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In a few hours’ time the latest issue of our e-mail newsletter will be dispatched to subscribers. As always, it will also feature a long list of freshly detected search engine spiders!

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New fantomNews Mail Letter Out Thursday

Suicidal SEO - Why You Should Immediately Review that CMS of Yours

fantomaster — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:08:08 +0000

An issue you won't find being discussed a lot is the nightmare most all content management systems (CMS) will hit you with. Unfortunately, from an SEO's point of view, it's also their predominant feature...

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Suicidal SEO - Why You Should Immediately Review that CMS of Yours

Google the Taliban and a Link Removed

fantomaster — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:21:53 +0000

The wedding party is definitely over: both the media and the political establishment are starting to view Google as a prime threat to a slew of well established rights and business practices, ranging from privacy through copyright infringement to monopoly status possibly requiring enforcement of Anti Trust laws. Google, expectably, is not amused - and pulled a link they had pointed to our recent Data Kraken article.

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Google the Taliban and a Link Removed

Another week, another fantOon!

fantomaster — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:10:30 +0000

Once again, here's another SEM log...

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Another week, another fantOon!

The Data Kraken: Google’s Deadly Sins - and What They Mean to You

fantomaster — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:17:23 +0000

Criticizing Google for their boundless data greed and the unfettered self-serving disregard for their users' privacy is nothing new. But rather than adopt a myopic, fragmentized view of things, it's about time to view their transgression in aggregate because in total it is actually dramatically greater and far more sinister than the mere sum of its individual constituents would lead you to believe.

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The Data Kraken: Google’s Deadly Sins - and What They Mean to You

Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:03:58 +0000

Ok, folks – here's the very latest SEO report.

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Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

Aaron Wall of SEOBook Interviews fantomaster

fantomaster — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:20:18 +0000

Aaron Wall and fantomaster (Ralph Tegtmeier) conducted this extensive interview discussing the state of search, the efficacy of cloaking and black hat SEO, the crypto fascist mindset governing Google, and lots more...

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Aaron Wall of SEOBook Interviews fantomaster

Monday is fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:04:09 +0000

Have fun! Here's Dr Search with another black hat log...

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Monday is fantOonday!

Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:04:19 +0000

Lest we forget: Here's your favorite search engine optimization doodle.

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Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

Wow, it’s fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:04:30 +0000

Time for some fun – here's Dr Search's SEO Pep Talk – our weekly search marketing farce...

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Wow, it’s fantOonday!

It’s Monday, it’s fantOon day!

fantomaster — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:04:41 +0000

And now for something completely different: Here's yet another SEM comic!

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It’s Monday, it’s fantOon day!

The Black Hat’s Guide to Local Search Ranking Factors

fantomaster — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:05:59 +0000

These downright sneaky and underhand tactics to optimize for the local search space are bound to be highly effective - so don't miss out!

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The Black Hat’s Guide to Local Search Ranking Factors

Wow, it’s fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:04:52 +0000

Time for some fun – here's the very lates black hat satire.

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Wow, it’s fantOonday!

fantOon: Google Privacy Killer? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!

fantomaster — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:05:00 +0000

Here's Dr Search revealing the data behemoth's next nefarious product.

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fantOon: Google Privacy Killer? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!

Bookmarks: Find Colored Images, Proxy Servers, SMS, CRM, Medusa, Reddit in Real Time, Twitter Tools and Exploits, Germanisms, Moleskine PDA, Water Text Effects, Killer CSS Tips, Modern Humanism

fantomaster — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:48:22 +0000

Extra jail time for proxy users pondered, chucking your business card to go SMS instead, vtiger Open Source CRM software, the Medusa login brute-forcer, Reddit, tools to leverage Twitter, Twitter exploits, Facebook privacy bug, infusing English with more Germanisms, a cool low tech Moleskine PDA hack, realistic water text effects with Photoshop plus lots of killer CSS tips and a discussion of modern humanism.

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Bookmarks: Find Colored Images, Proxy Servers, SMS, CRM, Medusa, Reddit in Real Time, Twitter Tools and Exploits, Germanisms, Moleskine PDA, Water Text Effects, Killer CSS Tips, Modern Humanism

Keyword-Driven - Mike Grehan’s New SEO Newsletter

fantomaster — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:31:23 +0000

Mike Grehan, one of the search industry's best known and most respected mavericks, has finally revived his old newsletter e-marketing-news – in a way. Now named Keyword-Driven, it's a must-read for every serious SEO.

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Keyword-Driven - Mike Grehan’s New SEO Newsletter

New Bookmarks Category

fantomaster — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:35:39 +0000

Useful and interesting things we've found scouring the Web

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New Bookmarks Category

A List of Video Search Engines

fantomaster — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:18:57 +0000

Here's a short and sweet list of fairly good video search engines and platforms, some of them still in beta.

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A List of Video Search Engines

Building Your Own Reputation Management Dashboard

fantomaster — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:01:26 +0000

Here's a one-of-a-kind tutorial explaining how to monitor your online reputation from a central dashboard, deploying various free services, data stream providers, etc.

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Building Your Own Reputation Management Dashboard

Another Monday, another fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:04:17 +0000

So, here is your SEM lampoon!

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Another Monday, another fantOonday!

Kick Ass Black Hat PPC and Affiliate Marketing

fantomaster — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:59:05 +0000

So we're not much into PPC + affiliate marketing ourselves - but if you are, this is definitely your #1 option!

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Kick Ass Black Hat PPC and Affiliate Marketing

Twitter Spam at Large: the TweetJacking Spiel

fantomaster — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:10:14 +0000

There's a new spam technique hitting Twitter, the all-beloved social network that's been touted as the coming Google killer, and more: tweetjacking - watch your tweets!

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Twitter Spam at Large: the TweetJacking Spiel

Wow, it’s fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:04:29 +0000

Once again, here's our all-beloved Dr Search with his black hat SEO lampoon!

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Wow, it’s fantOonday!

Directory Marketing Reborn - What You Should Know

fantomaster — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:49:46 +0000

If you thought directory marketing was dead - let IrishWonder disprove you: featuring the biggest and most current directory list on the market, along with a slew of techniques and tricks, it's a must read for every serious SEO

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Directory Marketing Reborn - What You Should Know

It’s fantOonday at fantomaster’s!

fantomaster — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:04:41 +0000

Off to the funny side: Here's another SEO toon...

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It’s fantOonday at fantomaster’s!

It’s Monday, it’s fantOon day!

fantomaster — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:04:56 +0000

Well, here is another Dr Search episode, fantomaster's weekly search marketing satire!

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It’s Monday, it’s fantOon day!

How Does Your Web Site Look to the Color Blind?

fantomaster — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:32:41 +0000

Here's a free online tool that allows you to check your pages by simulating how they will look to people inflicted by various forms of color blindness.

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How Does Your Web Site Look to the Color Blind?

Jason Calacanis: Spamming Mahalo for PageRank

fantomaster — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:52:19 +0000

Propeller mouth Jason Calacanis aka Mr SEO Is Dead, founder of Mahalo, has been caught red handed dabbling in what is generally considered to be blatant black hat SEO techniques

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Jason Calacanis: Spamming Mahalo for PageRank

Getting Dofollow Links on Delicious

fantomaster — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:40:20 +0000

Here's an nice piece explaining how to get dofollow links on fickle Delicious

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Getting Dofollow Links on Delicious

No Carnival for the Wicked…

fantomaster — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:07:13 +0000

So we won't be heading for Rio this year, after all... :(

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No Carnival for the Wicked…

Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:05:06 +0000

Yes, here's this week's SEO satire.

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Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

fantomaster’s Ten Commandments of SEO According to Google

fantomaster — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:23:36 +0000

Another retro piece floating up again from the deep vaults of SEO history - seems that nothing has really changed since 2002...

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fantomaster’s Ten Commandments of SEO According to Google

Get Your Site Googled and Ranked in 60 Minutes or Less

fantomaster — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:07:25 +0000

Reports on how to boost your search engine rankings are a dime a dozen these days - but this one is actually quite different: no fluff, no redundancy, and highly effective and low-to-no-cost...

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Get Your Site Googled and Ranked in 60 Minutes or Less

Don’t Lose Your Foreign Web Site Visitors by Insulting Them With Brain-Dead Translation Services

fantomaster — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:32:11 +0000

The following article was written and published by me back in 2000, when it created a bit of a buzz in the professional translators' community. But is it dated? I sure wish it were...

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Don’t Lose Your Foreign Web Site Visitors by Insulting Them With Brain-Dead Translation Services

Blogging - the Royal Road to Financial Doom?

fantomaster — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:06:44 +0000

Newsweek writer Daniel Lyons is anything but a tyro of blogging, but in his recent article he explains why he had to throw the towel in the end. Sort of, that is...

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Blogging - the Royal Road to Financial Doom?

Twitter: Corporations Should Pay for Use - But What About Tangible ROI?

fantomaster — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:11:33 +0000

Kind of like a nice slap to end the ongoing discussion about Twitter's business model and its viability, UK based Marketing magazine features an interview with the micro blogging platform's head honcho and co-founder Biz Stone indicating that businesses may expect to be charged for the privilege of using Twitter in future. But how about the ROI for everyone involved?

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Twitter: Corporations Should Pay for Use - But What About Tangible ROI?

Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:05:18 +0000

Once again, here's our weekly SEO log.

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Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

fantOon #200 Published: The World’s Oldest + Longest SEO Cartoon Series

fantomaster — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:04:43 +0000

In case you haven't noticed, this week we were proud to publish #200 of our weekly Dr Search's SEO Pep Talk fantOon, making this the world's oldest and longest SEO cartoon series ever!

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fantOon #200 Published: The World’s Oldest + Longest SEO Cartoon Series

Some Link Building Fallacies You Should Avoid (Part 1)

fantomaster — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:02:14 +0000

Link building being one of the most critical and indispensable tasks in current SEO, it is hardly a surprise that it's also fraught with an inordinate pile of erroneous assumptions, disinformation, wayward misconceptions, sloppy thinking, gullibility, alarmism, and rumor mongering. In short: downright superstition rules

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Some Link Building Fallacies You Should Avoid (Part 1)

Spying on Your PPC Competitors’ Keywords, And Lots More

fantomaster — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:58:42 +0000

Here’s something new from the Cool Tool department. You might be forgiven for thinking that Pay Per Click (PPC) sneak-and-peak applications are really a dime a dozen these days, and it’s quite true that any serious search will reveal more of them than you can shake your cursor at. But as usual, no tool is created [...]

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Spying on Your PPC Competitors’ Keywords, And Lots More

Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:05:30 +0000

Time for some fun – here's our search marketing log.

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Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

Google Say Good-Bye to Webmasters: ‘You’re All Malware Mongers!’

fantomaster — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:11:08 +0000

Google's switch to all-Ajax is creating a ruckus the likes of which we've seldom seen.

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Google Say Good-Bye to Webmasters: ‘You’re All Malware Mongers!’

SEOs Hitting Main Stream Media

fantomaster — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:37:13 +0000

The art of link baiting is, of course, any serious SEO's bread and butter, but when it goes over the top, that's when the real fun starts.

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SEOs Hitting Main Stream Media

Google Search Going All Ajax?

fantomaster — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:35:52 +0000

Seems that Google Search (US) have switched over to entirely Ajax based pages.

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Google Search Going All Ajax?

SEO Wars - fantomaster Darth Vader vs. the Googlesaurus Matt Cutts

fantomaster — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:24:40 +0000

By way of a TGIF post, here's Lisa Ditlefsen spoofing the SEO wars with fantomaster featuring as Darth Vader vs. the Googlesaurus aka Matt Cutts.

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SEO Wars - fantomaster Darth Vader vs. the Googlesaurus Matt Cutts

10 Links A Day Link Building Service Launches With Videos on Greasing Camels

fantomaster — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:00:30 +0000

After surviving the Early Bird rush, fantomaster's new 10 Links A Day link building service has now opened for general subscription - offering some killer bonuses including the world's most powerful article generation tool and a one-of-a-kind customized content creation service. Plus, demo videos on greasing camels.

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10 Links A Day Link Building Service Launches With Videos on Greasing Camels

10 Links A Day Link Building Service Launch Re-Scheduled

fantomaster — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:33:05 +0000

The 10 Links A Day link building service is now re-scheduled for launch on Thursday, 29 January 2009

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10 Links A Day Link Building Service Launch Re-Scheduled

Another Monday, another fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:05:45 +0000

Heads up, everybody! Here's our Dr Search with another weekly search engine marketing log...

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Another Monday, another fantOonday!

Pres Obama Googlebombed for “Cheerful Achievement”

fantomaster — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:17:56 +0000

For all those gullible Google Kool-Aid junkies who would believe in their statements that googlebombing is dead: it positively isn't - not one bit!

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Pres Obama Googlebombed for “Cheerful Achievement”

The Killer Mass Submission Tool

fantomaster — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:25:30 +0000

Black hat, white hat, no matter: if you have plenty of content, you'll want to publish it somewhere, and if you need links for ranking, submitting it to article directories, RSS aggregators, social bookmarking sites, press release sites, video directories etc. will be your daily fare. Strangely enough, good mass submission software is actually quite rare and you won't find a lot of programs or services that cover the lot reliably. Here's what the pros use

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The Killer Mass Submission Tool

10 Links A Day Launch Postponed till Tuesday

fantomaster — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:46:58 +0000

The 10 Links A Day link building service is now scheduled for launch on Tuesday, 27 February 2000. Early Bird subscribers will get a two-hour head start...

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10 Links A Day Launch Postponed till Tuesday

Reviewing the Power of PRWeb Press Release SEO

fantomaster — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:15:31 +0000

Press releases have been around on the Web for a long time and it's been common fare amongst SEOs to recommend them to their clients - paradoxically, however, they are arguably one of the least understood instruments on efficient search engine optimization extant. This may be due in part to a fundamental misunderstanding on the part of SEOs who aren't too familiar with the way classic media (the press, radio, tv etc.) are structured to operate.

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Reviewing the Power of PRWeb Press Release SEO

Bloggers, Watch Out: Copyright Issues Can Hit You, Too!

fantomaster — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:48:52 +0000

Here are five common copyright questions that may look fairly dumb to the uninitiated but are, in fact, quite the opposite: because if you don't heed these legal caveats and deal with them appropriately, chances are you'll find yourself in pretty deep water soon.

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Bloggers, Watch Out: Copyright Issues Can Hit You, Too!

Twitter in Need of a Bailout?

fantomaster — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:55:46 +0000

Will Twitter go bankrupt? How much cool can a company actually live off without turning a buck before investors will pull the plug?

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Twitter in Need of a Bailout?

10 Links A Day Link Building Service to Go Live Tomorrow

fantomaster — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:52:25 +0000

The fantomaster 10 Links A Day link building service is scheduled to go live tomorrow. While the network is vast, it's still finite so the number of open subscriptions is strictly limited. Which is no nefarious scarcity tactics but simple common sense

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10 Links A Day Link Building Service to Go Live Tomorrow

Check Your Rankings with this Free Tool

fantomaster — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:48:12 +0000

Regularly checking your web sites' (and your competitors') rankings in the search engines is one of the many unloved chores every SEO (or SEO savvy webmaster) has to deal with. Here's a free online service that helps you get it done in real time, including weekly reports and alerts when your pages' positioning changes either way, up or down

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Check Your Rankings with this Free Tool

Microblogging Search Engine Twingly Gets Serious

fantomaster — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:17:10 +0000

Microblogging having mutated into the Web's #1 activity (think: Twitter! but of course there are plenty of others around), one could be forgiven to expect the big players like Google to pounce on it just like the voracious data mining vultures they are. No such luck, however. Well, so much the better for Sweden based Twingly...

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Microblogging Search Engine Twingly Gets Serious

Search Engines Credit Crunching Along?

fantomaster — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:59:00 +0000

What with the global credit crunch, the financial crisis in general and the economy tanking across the entire OECD mishpocha and then some, it can hardly come as a surprise that the major search engines have either started to feel the heat as well or that they're tidying up to avert looming risks by pushing the ejection seat button on unprofitable or less than promising ventures, services and products.

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Search Engines Credit Crunching Along?

Hacking Twitter Analytics

fantomaster — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:22:10 +0000

If you're targeting Twitter traffic (and who these days isn't?) you may be in for a few nasty surprises when analyzing your logs because many of your visitors won't be featuring a Twitter referrer. Here's a cool workaround that will help you remediate the issue.

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Hacking Twitter Analytics

Another week, another fantOon!

fantomaster — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:05:57 +0000

Ok, folks – here's the latest search marketing report!

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Another week, another fantOon!

SEO and Its Scientists

fantomaster — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:08:13 +0000

Here's a very informative piece by Michael Martinez on the issues governing the question of how much of a science search engine optimization actually is - and who can validly be considered a veritable SEO scientist - academic or not - with a more than average claim to credibility. Hint: your typical A-bloggers ain't among them...

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SEO and Its Scientists

Google Quitting Norway and Sweden?

fantomaster — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:44:33 +0000

Denying that the credit crunch is in any way related to their decision, reports indicate that Google will be leaving Norway and Sweden bar a single sales office in Oslo.

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Google Quitting Norway and Sweden?

Lycos Cans Lycos Mail and Tripod

fantomaster — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:07:58 +0000

In a push to discontinue all unprofitable activities, Internet veteran Lycos will be closing their Lycos Mail and Tripod services mid February. Both white and black hat SEOs focusing on parasite hosting will probably regret losing this long established conduit.

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Lycos Cans Lycos Mail and Tripod

10 Links A Day Link Building Program Launches Next Week

fantomaster — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:20:58 +0000

The fantomaster 10 Links A Day link building program goes live next week - sign up here for Early Bird notification.

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10 Links A Day Link Building Program Launches Next Week

Aaron Wall Launches SEO Toolbar for Pros

fantomaster — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:55:58 +0000

Aaron Wall has launched a new cool tool for the Firefox browser: his free SEO Toolbar offers a slew of functions no professional SEO will want to miss out on.

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Aaron Wall Launches SEO Toolbar for Pros

Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:06:09 +0000

Off to the funny side: Here's your favorite SEO farce...

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Like every week, it’s fantOonday!

Towards Page Segmentation SEO - Ignore at Your Own Peril

fantomaster — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:05:05 +0000

It doesn't require an Einstein to predict that Page Segmentation is up for some very extensive testing by a great number of leading SEOs within the foreseeable future - ignore their results at your own peril!

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Towards Page Segmentation SEO - Ignore at Your Own Peril

European Search Resource Launched

fantomaster — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:47:03 +0000

Here's a great new resource site focused on European search.

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European Search Resource Launched

It’s fantOonday at fantomaster’s!

fantomaster — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:06:23 +0000

Have fun! Here's this week's Dr Search's SEO Pep Talk aka black hat SEO doodle.

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It’s fantOonday at fantomaster’s!

SEO Bounce Rates, Behavioral Metrics and the Birth of SEO Surfbot Nets

fantomaster — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:11:40 +0000

While the jury is still out on the question to which extent bounce rates and behavioral factors will actually impact search engine rankings, there seems to be a general consensus that it's bound to come. If so, it's equally likely that we will soon witness the emergence of a new super duper black hat instrument: the SEO Surfbot Net (SBN).

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SEO Bounce Rates, Behavioral Metrics and the Birth of SEO Surfbot Nets

The Real Black Hats: Spam as Psychological Warfare, Trojans Serving Governments, and More

fantomaster — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:30:04 +0000

When spam turns political, it tends to get knighted with a new tag - psychological warfare. Could very well be that negative SEO may hit it big on the political front rather sooner than later now, too. Of course, the media being what they are, they're more likely to dub it Cyber Warfare.

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The Real Black Hats: Spam as Psychological Warfare, Trojans Serving Governments, and More

Bye-bye, fantomNews! The Last Issue

fantomaster — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:59:53 +0000

Regrettably, this is the last issue of fantomNews!

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Bye-bye, fantomNews! The Last Issue

Google New Year’s Eve PR Update Confirmed

fantomaster — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:50:07 +0000

Ok, so we were off by about a week when we predicted another PageRank update recently, but it's finally happened now, officially confirmed by no one less than Matt Cutts on Twitter.

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Google New Year’s Eve PR Update Confirmed

Twitter Tools You’ll Want to Check Out

fantomaster — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:45:39 +0000

Whether Twitter will be on the receiving end of the upcoming carnage of social networking sites is anybody's guess, of course, but while the going's still good you may as well make the best of it. Here's a discussion of useful tools to make your twitlife easier.

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Twitter Tools You’ll Want to Check Out

SEO 2009 Prediction, Graphics Version

fantomaster — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:08:18 +0000

For those of our readers whose browser won't render Our Infallible Prediction for SEO 2009 gracefully (e.g. Safari), we've uploaded a graphics version to make perfectly sure you'll be in the know what the gurus recommend you do to survive 2009 on the SEO front.

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SEO 2009 Prediction, Graphics Version

Our Infallible Prediction for SEO 2009

fantomaster — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:27:44 +0000

This being that time of year, here's our infallible prediction for SEO 2009.

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Our Infallible Prediction for SEO 2009

Optimizing Your On-Site Links

fantomaster — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:30:18 +0000

Optimizing your web properties' organic link structure is critical for improved accessibility and search engine rankings. Here's a new solution to assist you in getting your on-site links into compliance with Google's PageRank algorithm: the fantomas linkImprover service.

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Optimizing Your On-Site Links

Link Building and Content Generation Black Hat Style (1)

fantomaster — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:10:09 +0000

Here's an overview discussing five low cost black hat tools to assist your link building and automatic content generation efforts.

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Link Building and Content Generation Black Hat Style (1)

Another Monday, another fantOonday!

fantomaster — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:06:36 +0000

Here you are: your latest black hat SEO satire...

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Another Monday, another fantOonday!

It’s fantOonday again!

fantomaster — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:06:48 +0000

So, here is another week's black hat SEO comic.

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It’s fantOonday again!

Against Video Spam Pollution - Beware the Time Parasites

fantomaster — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:30:38 +0000

Let's face it - most marketing and informational videos suck. Big time. Remember - just because you can't write doesn't mean you won't suck on a video!

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Against Video Spam Pollution - Beware the Time Parasites

Web Data Parser - a Mega Tool in the Making

fantomaster — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:59:24 +0000

Web Data Parser is a new project launched by Jonathan Leger which may well prove to be a dead winner - that's because it addresse a fundamental issue very many Internet user have these days: harvesting heterogeneously structured data in a format that allows for further processing.

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Web Data Parser - a Mega Tool in the Making

Final Notice: 20 Links A Day Link Building Service Closing Doors in 12 Hours

fantomaster — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:00:32 +0000

As announced before, our 20 Links A Day link building service will close its doors to new subscribers in exactly 12 hours' time from now. So this is your last chance to jump on board!

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Final Notice: 20 Links A Day Link Building Service Closing Doors in 12 Hours

Another week, another fantOon!

fantomaster — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:07:01 +0000

Ok, here's Dr Search with another SEM log.

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Another week, another fantOon!

20 Links A Day Link Building Service Closes Gates for New Subscribers Next Week!

fantomaster — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:22:48 +0000

Our highly successful 20 Links A Day link building service (which, as you know if you've read our last newsletter, should really be renamed to 60 Links A Day because that's what it essentially is now) will close its gates to new subscribers mid next week.

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20 Links A Day Link Building Service Closes Gates for New Subscribers Next Week!

fantomaster’s Seasons Greetings: fantomas multiBlocker Now Freeware

fantomaster — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:21:36 +0000

The fantomas multiBlocker is a professional IP blocker, spam, fraud and snoop protector: blocks predefined IPs, UserAgents and Hosts from accessing your web pages. Formerly priced at $240, it's free to download now.

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fantomaster’s Seasons Greetings: fantomas multiBlocker Now Freeware

fantomas spiderSpy Goes SQL - and a Price Hike

fantomaster — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:20:18 +0000

The fantomas spiderSpy service, the world's most comprehensive database of verified search engine spiders, will be replaced by an SQL powered version soon, offering plenty of new features and full customization. The current low price will only be valid till Sunday.

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fantomas spiderSpy Goes SQL - and a Price Hike

fantomFlash Newsletter Available for Download

fantomaster — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:16:22 +0000

Another fresh issue of our low frequencynewsletter fantomFlash offering hot news and tips has now gone out to our subscribers and can also be downloaded from our blog. Learn about the economics of cloaking, product and services upgrades, how to monetize misspellings on eBay and get a list of newly detected search engine spiders from Google, Yahoo!, MSN and Naver

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fantomFlash Newsletter Available for Download

The Economics of Cloaking

fantomaster — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:56:55 +0000

Like it or not, despite its bad reputation amongst the ethics junky crowd, going for cloaking (IP delivery) can actually be an utterly rational and profitable business model, provided you play it right.

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The Economics of Cloaking

It’s Monday, it’s fantOon day!

fantomaster — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:07:15 +0000

And now for something completely different: Here's another week's worth of SEO comic...

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It’s Monday, it’s fantOon day!

The Medium Is the Spam: Aaron Wall on SEO and Media Literacy

fantomaster — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:25:14 +0000

This is one of the most important, thoughtful and eye opening pieces of prose I've seen published in the SEO sphere for a long, long time. Understanding the wider implications and mechanisms informing just about all our professional activities, viewing them within their broader sociological, political and economic context and drawing our conclusions from this all to determine their limits and opportunities is the mark of professionalism

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The Medium Is the Spam: Aaron Wall on SEO and Media Literacy

Meet Us for a Black Hats Carnival in Rio

fantomaster — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:16:45 +0000

We've been invited as experts to SEO de Janeiro from Feb 20th through 23rd 2009 - and boy, did we have a hard time deciding on whether to accept the invite or not!

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Meet Us for a Black Hats Carnival in Rio

Marketing Conversion Stats as You Order - Including a Graphics Files SEO Tool

fantomaster — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:05:11 +0000

You don't get a lot of Internet marketers these days who will divulge their conversions stats as their product launch is still going on -here's one notable exception. Plus, check out this neat SEO tool allowing you to optimize your graphics file names for better search engine rankings

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Marketing Conversion Stats as You Order - Including a Graphics Files SEO Tool