Fused Nation – UK SEO Blog

I know this has become somewhat of an ongoing theme latetly, but I’ve been on a little bit of a spam hunting mission (if Mr Cutts is reading this, I am available for consultancy – my prices are insanely high, but hey, you can afford it!).

Found this via a networking forum – a bit of a spam sob story really.  Saw a member’s site that semi competed with one of my client’s sites so I checked it out.  Holy spam batman!   It’s like it’s 2002 all over again!

I followed a footer link back to their web development agency – 1link4it (h*ttp://www.1link4it.co.uk).  It would appear that quite a range of their clients have fallen into the same trap – shitloads of hidden text all over the site.  Check out the first couple of examples on their portfolio page.

Usually when I come across someone doing something naughty I’ll spam report them (if they are in some way competing with me) – I didn’t this time, simply because their client’s site (56 pages) vs my client’s site (255,000 pages) isn’t really competition.

But the main reason is that their client isn’t the one that’s responsible – with multiple clients all using the same hidden text techniques, it is down to 1link4it.  So time to give the client a break I think.

I don’t do web design – anyone out there want to get in touch with their clients and pitch for some business?

MG