Buying Blog Comments Is Like Playing With Fire & A Can Of Gas

This may be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of. “Blog comments help your site rank better in the SERPs. We hired a few people who go through a list of blogs in a database we set up and pick out blogs that are in your niche. They then read through blog posts and leave a comment that has to do with the blog post they read, that way it wont get deleted. Your backlink will then be on a targeted blog, giving you more weight in the search engines. ” Try to justify... Read More »

The Wrong Question: Will Adsense Die When Google CPA Takes Over?

I’m actually surprised that this came so late. I fully expected this discussion to start in the blogosphere and on forums the day Google announced their entrance into the CPA market. But, it’s here now, and people are talking about it. Will Adsense Die When Google CPA Takes Over? I don’t know. Again, I’m a marketing and branding guy. I’m not good at answering questions about billion-dollar business models and whether or not they have legs. Guys... Read More »

Isn’t It About Time To For Google To Clean Up All The Spam They Enable?

So a new report says that 75% of Blogspot.com blogs are spam. Google owns Blogger.com, which powers all Blogspot.com blogs. From MicroPersuasion.com… Google better tighten up its system or the entire Blogger platform will tank from a lack of trust. According to a new Microsoft Research study, Blogspot - the free platform tied to Blogger - is among the top doorway domains for spam. Some 74% of Blogspot blogs are used as splogs. You can view the horribly unreadable study... Read More »