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Dec 16
2009
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Google and NocleanfeedPosted by adminsam in seo, governement filter, censorship |
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Google & Nocleanfeed
Google is behaving very whacky lately. I'm getting Gmail news alerts on content that is months old, the index not updating as fast as it used to & Google is cool with blackhat techniques it would seem.Fairfax Blackhat SEO
Fairfax & OMG responded last week to my vid on Fairfax Blackhat SEO . This week we do a follow up & show you a similar technique on theage.com.au, don't try this at home kids!Nocleanfeed
The Australian Govt has announced that it intends to push ahead with its Internet filter in a monumental waste of tax payers money. This means that every packet of information that you see on the web has to pass through a Govt filter first, unless of course you add a "?" to the address or use the same sorts of tools that human rights campaigners have to use under oppressive regimes. Of course it still won't block bittorrent, Usenet, IRC and just about every other internet protocol out there but at least it will make people THINK the govt is protecting kids online. Here is what Google has to say about the Australian Govt filter. Google responds to Mandatory Government Internet FilterKeyword seasonality
Doing some simple keyword analysis using Google tools you can quickly find what is really concerning kids online. It's also an interesting exercise in seasonal keywords.Google Privacy
Google this week is also struggling with its motto "do no evil" as their CEO Eric Schmidt came out and explained that all your data belongs to them as long as you are using their products. I also answer some viewer questions.del.icio.us · digg this · spurl · reddit · furl this
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Been a while since we chatted about #nocleanfeed on Twitter after your video on Q and A!
Hope you’re well.
Just wanted to clarify some points you made in your video.
The content of the tags on the homepages of Fairfax mastheads (such as The Age) are indented off screen – this is a global best-practice accessibility feature which greatly assists people who use screen readers.
If you look at the homepage of other major news sites (such as news.com.au), you can see they provide this accessibility feature too.
To put this whole thing in context, try this:
1. Visit www.TheAge.com.au
2. Turn off images
3. Turn off CSS
If it’s more convenient, you can view the screenshot I created showing this: http://twitpic.com/tuci5 .
Suddenly, our h1 tag for visually impaired users makes a lot more sense. It provides context to the page and helps orient the visually impaired user.
So this is clearly not any kind of black hat SEO; we actually have no desire or need to operate in that space. What we are focused on, however, is making our content as accessible as possible.
Cheers,
Ron Erdos
SEO Specialist, Fairfax Digital mastheads (smh.com.au, theage.com.au etc)