Pac]

Such an unbelivable display of ignorance on energising the synergies while leveraging the brand-awareness among the propesct client base shouldn't go unpunished.

Easy.

[Wolfier]

What do pigeons like?

Put a META tag containing the follow words:
grain, rice, corn, worms, wheat - worked like a charm. You get the idea.

YAGA - Yet Another Google Article

[meehawl]

Slashdot definitely needs a Google icon.

Re:this trick works every time

[Suppafly]

Create a well-designed, easy-to-use web site that follows accessibility and useability guidelines.

Fill the web site with useful, relevant information on a selection of topics.

Make sure the information is kept up to date, and don't let it become stale.

Allow this web site to become popular and authoritative, so lots of people link to it and reference it.

?????

Profit!!!