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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 5:54am

   
   

   This reminds of the whole censoring of "child pornography" websites issue. It's easier to block the sites instead of actually catching the people doing it, and thus stopping the site, too. This way they can just block all child porn sites, and they claim the world is free of pedophiles!
   
   Right. Of course their agenda is always another one, this why they push this issue because they know people will think it's make sense to block child porn sites.

    

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   specialized (profile), Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 6:18am

   
   

   This initiative is similar in nature, but even less effective than a puerto rican shower.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 6:20am

   
   

   A really good documentary on the city, how it came to be what it is now, and the tragedy of the people living there:
   http://www.logtv.com/films/chelyabinsk/

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 6:24am

   
   

   In soviet Russia, search engine cleans you!

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 6:26am

   
   

   All SEO is a scam

   I'm not talking about basic web site competence, such as ensuring that tags are used properly, that the pages comply with the relevant standards, that links work, etc. I'm talking about all attempts to manipulate search engine results: they are ALL scams.
   
   Which is why it's not surprising to find some of the same people involved in spam and spyware working in SEO. Filth attracts filth.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 6:54am

   
   

   Re: All SEO is a scam

   As someone whose main job is SEO for my company, may I ask why you think SEO is a scam?
   
   Google is constantly updating its results by crawling the web and maintaining its algorithm, small changes to different parts of web pages affect those rankings. People selling you SERP manipulation are going to be the ones scamming you, but there are ways to improve your rankings as results change naturally.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 6:57am

   
   

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   Beat me to it!

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 7:06am

   
   

   This is what you get from people who lived decades under a regime that relied on propaganda.

    

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   abc gum, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 7:22am

   
   

   "They've put out for bid a search engine optimization contract, in which they want the top 150 results on the city's name to show "positive or neutral opinions of the ecology of Chelyabinsk and the Chelyabinsk region." At most only 20% should show "negative reports about the region's environment.""
   
   Interesting that fake reviews are now included in Search Engine Optimization contracts, or did I miss something here.

    

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    charlie potatoes (profile), Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 7:27am

    
    

    Propaganda

    Let's see, THEIR missiles are dirty old Scuds... American missiles are PATRIOTS. Yeah, I'm glad the U.S. Govt. never uses propaganda. Nasty business, what?

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 7:29am

    
    

    Re: Re: All SEO is a scam

    your job is a lie.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 8:13am

    
    

    Re: Re: Re: All SEO is a scam

    Don't you mean "your job is to lie" ?

     

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    Marcus Carab (profile), Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 8:45am

    
    

    Re: All SEO is a scam

    This is what I always tell people when they ask me about SEO:
    
    Google's goal is to direct people to useful, relevant content that matches what they are looking for. Thus your goal with a website is simple: be useful, be relevant, have content that people seek.
    
    That's the only real SEO (apart from, as you say, some simple developer best practices that ensure your content is easy to read and index)

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 9:31am

    
    

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    Interesting reading. Thanks for that!

     

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    DannyB (profile), Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 11:12am

    
    

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    Interesting?
    
    Maybe.
    
    Surprising?
    
    Not at all.

     

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    hmm (profile), Aug 2nd, 2011 @ 4:14pm

    
    

    "They've put out for bid a search engine optimization contract, in which they want the top 150 results on the city's name to show "positive(protons) or neutral(neutrons) opinions of the ecology of Chelyabinsk and the Chelyabinsk region." At most only 20% should show "negative reports about the region's environment.""
    
    80%...chelyabinsk is great....i love the local parks!! etc
    20%...hey this place is a radioactive hellhole and if you spend more than an hour here your testicles will grow tumors and fall off!!!!!!
    
    I wonder which % would be more effective

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 3rd, 2011 @ 9:58am

    
    

    Re: Re: Re: All SEO is a scam

    Yet I still get paid for it and I've helped grow sales 200% in 3 years. I'm asking an honest question here and your reply is less than helpful.

     

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    nasch (profile), Aug 3rd, 2011 @ 7:20pm

    
    

    Instead?

    Do you know that they are not also trying to clean the city up, or are you just assuming that?

     

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    Martin, Aug 25th, 2011 @ 2:41pm

    
    

    I work at a Boston SEO company, and I think it's going to be pretty hard to take care of this issue. While I'm not familiar with the Yandex algorithm, Google treats informational searches very differently than transactional searches. It's one thing to say you want your company to appear above another, but much harder to change informational searches about cities, landmarks, etc.

     

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