http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/index.php/tools/blocks/blog_posts/rss?bID=957&cID=1&arHandle=Main&tags=spam Most recent posts from Home feeds http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/linkedin-says-yes-please-to-recruitment-industry-spam-540/ Many people will know that if you sign up to a paid LinkedIn PRO account you get to send emails to whatever member you like - even if you don't know them. What many people don't know is that these emails cannot be blocked. This means there is little you can do about spammers on the network. Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:30:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/is-this-passing-link-weight-and-how-446/ How is this alt text on a submit button passing link weight or is it just a strange error? Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:49:01 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/spammer-alert-the-seo-doctors-sorry-clinic-strike-again-407/ SEO-Clinic.net: spammers who send out blanket e-mails in an attempt to intimidate businesses - Tim Roberts, I-COM Blog Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:03:17 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/yet-more-seo-spammers-dont-trust-them-theyre-not-doctors-365/ SEO Doctors approached I-COM client the Smile Centre using a a long spammy e-mail full of incorrect and falsified information - I-COM Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:13:24 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/guaranteed-page-1-listing-google-affiliated-company-349/ Yet more proof that the SEO industry desperately needs a governing body! Google Affiliate? Guaranteed page one listing? - I-COM Blog Fri, 07 May 2010 09:39:44 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/death-of-a-copywriter-the-rise-of-the-automated-content-spinners/ Does the increasingly advanced nature of automated content spinners mean death for copywriters? - I-COM Blog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:06:34 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/how-not-to-tweet-267/ What is the point of setting up a Twitter profile and tweeting loads at no followers while following nobody? Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:38:08 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/email-marketing-at-its-most-risible-260/ Sending email marketing to email marketers advertising your email marketing services is a little silly. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:43:06 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/website-testimonials-what-we-can-learn-from-spammers-about-trust/ Adding testimonials and case studies to your website can help establish trust with your online customers - recommendations are the best form of marketing. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:35:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/harry-potter-and-the-twitter-search-trending-topics-222/ Twitter's new homepage may be a move towards social search but the trending topics are just another way to encourage marketers to abuse social media. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:19:59 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/the-twitter-follow-unfollow-follow-unfollow-social-media-spam-tr/ The latest Twitter spam trick of following, unfollowing and following again to get people's attention won't help your social media campaign to achieve its goals. It will annoy people though. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:15:09 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/the-anatomy-of-a-bad-site-in-a-good-google-serp-210/ The Google SERP for affordable health insurance reveals a spam site ranking at #4 on the back of a previous registrant and lots of very bad links. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:51:17 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/why-its-time-for-seo-companies-to-get-an-industry-governing-body/ Since the same dodgy SEO sales tactics from dubious companies appear again and again, it's time the SEO industry set up a governing body and some regulation for itself! Wed, 06 May 2009 11:52:24 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/the-spamtastic-results-of-pay-per-tweet-on-twitter-177/ As pay-per-Tweet takes shape, Twitter is in danger of being overrun by spammers and thin affiliates trying to make money in a way that damages both advertisers and Twitter users. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:33:07 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/chain-tweets-for-the-weekend-162/ Join TweeterGetter's pyramid scheme for getting more Twitter followers and get flagged as spam. It's a modern-day chain letter! Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:21:40 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/classic-foreign-seo-spam-156/ We received a great spam email offering us foreign language landing pages for SEO. Sadly, the spammer doesn't understand why we don't need foreign language landing pages. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:20:03 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/watch-out-for-bogus-software-google-annihilation-is-a-scam-149/ Yet another too-good-to-be-true internet marketing scam - the Google Annihilation software. Don't believe the hype. Good SEO doesn't come from a piece of software. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:49:19 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/free-seo-site-reviews-for-your-seo-website-107/ Targetes email marketing is the difference between sales and spam. If your search marketing or SEO company doesn't know this then perhaps they're not very good at their job. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:58:20 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/search-marketing-will-only-succeed-if-you-know-your-target-marke/ Always know your target market when spending time, effort and especially money marketing your business. Marketing to the wrong people will get you nowhere and make you look silly. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:31:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/dear-google-why-has-my-spam-site-been-banned-from-your-index-93/ If you want to know why Google banned your site, don't spam the Official Google Webmaster Blog asking why and then keyword stuff links to your sites in your comment. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:55:02 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/naughty-seo-tricks-of-the-linkbuilding-variety-83/ Avoid 3-way link schemes as they are far more trouble than they're worth. Google will work out you're trying to trick them. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:40:04 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/autogenerated-content-just-say-no-to-gibberish-80/ Using autogenerated content to target keywords can hurt your reputation and drive away your customers. If content has your brand behind it, make sure that it is of use to your visitors. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:15:31 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/dont-let-your-search-listings-take-a-nosedive-avoid-bad-neighbou/ Avoid bad linking practices if you do not want your sites search rankings to be penalised by Google. Taking links down is harder than doing white hat link building. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:25:16 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/cant-find-that-online-guru-online-hes-not-a-search-marketer-70/ Anybody having to sell their search marketing services via spam email is not a legitimate internet guru. Always ask for references and do your research on any company whose services you want to purchase. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:21:47 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/when-putting-your-business-in-the-hands-of-an-seo-company-do-you/ Learn the basics of SEO before you start speaking to consultants so that you know that your SEO company is not doing anything that will harm your website or your business. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:48:37 BST