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Especially if they ask you to let them access your computer via remote desktop. Its definitely a scam.

I actually warn them before they tell me the generic stuff, it gets really annoying when they talk to you as if you don't know what you're doing. The only real satisfaction there is to calling a call center with a problem, is when they are proven wrong

Might fire up Xion in a bit and listen to some 80's. Just got settled in and still listening to the birds outside. Maybe a little Depeche Mode to start the day would be a good idea.

The scare mongering isn't working methinks. Hasn't since the first spammer. Its just a thought though. I mean everything evolves to a point, and here with spam, search engines should have realized that they were opening a can of worms, and found ways to stop it. Now its out of control and everyone is suffering from it in some way, not just the ones they were meant to target with their new fangled zoo.

That's the thing. At some point tiny text is mentioned as well, how many times, on a forum, has a person (myself included) used that text to describe an action? At the moment, it seems like they are going for the obvious lot, meta detail stuffing, invisible text, small text and of course, links built.

Entrapment, that's a fine line (IMHO), I have seen a lot of members on different forums panic when their rankings drop and then try harder to get their site back where it was originally. If broadening your link building campaign constitutes as spam after they have toggled your rankings, ouch. Then again, its a well known technique used by spammers. They just crank their software up a notch and hey presto, more backlinks.

Here's a question though. Why even bother telling people about new updates, algos, and the new patents, what they do, how they work and then once again point to how to build organic links. If they really wanted to stop spam, they wouldn't give them all the information they needed to find ways around it all.

and its not even Monday...

The original "Godfather" theme song. I should seriously finish that movie at some point. The dvd box is teasing me, got as far as when the guy woke up next to his prized racing horse, and decided to call it a night.

I kinda miss Marlon Brando, he was a darned good actor.

I wouldn't hand everything over completely. I would still make sure I have the deciding vote before things are done and have some authority. It would be great if the MD you get your hands on shares your views about your company and shows you that they aren't going to steer it into the ground in a heartbeat. I would check their track record, get them in on a temporary basis, or for the first while monitor what they are doing and steer them the right way before letting them go it alone for a while.

That sounds like an interesting tool to play around with, thanks for sharing it.

Blogging is awesome, especially when you can build a blog that people always go to for the latest info in their niche and think of you as an authority. Its just a lot of hard work, and researching for it could take you longer than writing the post itself. But its still rewarding to see a response to something you're written.

There are a lot of threads in various marketplaces around the web that ask for / or offer services as guest bloggers, and specify the niches they want their posts written in, so having a look there can also be a good idea.

I couldn't help it, but I had to smile reading this. Google has been awarded a patent that modifies a site's/page's ranking if they think its been involved in spamming.