So a while back on the v7n SEO Blog it was revealed that Google is now looking at over 200 signs when sorting its organic search results which is somewhat concerning. What are they.. (The orginal article: Here ) so we all know the basics like backlinks, good HTML and all that Bull Shit.
But.. and I do mean BUT it appears that Matt Cutts has let one of these slip recently after listening to webmasterradio.fm. It would appear that now Google is querying domain ownership and if you own a load of domains across mulitiple subjects you may be penalized or labeled a spammer, so this theoretically would cut some of the shit out of the Search Engines, it is in terms of Quality Control possibly a good idea on a Blackhat level, as these guys register a boat load of domain names.
It might hurt a few people who just buy domains or hold them for future projects, who knows anyway now you know that, I wouldn’t recommend registering domains in false names or infact trying to hide your details, as Google is a Registrar and can still see them, you can run but you can’t hide.
December 22nd, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Great, I\’m writing an e-book about blackhat methods right now so this kind of post is of great value. Thanks.
January 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
I just need to sort out my proxies and I\’ll put this to the test.