Published: Dec 11, 2008 - 12:48 am
Story Found By: TCSM 1264 Days ago
Category: SEO
5 Comments
5 Comments
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I am amzed that black hat methods get 31 sphinns, but something that helps people with an honest effort barely breaks the thresh hold http://sphinn.com/story.php?id=92457
Why? Its something that people should know about, that no-one really talks about. Surely thats exactly the sort of stuff that should be on the homepage?
@joehall, Id be will to debate the "honest effort" aspect of that article when even claims his idea is on the gray side of black hat.. We do charity work as well, but we dont do it for links.. There is something less dirty, in my mind, about being openly honest about certain tactics, than trying to do something to take advantage of someone elses name and efforts under the guise of charity..
I desphunn this and heres why.IP cloaking is not as simple as checking an array of known Google corporate IPs. So if you do that (as this post outlines), you run a real risk of cloaking some of Google but not all. Thats bad, because cloaking like this violates the Google guidelines.I think an article that says "heres how you IP cloak Google" but doesnt mention the risks, is irresponsible. Yes I saw where it said "don’t do it where it matters if you get banned" but I dont think that disclaimer delivers.Add in some wisdom of Googles ability to detect and punish cloaking, and/or experience watching Googles bot activity, plus something about plausible deniability, and Id be fine with it and wouldnt "desphinn" (although I would not Sphinn script-kiddie stuff like this).
irresponsible because it is incomplete doesnt acknowledge risks