Search engine SPAM detector
What does this tool do? This tool analyzes a web page, searching for characteristics that search engines could consider spam. If you don’t know what “search engine spamming” means or if you want to know how this tool works, you can read the Spam detector FAQ. What type of tricks does it find? The tool tries to detect three main methods: keyword stuffing, doorway farms and hidden text. Any trick based on Javascript or on CSS positioning/layering will not be detected (for now). Search engine spam detection is very difficult to accomplish and this tool can’t recognize all the existing tricks/methods; it isn’t perfect and it sometimes fails. Why did you create this tool? To persuade webmasters and SEO to think: … Read entire article »
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4 Google Penalty Flags : Have You Been Penalized by Google
Google is believed to apply a variety of filters to sites that fail to follow their TOS. More often than not, if you correct all errors, you will be forgiven and filters will be removed (even with no reconsideration request required). The major problem is, webmasters might be completely unaware of the fact the site is filtered or under penalty. They might be unaware of (internal) duplicate content problem, notorious bad neighborhood problems or “over-optimization” issues. The possible issues might be numerous and they can be totally invisible even to an SEO-savvy person. So here are a few flags that might mean your site is forced to have lower rankings than it deserves due to the penalty or filter: 1. Sudden Google referral traffic drop (or sudden loss of major rankings). As discussed … Read entire article »
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Find broken links on web sites
Find broken links on web sites * Description * Download * Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) * The story of Xenu’s Link Sleuth (TM) * Bug List * Future feature List * Credits * Links for further reading * Trademarks Description Xenu’s Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on “normal” links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time. Additional features: Simple, no-frills user-interface Can re-check broken links (useful for temporary network errors) Simple report format, can also be e-mailed Executable file smaller than 1MB Supports SSL websites (“https:// “) Partial testing of ftp and gopher sites Detects and reports redirected URLs Site Map Download By downloading you are acknowledging … Read entire article »
Filed under: Check tools, Diagnose a Google Penalty, Reasons of penalty
