Comments on: Is Squidoo becoming a massive, dirty SEO back alley? http://calacanis.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/ Weblog by Jason Calacanis, formerly of Weblogs, Inc. and AOL. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:21:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Andrew http://calacanis.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-14344 Andrew Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:16:21 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-14344 Sorry for the typos in the above posting... formatting of comments box is off in my Firefox browser and I can't see half of what I'm typing :p Sorry for the typos in the above posting… formatting of comments box is off in my Firefox browser and I can’t see half of what I’m typing :p

]]> By: Andrew http://calacanis.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-14343 Andrew Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:15:08 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-14343 Interesting thoughts, and I respect your viewpoint. However at what point do you draw the line of what is or isn't SPAM. If I help a company build a lens, where the can feature video content , articles, blog feeds, and other relevant information related to a specific keyword, is it really that awful that I advise them to embed a couple of backlinks with 'said keyword' on their lens. Squiddoo allows a very dynmaic platform where a company can project an image, with less constraints than the offical website. If a Lens hosts additional unique content that can't be found anywhere else on the web, would the creation of a lens (although primarily for SEO purposes) still be considered SPAM? Interesting thoughts, and I respect your viewpoint. However
at what point do you draw the line of what is or isn’t SPAM.
If I help a company build a lens, where the can feature video content , articles, blog feeds, and other relevant information related to a specific keyword, is it really that awful that I advise them to embed a couple of backlinks with ’said keyword’ on their lens. Squiddoo allows a very dynmaic platform where a company can project an image, with less constraints than the offical website. If a Lens hosts additional unique content that can’t be found anywhere else on the web, would the creation of a lens (although primarily for SEO purposes) still be considered SPAM?

]]> By: Matt http://calacanis.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-11642 Matt Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:18 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-11642 Totally agree with you on this one and I think your idea below is extremely good. "QUOTE - told the Netscape folks to kill any story from the system after 30 days if it had less than X number of votes" Thanks for sharing with us Totally agree with you on this one and I think your idea below is extremely good.

“QUOTE – told the Netscape folks to kill any story from the system after 30 days if it had less than X number of votes”

Thanks for sharing with us

]]> By: Tomas http://calacanis.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-11546 Tomas Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:17:52 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-11546 I would imagine that they have no interest in changig things as they earn money with the google adds. They have an interest that pages are optimised. The whole system is designed for google. I would imagine that they have no interest in
changig things as they earn money with the google adds.
They have an interest that pages are optimised.
The whole system is designed for google.

]]> By: Katie http://calacanis.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-10772 Katie Wed, 20 May 2009 11:54:13 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-10772 Yes unfourtunately this is becoming more and more prevalent. It is a shame that such a innovative platform is becoming more and more abused. Great blog btw! Katie Yes unfourtunately this is becoming more and more prevalent.

It is a shame that such a innovative platform is becoming more and more abused.

Great blog btw!

Katie

]]> By: Van Mitchell http://calacanis.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-2301 Van Mitchell Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:11:52 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-2301 I've noticed this as well, shame when a service fills up with useless garbage. Although SOME of the spam pages actually have relevant information, Im sure it wasn't intentional though. I’ve noticed this as well, shame when a service fills up with useless garbage.

Although SOME of the spam pages actually have relevant
information, Im sure it wasn’t intentional though.

]]> By: Owain http://calacanis.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-2271 Owain Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:47:18 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/is-squidoo-become-a-massive-dirty-seo-back-alley/#comment-2271 This kind of thing always happens. Give a little bit of link love and then people start abusing it. This kind of thing always happens. Give a little bit of link love and then people start abusing it.

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