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Google Domination | Illuminating SEO
- By Illuminating SEO
- Published 03/4/2009
- Search Engine Optimization
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In this very short report, I am going to discuss a few tactics that are INCREDIBLY dirty tactics. I have never heard any marketers discuss these tactics, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t feel comfortable discussing them. These tactics are probably frowned upon by many other marketers, and may be considered black hat, but they are completely legal.
It is up to you whether or not you are comfortable using these tactics. I personally use them, because I feel if my competition is sloppy, then they don’t deserve to be in the SERPs. However, it is up to you. You will definitely NOT make any friends using these tactics.
Without further ado, here are the tactics:
Dirty Tactic #1:
This tactic involves Wordpress.com blogs. As you may know, it is against Wordpress TOS to promote an affiliate offer on a Wordpress blog. Affiliate blogs are considered to be spam blogs, and if the people behind Wordpress find blogs that are purely for affiliate marketing, they will delete them.
This can be to your advantage, as you can report spam blogs and have them deleted. I personally do not feel that affiliate marketing is spam, but Wordpress does, and promoting products on a Wordpress.com blog is against their TOS.
Here is why this can be an advantage to you: If you do a Google search for your keywords, you can find the Wordpress blogs that show up on the first 3-5 pages of Google. These blogs are your competition.
If you visit these blogs and find that they are promoting a product as an affiliate, then you can visit this page: http://en.wordpress.com/report-spam/ and you simply enter your email (any email, doesn’t even have to be real. It is just used to send you an email letting you know what has happened to the blog you reported) and state why it is considered a spam blog.
All you have to say is that it is an affiliate blog and therefore it violates the TOS and is considered a spam blog. Every time I have reported a blog it has been deleted within a day.
You can also find tag pages on Wordpress.com that have a list of blogs related to your keywords and then Wordpress
gives you a list of your competitors! This is much more effective for product related keywords, but can be used with general keywords.
By using this tactic, you rid the search engines of all competition that are using Wordpress. This will give you less competition, which should result in more sales through your link.
However, the people whose blogs you had deleted will not be happy, and if you are using Wordpress blogs, it is very likely that they will be deleted. For this reason it is crucial to make sure you are using a domain that cannot be deleted easily.
Dirty Tactic #2:
The second tactic involves Hubpages. As you know, Hubpages is VERY strict about the content put up on the hubs. In fact, they are even stricter than Wordpress. They also allow you to flag Hubs.
So with Hubpages, you can do the same thing as Wordpress blogs. Do a search for your keywords, and find all the Hubs that appear in the first 3-5 pages. If they are promoting another site, then they are considered spam and you can flag them as spam.
You can also find Hubpages tag pages and again, you have a whole list of your competitors and you can flag all of the Hubs that are promoting another site, and Hubpages will remove them, eliminating some of your competitors.
Because many people like to use Hubpages because they rank well in the search engines, you can get rid of most of your competitors who don’t have their own domain.
Combine this tactic with tactic #1, and you can eliminate a lot of your competition, making it even easier for you to dominate the search engines and to make more sales.
By using these tactics you can eliminate all of your competition that is using Hubpages and Wordpress, which usually is a good portion of your competition. These tactics are not illegal in any way, as they are simply helping Wordpress and Hubpages to keep their sites clean and spam-free.
In fact, Hubpages and Wordpress will LOVE you for helping them remove these pages, which they consider to be spam. However, your competition will not appreciate it, and if you have any Hubpages or Wordpress blogs, they will most likely get deleted if they are ranking well.
These are dirty marketing tactics, but they are not illegal, and in my opinion not immoral. If you feel uncomfortable using these tactics, then don’t use them. However, if you find no problem with doing these things, then feel free to use them and decrease your competition!
It is up to you whether or not you are comfortable using these tactics. I personally use them, because I feel if my competition is sloppy, then they don’t deserve to be in the SERPs. However, it is up to you. You will definitely NOT make any friends using these tactics.
Without further ado, here are the tactics:
Dirty Tactic #1:
This tactic involves Wordpress.com blogs. As you may know, it is against Wordpress TOS to promote an affiliate offer on a Wordpress blog. Affiliate blogs are considered to be spam blogs, and if the people behind Wordpress find blogs that are purely for affiliate marketing, they will delete them.
This can be to your advantage, as you can report spam blogs and have them deleted. I personally do not feel that affiliate marketing is spam, but Wordpress does, and promoting products on a Wordpress.com blog is against their TOS.
Here is why this can be an advantage to you: If you do a Google search for your keywords, you can find the Wordpress blogs that show up on the first 3-5 pages of Google. These blogs are your competition.
If you visit these blogs and find that they are promoting a product as an affiliate, then you can visit this page: http://en.wordpress.com/report-spam/ and you simply enter your email (any email, doesn’t even have to be real. It is just used to send you an email letting you know what has happened to the blog you reported) and state why it is considered a spam blog.
All you have to say is that it is an affiliate blog and therefore it violates the TOS and is considered a spam blog. Every time I have reported a blog it has been deleted within a day.
You can also find tag pages on Wordpress.com that have a list of blogs related to your keywords and then Wordpress
By using this tactic, you rid the search engines of all competition that are using Wordpress. This will give you less competition, which should result in more sales through your link.
However, the people whose blogs you had deleted will not be happy, and if you are using Wordpress blogs, it is very likely that they will be deleted. For this reason it is crucial to make sure you are using a domain that cannot be deleted easily.
Dirty Tactic #2:
The second tactic involves Hubpages. As you know, Hubpages is VERY strict about the content put up on the hubs. In fact, they are even stricter than Wordpress. They also allow you to flag Hubs.
So with Hubpages, you can do the same thing as Wordpress blogs. Do a search for your keywords, and find all the Hubs that appear in the first 3-5 pages. If they are promoting another site, then they are considered spam and you can flag them as spam.
You can also find Hubpages tag pages and again, you have a whole list of your competitors and you can flag all of the Hubs that are promoting another site, and Hubpages will remove them, eliminating some of your competitors.
Because many people like to use Hubpages because they rank well in the search engines, you can get rid of most of your competitors who don’t have their own domain.
Combine this tactic with tactic #1, and you can eliminate a lot of your competition, making it even easier for you to dominate the search engines and to make more sales.
By using these tactics you can eliminate all of your competition that is using Hubpages and Wordpress, which usually is a good portion of your competition. These tactics are not illegal in any way, as they are simply helping Wordpress and Hubpages to keep their sites clean and spam-free.
In fact, Hubpages and Wordpress will LOVE you for helping them remove these pages, which they consider to be spam. However, your competition will not appreciate it, and if you have any Hubpages or Wordpress blogs, they will most likely get deleted if they are ranking well.
These are dirty marketing tactics, but they are not illegal, and in my opinion not immoral. If you feel uncomfortable using these tactics, then don’t use them. However, if you find no problem with doing these things, then feel free to use them and decrease your competition!
