Deletion from DMOZ - enemies in action?

Bill · 2005-11-28, 04:31 PM

It's the old AOL trick - repeat the keywords multiple times in the domain name, and it used to push you right to the top of the old AOL listings (based on dmoz at the time but with a really simple minded keyword algo).

There was a time when that trick could make you a bunch of bucks off of that creamy AOL traffic.

And you used to see it used all the time by crafty dmoz editors, who figured out that hack on AOL early on.

Pretty much useless now, in fact, there's a bunch of speculation that google penalizes for too many repititions and hyphens in domain names.

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2005-11-28, 04:31 PM	#6
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	It's the old AOL trick - repeat the keywords multiple times in the domain name, and it used to push you right to the top of the old AOL listings (based on dmoz at the time but with a really simple minded keyword algo). There was a time when that trick could make you a bunch of bucks off of that creamy AOL traffic. And you used to see it used all the time by crafty dmoz editors, who figured out that hack on AOL early on. Pretty much useless now, in fact, there's a bunch of speculation that google penalizes for too many repititions and hyphens in domain names.