How to Piss Off Google

Are you looking to anger the folks at Google and get blacklisted? Want to reduce the traffic to your Web site by 50% or more? Then just ignore some of these recently updated tips from the Webmaster Guidelines put out by Google.

• Avoid hidden text or hidden links.
• Don't use cloaking or sneaky redirects.
• Don't send automated queries to Google.
• Don't load pages with irrelevant keywords.
• Don't create multiple pages, subdomains, or domains with substantially duplicate content.
• Don't create pages that install viruses, trojans, or other badware.
• Avoid "doorway" pages created just for search engines, or other "cookie cutter" approaches such as affiliate programs with little or no original content.
• If your site participates in an affiliate program, make sure that your site adds value. Provide unique and relevant content that gives users a reason to visit your site first.

Sounds reasonable, right?

If you'd like to learn how to rank well at the search engines (as opposed to just not pissing them off), be sure to check out our upcoming Working Lunch Seminar: Search Engine Optimization - How to Drive Qualified Traffic to Your Site. It's Wednesday, June 13th from noon - 1:30ish at flyte's offices.

Rich Brooks
Maine SEO

Comments

[Ad Hater]

I hate ad's & never buy anything that comes up in a search on google. I only use the stupid site to find subjects I'm interested in. When I get ad's instead of what I ask for, that really pisses me off. Then I sit here & click the damn link 500 times so they have to pay those morons. If I had more time, I'd click on them all week just to make them pay more.