Bad Times For Britain Ahead? 

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I’m not talking about the current sub-prime mortgage problem. This is a long overdue correction to some very silly lending practices.
I’m talking about Gordon Brown, and what he’s got planned for UK PLC.
He talks the business talk, but he’s a hardcore Social Democrat. Forget what comes out of his mouth, watch what he does.
He’s on […]

Is Google Perverting The Internet? 

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Google is a very good search engine. It supports thousands of struggling webmasters with Google Adsense. It’s much more responsive to webmasters than Yahoo or MSN.
However, I propose that its influence on the internet is not entirely benign. Webmasters are victims of its great success. How? Read on, and find out.
1. Google Knows Your Business […]

TigerTom Penalised Again: The Google -950 Penalty. 

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My main site got hammered by another penalty in April 2007: The Google -950 Penalty.
This means that pages on your website go to beyond page 950 in the SERPs, but only for certain keywords.
In practice it means you’re nowhere for the keywords you’re targetting, but can be found for unique or low-competition phrases on […]

Banned by MSN, and Back Again 

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TigerTom does it again! This time, I got banned by MSN. And I had plenty of company. Another algorithm update, another sea of tears. I managed to contact MSNDude at Webmasterworld.com before he got promoted/fed up, and get my site back in. God be praised!
Here’s a suggestion if a re-inclusion request doesn’t work, and […]