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Ryan_Jones

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About Ryan_Jones

Software engineer turned SEO. Bring the hate if you want. Spends free time playing hockey, softball, golf, and trying to take over the world - which I would have gotten away with if not for those meddling kids and their dog.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #9977286

    They wouldn't identify as chrome - it'd still be a custom browser based on the chrome code.

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    Comment #9976273

    Everything Google has said that the bot does, plus a knowledge of coding. They aren't using a LYNX style browser to render javascript and determine the position of ads on pages. Th…

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    Comment #9975145

    Just because they will index it doesn't mean it won't harm your ability to rank for that text. Google bot is a headless vesion of chrome - so while they can see that stuff, they al…

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    Comment #9687318

    Make the SEO play here. Create a static link for each button with the text that I type in, so I can link people right to it. Then, with proper title and headings, etc you can proba…

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    Comment #7911176

    The solution isn't to make linking illegal - it's for Google to stop the penalizing and just simply not count the links they don't like. Penalize for on-site stuff, just ignore the…

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    Comment #7910370

    This takes us down a very slippery slope. Linking, is not illegal and I think we can all agree that the web would be ruined if simply adding a link to a site you own or control wer…

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    Comment #7675069

    I still use Lijit for their "backup ads" feature. Basically, I monitor the CPMs I'm getting from other networks, then set my floor CPM in Lijit to that number. That way, I get abou…

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    Comment #7673886

    I work in an agency with several fortune 500 clients. Yes, I've seen ad spending refunds on several occurrences because of alleged fraud.

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    Comment #7673851

    so, I realize this might be seen as spam, but I am always trying out adsense alternatives and regularly maintain a list of the ones I'm trying out. http://www.dotcult.com/best-adse…

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    Comment #6245665

    it's really quite simple. The pages that get more +1s and likes and comments and whatever metric you want are the ones that are good. The ones that are good also get more links and…

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    Comment #6244656

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't anything under .5 considered extremely weak correlation?