Monthly Archives: March 2008

How Long Does It Take For a Google Reinclusion Request?

As mentioned on the 20th, PocketSEO.com was hacked and penalized by Google. I submitted a reinclusion request the same day that I discovered the problem.
Today is the first day that the site is coming back in Google’s rankings (8 days). I don’t think that Google has followed up on the reinclusion request. […]

Japanese Blogging is #1 (37% Japanese; 36% English)

Interesting fact about Japanese being the #1 language for blogging:
There are more blog posts in Japanese than any other language, according to Technorati Inc., which tracks nearly 113 million blogs globally. Last year, Technorati found 37 percent of all postings were in Japanese — about 1.5 million per day. Postings in English — from Americans, […]

Is Rook Analytics Metapredict?

RookAnalytics.com looks like it might be run by the same people as Metapredict.com (domain tasters).

The Final Cure for WordPress Link Injection

Someone please write this script and put an end to WordPress link-injection hacking.

Robots.txt - Watching the Minor Details

Robots.txt tip - watch out for details.

WordPress, Google Groups, Porn Spam and Malware Distribution

Google Groups attacked by porn and malware spammers.

How To Defend Against Porn Link Injection

Protect your sites and clients against porn link injection.

Pocket SEO Was Hacked :(

PocketSEO.com was hacked and a WordPress backdoor was installed.

Joongel - Firefox Search Plugin

The Joongel search plugin looks great.

Why Wikipedia Doesn’t Suck

Some people claim “Wikipedia sucks”, but I think that it’s a great site despite its flaws.