{"id":288,"date":"2007-04-16T07:57:11","date_gmt":"2007-04-16T06:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/index.php\/2007\/04\/16\/matt-cutts-is-raising-a-posse\/"},"modified":"2019-07-19T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T13:25:00","slug":"matt-cutts-is-raising-a-posse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/matt-cutts-is-raising-a-posse\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Cutts is raising a posse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saddle up boys, the enforcer of spam is raising a posse to go hunt those bastards who buy links. Wait a minute, some of those bastards are my mates. Should I rat them out or not?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I like the idea of the posse though, Seinfeld pointed out that it&#8217;s a night out with the guys, you get to camp out, you&#8217;re away from the wife and kids. As long as you don&#8217;t get shot up by the Hole in the wall gang things are cool.<\/p>\n<p>Problem is, I like some of the guys in the Hole in the wall gang, but not all. If a site with deep pockets can buy it&#8217;s way into the SERPS simply by paying for links I have a problem with that. I compete in Google on the basis that its&#8217; intention is to supply the most relevant information. Yet it is infested with<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spam from .edu<\/li>\n<li>Grotty Wikepedia<\/li>\n<li>Shopping aggregators<\/li>\n<li>Old rancid, out of date pages<\/li>\n<li>Second tier search directories (particularly at the local search level)<\/li>\n<li>And more but I have not had my second cup of Coffee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are so many ways to improve the SERPS on Google than a cyber mob roaming the web screaming, &#8220;burn the witch&#8221;. Surely work such as outing paid links should be done by Google. It wouldn&#8217;t cost that much to add to the spam team. If they are strapped for cash I could lend them a fiver.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t buy links and I don&#8217;t sell them so, &#8220;am I bovered?&#8221;. It sounds like Google will soon be launching an attack on the paid link front and are marshalling troops as we speak.<\/p>\n<p>Nah, this posse aint for me. I think I will hide out with the Hole in the wall gang.<\/p>\n<p>Futher commentary on <a href=\"http:\/\/seoclass.com\/blog\/google-tells-you-how-to-run-your-website\/\">SEO Class<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattcutts.com\/blog\/how-to-report-paid-links\/\">Matt Cutts is raising a posse and going after paid links.<\/a><br \/>\nps. I would include a cartoon of Matt as the Sheriff with arrows in his hat, but I can&#8217;t draw for crapola.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saddle up boys, the enforcer of spam is raising a posse to go hunt those bastards who buy links. Wait a minute, some of those bastards are my mates. 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