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it's kind of funny that he puts on a bit of a mock indignation when he talks about getting his organic traffic killed yet goes on to explain that he was servin

by trotsky 14y ago

it's kind of funny that he puts on a bit of a mock indignation when he talks about getting his organic traffic killed yet goes on to explain that he was serving unoriginal ad farm content loaded with affiliate links. duh? wouldnt a month long seo engagement working for someone with real products and/or content pay similarly and would have the bonus of not being completely without redeeming value?

chatmasta 14y ago
It sounds like his website was pretty popular. People came to his website looking for something, and left having found it. That sounds like enough "redeeming value" to me.
- trotsky 14y ago
  I'm not saying they're impartial parties but the fact that he's been punished everywhere suggests to me that it used to be pretty low value at least before he made changes trying to get back on google. it's not some across the board black friday penalty either, as four of his competitors rank above him for the terms in his url despite him being the only one that's using g+; https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=thanksgiving%20black%20friday%20ads https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=thanksgiving...
  - offordscott 14y ago
    Hi Trotsky, the site and content are not low quality. I understand what you are trying to get at, but it was really just my poor choice in linkbuilding activities that got my site penalized. Also, the fact that I have an EMD (Exact match domain) doesn't help as much either. ~ Scott
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- offordscott 14y ago
  Yes. People stay on my site and view 10+ pages at a time and usually end up either clicking an affiliate link to go buy something on Amazon, for example, or clicking an Adsense ad, which is their own choice. Thanks for your feedback. ~ Scott (webmaster of the TBFA site)
- jjkmk 14y ago
  The site is offering a free service, like most popular sites offering free services it is monetized by ad traffic.
offordscott 14y ago
Hello. I'm the owner of the site mentioned. I'm not sure I understand your comment. Why do you feel my site is unoriginal? Scott
- trotsky 14y ago
  i meant it in the google sense of the word, you didn't create the content you post (black friday ads). i guess it's unlikely that they know the images are duplicates if you're not just copying them, but its unlikely to look very good to their algs.

by trotsky 14y ago

chatmasta 14y ago

It sounds like his website was pretty popular. People came to his website looking for something, and left having found it. That sounds like enough "redeeming value" to me.

trotsky 14y ago
I'm not saying they're impartial parties but the fact that he's been punished everywhere suggests to me that it used to be pretty low value at least before he made changes trying to get back on google. it's not some across the board black friday penalty either, as four of his competitors rank above him for the terms in his url despite him being the only one that's using g+; https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=thanksgiving%20black%20friday%20ads https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=thanksgiving...
- offordscott 14y ago
  Hi Trotsky, the site and content are not low quality. I understand what you are trying to get at, but it was really just my poor choice in linkbuilding activities that got my site penalized. Also, the fact that I have an EMD (Exact match domain) doesn't help as much either. ~ Scott
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offordscott 14y ago
Yes. People stay on my site and view 10+ pages at a time and usually end up either clicking an affiliate link to go buy something on Amazon, for example, or clicking an Adsense ad, which is their own choice. Thanks for your feedback. ~ Scott (webmaster of the TBFA site)
jjkmk 14y ago
The site is offering a free service, like most popular sites offering free services it is monetized by ad traffic.

offordscott 14y ago

Hello. I'm the owner of the site mentioned. I'm not sure I understand your comment. Why do you feel my site is unoriginal? Scott

trotsky 14y ago
i meant it in the google sense of the word, you didn't create the content you post (black friday ads). i guess it's unlikely that they know the images are duplicates if you're not just copying them, but its unlikely to look very good to their algs.