Evil site scraping bastards
Yep, check it out. A mob called Web Propeller are scraping every single post I write on this blog, within an hour of me posting them. Compare my recent post to theirs. They’ve even stolen my image! I...
View ArticleDumbass of the Week: Site Scrapers
Sitting in the big chair marked Dumbass this week is an annoying little SEO outfit from Manchester called Web Propeller. I ranted yesterday about how they were evil site scraping bastards because they...
View ArticleDumbass of the Week: The guy who wants the answer to everything
Loyal readers of my blog will know that I don’t give out the Dumbass of the Week crown lightly. I’ve never given it to a question submitter before but felt compelled this week when I received the...
View ArticleDumbass of the Week: AdWords Support Staff
Let me preface this post by saying that I love Google and I’m a big supporter and very early adopter of AdWords pay per click advertising. BUT a recent experience I had with AdWords support staff left...
View Article10 Ways to Piss Off an SEO
Thank you Alhan Keser for your hilarious blog post 10 Ways to Piss Off an SEO. I come across Number 4 a LOT and it still makes my eyes water. Reminds me of the Top 10 Dumbest Web Site Decisions...
View ArticleDumbass of the Week: Google
At first, I was delighted to see Google’s new logo (pictured) when I logged into Google New Zealand today. After all, the logo is designed by Eric Carle, author of my son’s favorite book The Very...
View ArticleDumbass of the Week: Derek Powazek
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a candidate sitting on the Dumbass throne. But this month, we’ve had two. I couldn’t decide which to blog first, so I decided to go with the one who made me the...
View ArticleDumbass of the Week: Virgin Blue
Today, an unknown number of Virgin Blue Velocity members (including me) received an email titled “Surprise!- You’ve Turned Gold”. The email announced that the recipient had been granted a free upgrade...
View ArticleDumbass of the Week: Facebook Users
Oh boy, you’re going to love this one. It all began last week when Read Write Web, (a very popular blog based here in New Zealand), published a post about Facebook’s new partnership with AOL called FB...
View ArticleDumbass of the Week: Pay Per Click Advertisers
It’s been ages since we’ve had a Dumbass of the Week, but I saw something yesterday that prompted me to resurrect the title once more. A staff member here sent me a screengrab from a Google search he...
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