Like most bloggers of any note, I get regular e-mails asking me to publish guest posts, or text links. I understand the SEO reasons for this, but always decline – politely to the well-thought through ones, and through deletion to the…
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A collection of 10 posts
Are Infographics next on Google's anti-SEO hit list?
There’s a really great and interesting interview with Matt Cutts, who heads Google’s web spam team, on the Stone Temple Consulting site. The whole thing is worth a read, but the discussion of infographics is particularly of note:…
If this is how you're getting SEO work...
[](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/02/Screen-Shot-2012-02-07-at-15.20.21.png)Boy, are you in trouble.…
Spam, technology and a bloody tough week
It’s the end of a long working week, one that has been dominated by behavioural problems masquerading as technical ones. We’ve had a number of very intense spam attacks on our blog farm here, and it’s taken…
The WordPress Attack, Competition and Blogging Innovation
John Gruber mused: I have to wonder when WordPress users will start switching to some other platform. There’s a reason it’s not happening. They can’t. There are no good alternatives for a less technical user who wants…
Newspaper History, Wordpress Exploits and Sarah Lacy
Good Lord, nearly 6.20pm and I still haven’t done a decent post today. And I was so sure it was going to be a quiet day today. Never mind, here are some hit and run things that caught…
Spammers invade Technorati
Talking of technology woes, I’m rather irritated that this fellow has “fave”d me on Technorati: A spammer? Oh, I think so. I sent the Technorati folks a message about it a few days ago, but nothing has been…
Le Web 3 '07: Jason Calacanis on Spam Pollution
Google is starting to smack down spam, but it’s still an issue – affiliate links. Calacanis had some suggestions for the attendees about how to manage this: - Build curation into your service. - Police your service - Reduce anonymity…