Google Robots and Sitemap
Cristian Mezei just made an interesting observation about Google’s robots.txt and sitemap.xml. Some links were pretty cool here, and here. 
So Google Dance is true afterall :DÂ Look what i found, it’s Matt Cutts (last image)!
Thanks for the additional info!
Jollibee is not a Black Hatter
There are numerous blog posts here, here, here, here and here, saying that Jollibee (website) is using black hat techniques. So is Jollibee (mascot) a Black Hatter :D? It was even published in Inq7 about the dirty tricks of Jollibee (website). Jollibee is dirty? Not the Jollibee (mascot), but the Jollibee (website)
I wouldn’t believe that Jollibee (website) would do black hat techniques directly. I suspect that this is an outsource job, and black hat techniques was the method use by that outsource company. Anyway, investigating further on sample doorway page, i dissect the source code and here’s what i found:
- lot’s of hidden links using a 1×1 pixel (1.jpg)
- links from various search engine queries with “Alt” attribute of the IMG field being keyword stuffed
- hidden texts in H1, H2, and H3
- Comments Keyword stuffing
But the thing that stands out is that there are outbound links going to www.on-linebrands.com. Who the hell is www.on-linebrands.com? Checking on G, they are a “Search Engine Optimization/Online Business Development”. So they are must be the Outsourcing Company hired by Jollibee (website) for their website optimization.
Did a background check on www.on-linebrands.com and guess what, i found other websites (here, here) with similar black hat techniques. It also includes a tagline “Optimized by Online Brands Ph Inc”.
By the way, i also found this link stating that a certain TrafficBus is also On-Line Brands. Hmmm…i still need to do more investigation regarding TrafficBus.
At least i have proven that Jollibee (mascot) is not a Black Hatter!
Mabuhay si Jollibee (mascot)!
I’m joining the Contest
SEO Philippines just recently launched an SEO Contest, and i’m joining the contest. Here’s my official SEO contest entry:
Isulong Seoph - link please
I guess this contest will show the best-of-the-best Filipino SEOs. I’m not that really interested in the prizes, if ever i’ll win, i’ll just use the cash prize for our group outing, i don’t know what to do with the other prizes.
Google, We Have A Problem!
Since the Big Daddy update by Google accross all datacenters, there were numerous problems encountered by webmasters, including me! (more…)
Google Adsense Demo
I was just checking out my Google Adsense, and upon logging out, i notice some different “demo” links for Google Adsense. I didn’t know if these “demo” pages were already existing before or just recently been inserted by Google. Anyway, here are the links: (more…)
My SES China Experience
I just recently attended the SES Conference held in Nanjing, China, and just thought i should share some of my experience on the SES Conference. (more…)