Great article. I was never sure just how strict search engines would be on it because Even still, there's a lot of searches that come up wrong when I'm seeking information. Maybe there could be a shift from SEO practices to Search refinement/SEO policing instead?
ChristophorRick
· 6 months ago
Hi Josh, thanks for the comment.
The problem is partly that there are so many website submissions and so much content that the checking process probably can't be 100% automated. So then at that point you end up running into a situation where say Google probably needs to pay people to look at specific things to determine validity...well how much money are they going to put into that? It's the limiting factor.
What we need is some sort of voluntary set of standards that when followed allows a site to display some badge of honor stating that they only use good SEO practices... I don't recall ever seeing something like this. Maybe it's time for me to look into starting it heh.
Guest
· 6 months ago
Check out the channel of DaveSolari on YouTube youtube.com/davesolari. What he does is blackhat video SEO, pure and simple. As a YouTube partner, he is able to pick and choose thumbnails. Instead of using it the proper way (picking a descriptive frame from his own video) he hi-jacks frames from the most popular video of the day (e.g. Britain's got talent). With optimised metadata he is able to be listed amongst the official videos through the related items feature. His only interest is getting video views, thereby increasing revenue from Google AdSense. Should this trickery be condoned by YouTube?
Mark Robertson
· 6 months ago
Very interesting "Guest" Ill check this out for sure. NO - Youtube Should not be condoning it - if they even know its happening...
Mark Robertson
· 6 months ago
Can you give an example video?
dave solari
· 6 months ago
Hi... davesolari here... i thought it would be funny to google myself, and this came up on 6th page. Your are totally correct. even tho the thumb hijacking has earned me over 3000$ in a month, i had a first strike warning from youtube. Its why i stopped doing it, and have to earn my views the honest way. More hard work, but i guess also more rewarding since its without cheating.
Dave
Mark Robertson
· 6 months ago
Hey Dave Solari... Good to hear that you stopped but darn, $3K/mo, wow! No wonder I had a hard time finding examples and wasnt sure if "anonymous" was right... I think you are right, should be more rewarding to do it honestly... Thanks for the comment ;-)
Mark Robertson
· 6 months ago
BTW, I assume that you saw the 1st and 2nd result Dave... ;-) Ouch. Time to do some defensive reputation management SEO....
It seems that Dave is starting to realise that this is not the way forward, since his most recent videos feature correct thumbnails. The effect is immediately shown in the viewing results....
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The problem is partly that there are so many website submissions and so much content that the checking process probably can't be 100% automated. So then at that point you end up running into a situation where say Google probably needs to pay people to look at specific things to determine validity...well how much money are they going to put into that? It's the limiting factor.
What we need is some sort of voluntary set of standards that when followed allows a site to display some badge of honor stating that they only use good SEO practices... I don't recall ever seeing something like this. Maybe it's time for me to look into starting it heh.
As a YouTube partner, he is able to pick and choose thumbnails. Instead of using it the proper way (picking a descriptive frame from his own video) he hi-jacks frames from the most popular video of the day (e.g. Britain's got talent). With optimised metadata he is able to be listed amongst the official videos through the related items feature. His only interest is getting video views, thereby increasing revenue from Google AdSense.
Should this trickery be condoned by YouTube?
Your are totally correct. even tho the thumb hijacking has earned me over 3000$ in a month, i had a first strike warning from youtube. Its why i stopped doing it, and have to earn my views the honest way. More hard work, but i guess also more rewarding since its without cheating.
Dave
This one (Eugene The Librarian is Fake) is an example of Blackhat video SEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezQO0lMzLx8&fe...
It seems that Dave is starting to realise that this is not the way forward, since his most recent videos feature correct thumbnails. The effect is immediately shown in the viewing results....