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Spamming the search
engines
There are
several things,
considered "spamming",
that you can do to try
to get your page listed
higher on a search
engine results page.
Basically, you should
never try to trick a
search engine in any
way, or you risk being
blacklisted by them.
Since the majority of
your traffic will come
from search engines the
risk far outweighs the
benefits in the long
run. Below is a list of
the more common things
we recommend that you
never do when trying to
achieve better listings.
Do not:
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Do
anything to trick
the search engines
into listing your
site better. If what
you are doing is not
listed as one of our
search engine tips
the search engines
will likely view it
as spam and penalize
you.
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List
keywords anywhere
except in your
keywords meta tag.
By "list" we mean
something like -
keyword 1, keyword
2, keyword 3,
keyword 4, etc.
There are very few
legitimate reasons
that a list of
keywords would
actually appear on a
web page or within
the page's HTML code
and the search
engines know this.
While you may have a
legitimate reason
for doing this we
would recommend
avoiding it so that
you do not risk
being penalized by
the search engines.
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Use
the same color text
on your page as the
page's background
color. This has
often been used to
keyword stuff a web
page. Search engines
can detect this and
view it as spam.
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Use
multiple instances
of the same tag. For
example, using more
than one title tag.
Search engines can
detect this and view
it as spam.
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Submit identical
pages. For example,
do not duplicate a
page of your site,
give the copies
different file
names, and submit
each one. Search
engines can detect
this and view it as
spam.
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Submit the same page
to any engine more
than once within
24hrs.
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Use
any keywords in your
keywords meta tag
that do not directly
relate to the
content of your
page.
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