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SEO Experts: What is this bozo up to?

By Michael Fontana

Home Stager with Round Rock Home Stager Austin Home Staging

December 19, 2009 06:53 AM

This is the second or third time I have come across a situation like this... Judging by this list of words, I can only assume it's some kind of SEO trick. But I thought the Google-Bots were supposed to check for this? What is this person gaining by having a crazy list of words, some associated with Home Staging, and some not?

The last time I located this type of information, it contained copyrighted material from my website. They had it down within 24 hours of notifying them, so I did not report them to Google, etc. But I am wondering whether this type of activity is legit, or if it can be reported?

Any insight is appreciated!

Thanks!

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Lenn Harley

Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA

Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

I'm no expert, but my recollection is:

That's an old trick used back in the mid 1990s to get the search engines, there were only a couple at that time, to visit.

Using unrelated keyword phrases was to encourage incoming traffic which was supposed to improve ranking.

The keywords were usually in the Meta Keywords Tags. Once Google reduced the value of meta keywords, most everyone stopped these silly tricks.

Google is a lot smarter than that. Meta Keywords have little value.

Dec 19, 2009 07:00 AM

Gene Allen

Fathom Realty - Cary, NC

Realty Consultant for Cary Real Estate

Guess some people have more time then sense.

Dec 19, 2009 01:29 PM

Michael Fontana

Round Rock Home Stager Austin Home Staging - Round Rock, TX

@ The Stage Coach

@Lenn: That's what I had believed

@Gene: Correct - total waste of time.

Michael

Dec 21, 2009 12:50 AM

Melinda (Mel) Peterson

Grants Pass, OR - Bend, OR

The Savvy Broker - ABR, CRS

Michael ~ I'm with Lenn, but I have to say, some of the phrases are a bit funny :)

Dec 21, 2009 03:36 PM

Dave Keys

MOVE UP in Google Search Learn How Here - Brea, CA

Chief Search Strategist Real Estate SEO Expert

Black Hat SEO tactics for sure. Not much point in reporting them, they'll get some quick temporary results for whoever their clients are and move on to another hosting account as soon as Google shuts down whatever they're using. Sadly, their client will be the one to suffer if, I mean when, Google discovers the source of their rankings.

Dec 27, 2009 01:35 PM

John Thomas

E3 Green HOMES - Boulder, CO

EcoBroker, MSEE, MBA

Makes no logical sense to me. It looks like someone is quite desperate for a little SEO love...

Jan 09, 2010 02:47 PM

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