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How one company games Google News

17 points by ssclafani 16y ago

dmix 16y ago
Linking directly to the news sites is just going to boost their SEO rankings. Why not just display the url without a link?
- moultano 16y ago
  The right way to do this is by adding rel="nofollow" to the links. Also great advice for any startup displaying user submitted content publicly to the web. Adding rel="nofollow" to links with low karma will prevent people from spending the time to write a custom spam bot for your site until you have enough traffic to matter for that alone. You'll still get the drive-by spam if it's easy to submit, but you can get around that with an unconventional form.
benologist 16y ago
What they're describing sounds a lot like professional blogging: useless, heavy linking to your own crap and summarizing others' articles. I wonder if they'll go after Engadget next, or Gizmodo or any of the Apple rumor blogs. They're just the successful versions of that 70 holdings company.
- greyman 16y ago
  Did you read Engadget or Gizmodo? They often break stories and provide their own gadget reviews, it's something completely different as what was described in the article.
  - benologist 16y ago
    Right... http://gizmodo.com/5682457/this-is-the-worlds-loudest-alarm-clock http://gizmodo.com/5682457/this-is-the-worlds-loudest-alarm-... via the Telegraph http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/05/parrot-minikit-smart-windshield-mount-cradles-your-phone-caress/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/05/parrot-minikit-smart-wind... via techdigest http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/05/mac-pro-server-config-added-to-product-lineup/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/05/mac-pro-server-config-added-t... "via engadget" via apple. All useless summaries with useless internal links and tagged with every conceivable word a person might put into Google. They all produce original content on occasion but it's not their business.
davidmurphy 16y ago
Google News needs to inspect more carefully whom they allow into the stream. Last month I came across a highly offensive site in the mix with other stuff.
- corin_ 16y ago
  FoxNews.com?

17 points by ssclafani 16y ago

dmix 16y ago

Linking directly to the news sites is just going to boost their SEO rankings. Why not just display the url without a link?

moultano 16y ago
The right way to do this is by adding rel="nofollow" to the links. Also great advice for any startup displaying user submitted content publicly to the web. Adding rel="nofollow" to links with low karma will prevent people from spending the time to write a custom spam bot for your site until you have enough traffic to matter for that alone. You'll still get the drive-by spam if it's easy to submit, but you can get around that with an unconventional form.

benologist 16y ago

What they're describing sounds a lot like professional blogging: useless, heavy linking to your own crap and summarizing others' articles. I wonder if they'll go after Engadget next, or Gizmodo or any of the Apple rumor blogs. They're just the successful versions of that 70 holdings company.

greyman 16y ago
Did you read Engadget or Gizmodo? They often break stories and provide their own gadget reviews, it's something completely different as what was described in the article.
- benologist 16y ago
  Right... http://gizmodo.com/5682457/this-is-the-worlds-loudest-alarm-clock http://gizmodo.com/5682457/this-is-the-worlds-loudest-alarm-... via the Telegraph http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/05/parrot-minikit-smart-windshield-mount-cradles-your-phone-caress/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/05/parrot-minikit-smart-wind... via techdigest http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/05/mac-pro-server-config-added-to-product-lineup/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/05/mac-pro-server-config-added-t... "via engadget" via apple. All useless summaries with useless internal links and tagged with every conceivable word a person might put into Google. They all produce original content on occasion but it's not their business.

davidmurphy 16y ago

Google News needs to inspect more carefully whom they allow into the stream. Last month I came across a highly offensive site in the mix with other stuff.

corin_ 16y ago
FoxNews.com?