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searchmartin

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About searchmartin

find me on twitter @searchmartin

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    Comment #16612690

    In your example they still show results, in mine, they do not.

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    Comment #16612262

    Hands up... yes, it’s fully intended to get you to click through. (I wrote it) BUT: the underlying point is still valid, these are not sear results, that come from a search engine.…

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    Comment #16612146

    There’s a screenshot example. More have been found since I wrote that piece. Best regards, “SEO scoundrel”

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    Comment #16612135

    Well, I run that site. It’s non commercial, doesn’t have ads, and my clients are all Fortune 50’s. Do some research before trying to put people down, it’s unbecoming.

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    Comment #9899759

    There must be some platform issue is my best guess...

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    Comment #9899302

    Here's a write up as to why they have made the changes. Was going to write it yesterday, but life got in the way: http://webmarketingschool.com/no-twitter-did-not-just-de-ind...

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    Comment #9899301

    again, no, they blocked it on WWW. only: http://webmarketingschool.com/no-twitter-did-not-just-de-ind...

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    Comment #9895048

    Nope. No. They didn't. What they did was some perfectly legitimate duplicate content protection. Will write it up in a bit more detail...

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    Comment #8259475

    I'd agree with that - on the press flaming that Apple are getting though - Im just not buying it. Really feels more like a cloud storage hack than iCloud, right?

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    Comment #8259375

    I'd welcome the YCOM analysis of whats actually happened here, but iCloud just doesnt feel like the issue...

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    Comment #7910077

    Yeah - agreed, Im not really against his position in as much that I realise he's stuck. If he did say "yeah, its possible, and it might screw your business up" then Google would ha…

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    Comment #7909794

    search google for mattcutts.com - you'll see another post of mine from last year, detailing some theory ;)

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    Comment #7909790

    errrr- weird, works for me in the US - Ive just opened up the privacy restrictions on it though - try again? thanks for letting me know btw!

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    Comment #7909757

    watch the video in the post, its only 30 seconds long. The question was "does negative SEO exist", listen to the response. :)

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    Negative SEO Does Exist

    Last week Matt Cutts said at SMX advanced that negative SEO wasnt a thing. Rand Fishkin asked for evidence it does. Well....... hows this?

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    Comment #6980392

    Thats absolutely true - Google do have the power, and often use it, to make human decisions on the quality of websites and often ban those that break they TOS. As for whether Googl…

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    Comment #6980386

    Proof Im leaving? Check the date on this post on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mogmartin/posts/10151730878862337 As for pinning blame on the author? Hardly... Im not debating …

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    Comment #6980126

    Because I turned down the offer and gave him advice before he published his story. I took the decision then not to out the behaviour - however given that Im targeted in the article…

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    Comment #6980110

    I totally agree there should be one set of rules and thats it. Thing is, there IS one set of rules already - and thats governed by the google organic results algo which looks at a …

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    Comment #6979308

    Which is in no way relevant to me, other than I worked for a different division of the same company. The only reason I got mentioned, was that I refused to pay money to not have it…