Name of SEO method in which 100 dummy pages are written with keyword-rich text and links to main site?
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Name of SEO method in which 100 dummy pages are written with keyword-rich text and links to main site?
Name of SEO method in which 100 dummy pages are written with keyword-rich text and links to main site?
I've seen this method used alot and I'm just wondering what it's known as.
Customink.com uses it alot on this page:
customink.com/our-services.htm
It's obviously a scheme to get more search engine results based on prime keywords, and each page contains links back to the home page or designer.
What is this method called?
I'm using wordpress for the backend of a new site, I'm wondering if doing this with blog posts is more effective than static pages, depending on how wordpress handles SEO in each type of document. I can also do both - enter a blog post AND make a static page with the same content, but I don't know if google will penalize me for duplicate content.
Last edited by Rodney; November 19th, 2009 at 08:45 AM.
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Re: Name of SEO method in which 100 dummy pages are written with keyword-rich text and links to main site?
It's a little different than that - it's not so much a list of pages that comprise the website, but a list of pages that are simply keyword-rich babble. They have no real usefulness to a user on the website, but seem to be excellent at seeking out the search engines.
Re: Name of SEO method in which 100 dummy pages are written with keyword-rich text and links to main site?
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Originally Posted by 13Graphics
Keyword spamming.
I'd have to second that
If the pages actually have content that will help the user, that's one thing (and I'm sure companies will debate that their content is relevant)
But just creating a 100+ dummy pages to link back to your main site is not a long term SEO strategy that I would recommend.
There are ways to add relevant content to your website that help both "real people" and the search engines.
For example, if you have a local screen printing shop in Detroit, Michigan, but your main page of your site doesn't say much about your location, then creating a page that is more focused on your local offering (free delivery, map to your location, etc) would help both regional customers and help you get find more for local based keywords in major search engines.
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I've seen this too on Broken-Arrow.com and Lowertown Printing. I found their websites doing research on competitors in my area. Turns out they aren't in my area at all. They had just made a page for my city and put words with area schools, colleges and local museums and entertainment destinations. I guess they're trying to attract people in my town to use them instead of a local printer. Wonder how well it's working for them.
Re: Name of SEO method in which 100 dummy pages are written with keyword-rich text and links to main site?
I've got to agree with those who call this sort of thing spam. It is a standard SEO technique to write text pages for a web site that contain specific keywords for which the site wants to rank. The difference, as Rodney pointed out, is that the pages are rich in keywords and also helpful to those who visit the web site. Just writing pages with a lot of keyword babble will most likely hurt a site in the long run. I wouldn't recommend it.
Re: Name of SEO method in which 100 dummy pages are written with keyword-rich text and links to main site?
Black hat methods work until Google registers it's disapproval and you can disappear from the search engine, literally overnight. Anything that is forbidden by Google can get penalised such as cloaking text and links, paid links, links from dubious neighbourhoods. If a competitor is being naughty, tell Uncle Google and they could be banished into the wilderness of page 10001.
Re: Name of SEO method in which 100 dummy pages are written with keyword-rich text and links to main site?
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Originally Posted by splathead
It's obviously doing the trick if you found them by searching on local printers.
They were successful in getting me to their website, but I wouldn't have used their services once I found out they weren't local. So they didn't convert me. But I wonder how many consumers out there would have used their services and don't care about using a local printer? It would be interesting to know how important doing business locally is to screen printing customers.
Re: Name of SEO method in which 100 dummy pages are written with keyword-rich text and links to main site?
This is a fascinating topic. I actually had an experienced and successful web marketer recommend that I do this very thing. Then I consulted with my SEO team and they said dont do it for the same reasons stated here.
I am doing a blend of do it your self and outsourced SEO. I do all the on page work and I outsource all the off page work (Well most of it anyways).
I am glad to chat more on this topic and share successes and failures. I think the hardest part (for me anyways) is decoding the keywords that convert. That golden straw is out there but you have to work for it.
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