KLB
05-04-2007, 07:57 AM
I was doing some research today on a new report the National Academy of Sciences released the other day on wind turbines. Like so many scientific publications the bulk of the paper can only be accessed for a fee without significant hassles. When I scrolled down the page, however, I discovered a mountain of text in a super tiny 8px font. This text was preceded with the following comment:
Do not use for reproduction, copying, pasting, or reading; exclusively for search engines.
:confused: :confused:
In other words they are employing 1990's style key word padding to ensure to help push themselves up in the SERPs.
What the f---- is up with that??? How many sites do we know that have been thumped by Google for this type of games?
This is stupid SEO tricks that I would expect from a noobie SEO who thinks Frontpage is a great website development tool. It is not the kind of stupid trick I would have expected to see from the publishing arm of a highly respected scientific institution.
See for yourself at: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11935&page=48
Do not use for reproduction, copying, pasting, or reading; exclusively for search engines.
:confused: :confused:
In other words they are employing 1990's style key word padding to ensure to help push themselves up in the SERPs.
What the f---- is up with that??? How many sites do we know that have been thumped by Google for this type of games?
This is stupid SEO tricks that I would expect from a noobie SEO who thinks Frontpage is a great website development tool. It is not the kind of stupid trick I would have expected to see from the publishing arm of a highly respected scientific institution.
See for yourself at: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11935&page=48