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Google Blocks 'Optimized' Pages

Posted by timothy on from the they-own-their-servers dept.

Rhett Creighton writes "For the past few years, webmasters have found tricks that bring their page higher for a given keyphrase search. Google recently implemented a filter to block sites that appeared to be tricking it into gaining a higher ranking. This NYTimes article reports of angry retailers who are losing their businesses, while this article gives more technical conspiracy theories of what google is actually doing."

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  1. Needs works by grub · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google needs to fine tune their code. Enter "goatse.cx" and clicking "I'm Feeling Lucky" brings you to their uptime page at Netcraft, not the horrible image we all know and cherish.

    ps: f1st pr0st.

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    1. Re:Needs works by ComaVN · · Score: 5, Funny

      Reading "goatse.cx" and "I'm Feeling Lucky" in one sentence sent shivers down my spine.

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  2. Oh, no!!! by armando_wall · · Score: 5, Funny


    Google was my #1 tool to find my penis enlargement products.
    Now I can't even get a home loan!!! And I can't consolidate my debts!!!

    What am I gonna do???

  3. I did a google by theMerovingian · · Score: 5, Funny


    for "boost page ranking", and got this cheesy online marketing company:
    http://www.page-rank.boost-web-site-traffic.com/

    My first reaction was that these guys are scam artists. But, they did appear at the top of the page...

    Obviously it is still possible to scam google. To web experts: how do they do it?

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  4. Re:I LIKE GOOGLE. :) by jos3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's ironic because xxxxx.exe is what I've called my porn website generating program. :-)

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