Comments on: Follow Up To 100’s Of Automated Links/Hour Post http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/ Advanced SEO Tactics and Techniques Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:12:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: zamdoo http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-212613 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:32:03 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-212613 Great concept. Looks a bit technical, but still gonna work through on it as it looks like a winner. Thanks. Great concept. Looks a bit technical, but still gonna work through on it as it looks like a winner. Thanks.

]]> by: Brian http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-209025 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:47:27 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-209025 very good post thanks for sharing. I will give it a try and see how it goes. very good post thanks for sharing. I will give it a try and see how it goes.

]]> by: Madhuri Dixit http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-182826 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:02:06 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-182826 Thanks Eli. That was a great break-down of the whole technique. Thanks Eli. That was a great break-down of the whole technique.

]]> by: Garchoun Masam http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-164162 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:27:59 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-164162 thank u for this useful post :) thank u for this useful post :)

]]> by: Stumble Exchange http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-158286 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:01:21 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-158286 argv i lost my post. So ya the shortsChanges.xml shows the title of the blogs not the titles of the posts. The splogs search the titles of the posts. So scrape the titles from blog search engines instead. These are splogs that are scraping and they aren't exactly top piority for the search engines to get into the indexes, so expect links to take a while to show up. argv i lost my post.

So ya the shortsChanges.xml shows the title of the blogs not the titles of the posts. The splogs search the titles of the posts. So scrape the titles from blog search engines instead.

These are splogs that are scraping and they aren’t exactly top piority for the search engines to get into the indexes, so expect links to take a while to show up.

]]> by: Stumble Exchange http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-158285 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:59:22 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-158285 As fare as i can tell that shortchanges is a non-optimal tool to scrape from because it contains the titles of the blogs, and the scrapers are searching for the titles of the posts. Scrape the blog searche result titles instead. The sites that get these links are slogs and it takes a while to show up. As fare as i can tell that shortchanges is a non-optimal tool to scrape from because it contains the titles of the blogs, and the scrapers are searching for the titles of the posts. Scrape the blog searche result titles instead. The sites that get these links are slogs and it takes a while to show up.

]]> by: heartsbane http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-157227 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:24:05 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-157227 OK, I read these posts (and all comments) and then implemented my own version of this about a week ago. I decided to try it on a brand new domain/site, and that way I could easily tell that incoming links/traffic were coming from this technique. Thus far I haven't had a single *human* visitor and can't find any trace of a single incoming link to my site. So, here's a little about my approach/experience followed by some questions. I'd love any insight/feedback anyone is willing to share! - To keep it simple (for now) I decided to implement this using a simple XSL transform. Basically, I wrote a script that downloads the latest <a href="http://rpc.weblogs.com/shortChanges.xml" rel="nofollow">http://rpc.weblogs.com/shortChanges.xml</a> XML and translates it into a new RSS feed that keeps the title but replaces the link/description with my homepage url and a site description that includes some embedded links on keywords. Since I also wanted to narrow it down to around 100 or so entries in my RSS feed, I'm only keeping title that are > 40 characters and OK, I read these posts (and all comments) and then implemented my own version of this about a week ago. I decided to try it on a brand new domain/site, and that way I could easily tell that incoming links/traffic were coming from this technique. Thus far I haven’t had a single *human* visitor and can’t find any trace of a single incoming link to my site. So, here’s a little about my approach/experience followed by some questions. I’d love any insight/feedback anyone is willing to share!

- To keep it simple (for now) I decided to implement this using a simple XSL transform. Basically, I wrote a script that downloads the latest http://rpc.weblogs.com/shortChanges.xml XML and translates it into a new RSS feed that keeps the title but replaces the link/description with my homepage url and a site description that includes some embedded links on keywords. Since I also wanted to narrow it down to around 100 or so entries in my RSS feed, I’m only keeping title that are > 40 characters and

]]> by: stevo http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-121409 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:38:24 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-121409 Well, its 2 months on now. I'm sure most of you who did it are now listed in feeds. Any comments on how well it worked or didn't? I'm curious. Well, its 2 months on now. I’m sure most of you who did it are now listed in feeds. Any comments on how well it worked or didn’t? I’m curious.

]]> by: fcreature http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-102686 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:16:13 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-102686 I know I've got a late start on this but after spending the most of today on the project I now have a script crawling several websites for blog titles. I'm up to about 30,000 titles just from the last few hours. I also have coded the rss feed generator, and the keyword organizer so that I can target specific products for the keywords. What do you think is a good amount of titles to be working with that will make this worth while? Also, am I correct when saying that we are relying on the spammers to link back to our "fake blogs" for this to all work? Is that really a safe bet? Do the spammers actually include our links? I know I’ve got a late start on this but after spending the most of today on the project I now have a script crawling several websites for blog titles. I’m up to about 30,000 titles just from the last few hours. I also have coded the rss feed generator, and the keyword organizer so that I can target specific products for the keywords. What do you think is a good amount of titles to be working with that will make this worth while?

Also, am I correct when saying that we are relying on the spammers to link back to our “fake blogs” for this to all work? Is that really a safe bet? Do the spammers actually include our links?

]]> by: Robert http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-78975 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:19:47 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-78975 Amazing how quickly people get excited and when the results are not instant, they lose momentum. Didn't Eli state to do it with consistency? Now, where is my remote and "hurry up microwave." :-) Amazing how quickly people get excited and when the results are not instant, they lose momentum.

Didn’t Eli state to do it with consistency?

Now, where is my remote and “hurry up microwave.”

:-)

]]> by: Alex http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-77651 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:26:11 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-77651 Finished my script but my feed doesn't seem to be indexed by google. Even if I submit it manually nothing shows up in the search results. Looks like a valid feed, I can even read it with a feed reader. Any1 had the same problem? Finished my script but my feed doesn’t seem to be indexed by google. Even if I submit it manually nothing shows up in the search results. Looks like a valid feed, I can even read it with a feed reader.

Any1 had the same problem?

]]> by: Alex http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-75112 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-75112 Okay sorry about that, but Eli must have installed an anti-lame-ass-question filter or something. Whenever I try to post a couple of questions I have since I'm finishing up my script, comments don't work. When I post something silly like this message, I bet it's gonna work! :D Okay sorry about that, but Eli must have installed an anti-lame-ass-question filter or something. Whenever I try to post a couple of questions I have since I’m finishing up my script, comments don’t work.

When I post something silly like this message, I bet it’s gonna work!

:D

]]> by: Alex http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-75107 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-75107 Okay sorry about that but for some reason it wouldn't accept my posts. Anyway, I'm finishing up my script and would like to ask some questions about pinging. I assume pinging and re-submitting the form with our feed is the same thing :) a) What's the difference between using the Yahoo form mentioned in the post and the url http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping?u=http://www.mydomain.com/atom.xml b) Has Daypop changed since the post? They say the crawl the first page of the blog and that it might take a week for something to appear in their index. Do you just go ahead and submit the url to the xml feed anyway? c) I was actually thinking of trying this from my home computer at first, rather than a dedicated server.... do the URLs of the feeds need to be permanent and stay the same for when the crawlers come to visit? Or is it usually 1 crawl per ping? Thx in advance! Okay sorry about that but for some reason it wouldn’t accept my posts.

Anyway, I’m finishing up my script and would like to ask some questions about pinging.

I assume pinging and re-submitting the form with our feed is the same thing :)

a) What’s the difference between using the Yahoo form mentioned in the post and the url http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping?u=http://www.mydomain.com/atom.xml

b) Has Daypop changed since the post? They say the crawl the first page of the blog and that it might take a week for something to appear in their index. Do you just go ahead and submit the url to the xml feed anyway?

c) I was actually thinking of trying this from my home computer at first, rather than a dedicated server…. do the URLs of the feeds need to be permanent and stay the same for when the crawlers come to visit? Or is it usually 1 crawl per ping?

Thx in advance!

]]> by: Alex http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-75103 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:13:09 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-75103 What's the difference between using the link to the Yahoo form in the post and using the url http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping?u=http://www.mydomain.com/atom.xml Also, what page do you submit to Daypop? It says it crawls the first page of the blog. Do you just go ahead and submit the page for the xml feed? Thx What’s the difference between using the link to the Yahoo form in the post and using the url http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping?u=http://www.mydomain.com/atom.xml

Also, what page do you submit to Daypop? It says it crawls the first page of the blog. Do you just go ahead and submit the page for the xml feed?

Thx

]]> by: Reaper http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-67340 Tue, 29 May 2007 08:27:26 +0000 http://www.BlueHatSEO.com/follow-up-to-100s-of-automated-linkshour-post/#comment-67340 A quick update on my results so far: After running the test campaign using a few keyword phrases for a week, I've had 6 clicks for a link to a PPL offer but no completions. These aren't exactly the results I was hoping for, but on the plus side the feeds are definitely getting indexed somewhere. I'm wondering if I need to contact the ping services more often (currently every 5 hours, re-creating the RSS feed every hour) or choose different keywords, or something else. Anyone want to give me any hints? If you don't want it public, feel free to email me here: reaper28 {AT} googlemail {DOT} com All help welcomed! :) A quick update on my results so far:

After running the test campaign using a few keyword phrases for a week, I’ve had 6 clicks for a link to a PPL offer but no completions.

These aren’t exactly the results I was hoping for, but on the plus side the feeds are definitely getting indexed somewhere.

I’m wondering if I need to contact the ping services more often (currently every 5 hours, re-creating the RSS feed every hour) or choose different keywords, or something else.

Anyone want to give me any hints?

If you don’t want it public, feel free to email me here: reaper28 {AT} googlemail {DOT} com

All help welcomed! :)

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