| LED Digest 1765: DMOZ, SEO Optimizers...and Attraction Pages? |
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================================================== The LED Digest Moderated Discussion List "Effective Online Advertising, Since 1997" pair Networks: The LED's Web Host Hosting and Domain Reg. from a Trusted Leader pair.com for Hosting | pairNIC.com for Domains ================================================== List Moderator: Published by: Adam Audette LED Digest adam,led-digest.com http://www.led-digest.com ................................................ March 15, 2004 Issue #1765 ................................................ .....IN THIS DIGEST..... ======= NEW ===================== --== Keywords & Description 'Not Recognized'? ==-- ~ George Oliver Jr. "I have a conundrum for you. I've run my site through some optimizing software..." --== All About DMOZ ==-- ~ Joanne Cannell "I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a strange problem." ==== CONTINUING ================= --== Fraud ==-- ~ Gary Greene "Be careful out there!!" ==== BILLBOARD =================== --== Attraction Pages? ==-- ~ Tom Ulbrich --== Non-Deliverable Emails ==-- ~ Kathryn Martyn ~ Greg Robbins ======= NEW ====================================== From: George Oliver Jr. Subject: Keywords / Description Not Recognized Hello Everyone, I have a conundrum for you. I've run my site (naturelibrary.com) through some optimizing software I've found on the web and I've noticed for some odd reason that my keywords and my description meta tags do not get recognized. They are clearly intact and there for the whole world to see (just check the source code), but are not recognized which is evidenced in the errors I have been receiving while optimizing. Has anyone else ever run into this problem at all? If this is in fact somehow broken in my code, then I fear the search engines don't see these keywords and descriptions either which is ultimately hurting my rankings. Might I throw a request to all the whiz-bang hotshot coders out there to see if they can help me figure out what is happening. I'm at my wits end as to why these keyword tags and description tags are not recognized, so I figured I'd try the LED list as it's always been a fantastic resource and full of insightful info. Other comments on this topic are welcomed as well. Cheers, George Oliver Jr. http://www.naturelibrary.com ------- new post - new topic ------- From: Joanne Cannell Subject: DMOZ I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a strange problem. I had my website redesigned a few months ago, and the designer changed my web address from www.kitchendesignbyjoanne.com to http://kitchendesignbyjoanne.com. I had been listed with DMOZ (the Open Directory Project) & after launching the new site, I submitted it to DMOZ. Once the directory was updated, my ranking with Google improved dramatically. But recently I noticed that my site wasn't coming up on searches anymore, & that my old site was reappearing in some searches. I went to the DMOZ website & found that if you do a search for my name at the top level, it brings up my old listing, not my new one, in the two categories I am listed in... It seems that the top index reverted to an earlier version, because when I go to the listing in one of the categories, it is correct. I submitted a correction for the other listing that was pointed to my old website (but there currently isn't an editor for that category, so who knows when or if it will be fixed), & I also submitted general feedback to the DMOZ site, & to the highest ranking editor I could find, but so far have not received a reply. Has anyone else experienced a problem with the top search index on DMOZ? And is there a way to get it fixed? I also submitted a request to be an editor, but haven't heard back on that either. Joanne Cannell ===== CONTINUING ================================= From: Gary Greene Subject: Fraud > The automated systems are the easiest to beat. I have > had credit cards faxed to me when I've asked for identity > verification. They were perfect... A month later they were > fraudulent. - Charles Bennett, LED 1761 I have had a similar experience where they actually sent me a cashier's check for several thousand dollars over what the items cost. They gave me some crazy story which I immediately related to the issuing bank (Wilson State Bank). The bank informed me of a huge counterfeiting ring with their checks and I am now awaiting a call from the Secret Service to gather my documents... Be careful out there!! Gary Greene www.simply-shopping.com ==== BILLBOARD ==================================== From: Tom Ulbrich Subject: "Attraction Pages" I'm new to this forum and hope this is an appropriate spot to ask this question. I was recently approached by a company that guaranteed us top 10 ranking on multiple search engines. I was suspicious and asked a lot of questions. They talked about creating "attraction pages". They claimed it was perfectly legitimate. I was under the impression that this can potentially get your site black listed. Our business relies heavily on the web orders and we cannot take any chances on having our site black listed. We currently rely heavily on pay per click advertising with very good results but are not listed well in search engine data bases. Any comments will be very much appreciated. Thanks! Tom Ulbrich "live life with intention" ------- new post - same topic ------- From: Kathryn Martyn Subject: Non-deliverable > In recent weeks I have been notified by automated systems > that some of my emails have not been delivered. In each case, > the message is only one or two words, (usually "hello")... - Robert Ellis, LED 1763 Hi Robert, No, it's not just you. It's everyone. There have been numerous clever e-mail spams and viruses circulating lately. I get upwards of 1000 e-mails every single day. It's annoying because about 97% are spam, and 1% are viruses, but it's not going away. Here's what I do: 1. I have Outlook filter the majority of spam-like mail for me. Then I scan that folder, first looking at the subject, and secondly the sender. If the subject is obviously spam, I don't have to give it more than the slightest glance, if there is no subject, I will glance at the sender. The sender's address gives clues, big clues. If the address is obviously not one a person would use, then it's spam. 2. If the e-mail purports to have been sent by you, and you know you didn't send it, delete it, it's spam or a virus or both. 3. If you receive e-mail that looks like it's coming from some ISP indicating you sent something that couldn't be delivered, check to see whether there is an address, and if so update your database. If not, it's junk. Delete it. 4. Spam bounce notices - you didn't send them, just ignore it. Delete key, please. This includes those messages telling you your message couldn't be delivered because the "filter Gods" decided it was spam. Delete those too, you can't make those filters happy. (I have other ways of getting around that but not appropriate for this message). All of these warnings and messages are spam and/or viruses themselves. When it doubt, toss it out. Friends don't send friends attachments - unless they relate to work that is ;-) My delete key has been used so much the text has worn off. Don't waste time trying to figure these things out - almost always, just delete in the best course of action. In the case of e-mail virus, if you repeat, in other words, if you reply, or send the message to someone else or do anything at all you are playing into the hands of those who sent the crap in the first place. Remember: "Don't repeat, just delete" or "If it doubt, toss it out." Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP http://www.onemorebite.com ------- new post - same topic ------- From: Greg Robbins Subject: Non-deliverable In answer to Robert's post, if the virus mentioned is W32/Netsky-D virus or similar, then all you are seeing is a variation on the worms which randomly sent out e-mails to everyone in your address book. The variation is that they forge the "from" data field, randomly inserting someone else from the address book. In a small community you could possibly work out whose address book is being used, but otherwise you need to look deeper to see who it's from. For me, life's too short at the moment and you might take consolation in it being someone else's problem. On the other hand, you could get riled at someone wasting all our time - depends on your priority this week. Hope that's reassuring. Greg Robbins www.greentrad.org.uk ------------------------------------------------------- The LED Digest is sponsored by pair Networks: pair.com for Hosting | pairNIC.com for Domains Copyright 1995-2004 Adam Audette. All Rights Reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted." - Ellen Glasgow |
