{"id":542,"date":"2011-09-02T04:27:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bizwaremagic.com\/weblog\/?p=542"},"modified":"2019-10-23T05:19:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T12:19:52","slug":"google-bowling-the-not-so-nice-side-of-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bizwaremagic.com\/weblog\/2011\/09\/02\/google-bowling-the-not-so-nice-side-of-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Bowling – The “Not So Nice” Side Of SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nBWMagic’s Internet Marketing Newsletter
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\nGoogle Bowling – The “Not So Nice” Side Of SEO?<\/b>
\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n\"Google
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Almost everyone has heard of Google Bombing… where
\nenough people plant countless links to get a keyword
\nphrase to rank in the top spot in Google for some
\nsilly phrase, like getting George Bush to show up for
\n“miserable failure”… usually this is done in a
\nlight-hearted matter.<\/p>\n

Google Bombing has been around for a long time and
\nWikipedia even has a whole section on it:
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\nhttps:\/\/wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_bomb
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But there is another nasty practice called Google Bowling
\nand this one is much more sinister in nature and is not
\nmuch fun for its unfortunate victims.<\/p>\n

What is Google Bowling?<\/p>\n

Google Bowling is planting or creating low quality (spammy)
\nlinks pointing to a site in order to lower its rankings in
\nGoogle. This practice is usually done by your competitors
\nto undermine your site in the “eyes” of Google.<\/p>\n

While Google has maintained in the Past that “inbound links”
\ndon’t negatively affect your rankings… since you obviously
\nhave no control over these links. However, many webmasters have
\nseen the negative side of getting spammy links and how these have
\nlowered their rankings in Google.<\/p>\n

Why would someone do this?<\/p>\n

If you’re in a very competitive and lucrative niche, just a
\nmovement up or down a few ranking spaces – can result in a loss
\nor gain of thousands of dollars in sales. Business is war and
\nsome people will do everything they can to beat the competition.
\nIncluding spending money to buy spammy links for their competing
\nsites!<\/p>\n

Now, there is a whole discussion on the web about whether or not
\nGoogle Bowling even works? Google maintains they can counter this
\npractice within their algorithm or even manually, but I believe
\nit does work and after the Panda Update which is all about
\n“site quality”… this nasty practice is even more effective
\nfor undermining your competition.<\/p>\n

And I am not alone in this belief, Neil Shearing has been following
\nthis issue for some time. He covers it in a very good blog post
\nlocated here:
\n
\n
\nwww.neilshearing.com
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Basically, all sites could be at risk, even yours. So the more
\nyou know about this nasty BlackHat SEO practice the better you
\nwill be able to protect yourself and your site. To learn more
\nabout Google Bowling just click the link above.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Helping People Succeed Online Since 2002!<\/p>\n

Kind Regards,
\nTitus Hoskins<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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