fantomNewsCloaking, IP delivery, search engine optimization (SEO) and search marketing (SEM)Sliding Dollar Impacts fantomaster Products Price Hike Tonight- November 26, 2007 The decline of the dollar has been hitting European vendors and producers selling stuff in the dollar space pretty hard recently. Being based in Belgium, we're no exception, and so we'll regrettably have to raise prices for some of our products from midnight tonighthttp://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2007/11/26/sliding-dollar-impacts-fantomaster-p... Another week, another fantOon!- November 26, 2007 Once again, here's your favorite black hat SEO comic!http://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2007/11/26/another-week-another-fantoon-5/ The Spammers Guide to Wikipedia Hacking- November 21, 2007 What's up in terms of spamming and hacking at Google's all-time darling, Wikipedia Essentially, it's the old Dmoz story all over again: A long, sordid tale of broken dreams, tainted trust, misguided zeal, faked concerns and, barring politics, some of the sleaziest social engineering extant.http://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2007/11/20/the-spammers-guide-to-wikipedia-hack... Monday is fantOonday!- November 19, 2007 Ok, folks &8211; here's another week's worth of search marketing report.http://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2007/11/19/monday-is-fantoonday-4/ PageRank Evolution and SERP Rankings Analyzed - Evaluating a Statistical Study- November 17, 2007 It's been a long standing assertion amongst the A-list members of the SEO community that PageRank does not equate with ranking: Too many low PR sites hitting top spots in the SERPs, outdoing their high PR competitors, it's really hard to come to any different conclusion. However, now there's a statistical study determining PR evolution in the Google SERPs over the past 6 months and analyzing the correlation between PR and rankings, offering some interesting conclusionshttp://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2007/11/17/pagerank-evolution-and-serp-rankings... Making Money by De-Linking- November 16, 2007 Isn't it funny how prophecies have a knack of coming true sometimes One month ago we did a cartoon taking a shot at Google's hypocritical FUD tactics regarding paid links by fantasizing about what a pair of hardnosed mobsters would do to take advantage of this positively silly state of affairs. Now, it seems that a high profile company like Shopzilla has actually started to pay for link removal!http://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2007/11/15/making-money-by-de-linking/ Searching in Nomad Mode: Enter Boopsie, a New Mobile Search Engine- November 15, 2007 When you're traveling or running errands, far from the office desktop or in lack of that nifty laptop, having to make do with your smart phone's standard search function usually sucks bigtime. The last thing you need is to wade through a hundred search engine results on a display screen the size of a postage stamp!http://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2007/11/15/searching-in-nomad-mode-enter-boopsi... Beyond the Dimtwits - How to Leverage Twitter for Your Marketing Efforts- November 15, 2007 If you've fallen for the prevailing view that a social networking setup like Twitter is of no practical use unless you're an exhibitionist attention whore, perhaps, think again. There's actually a lot more to it, provided you're prepared to venture on untrodden ground.http://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2007/11/14/beyond-the-dimtwits-how-to-leverage-... The Link Building 101 Rap Video- November 15, 2007 Here's a "Link Building 101 in 2 Minutes" video that will save you tons of time and money.http://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2007/11/14/the-link-building-101-rap-video/ The Google Payload Instant Success - Buyers Making Money Only Hours After Signing Up- November 14, 2007 The first reports are in and subscribers have begun making serious money only hours after purchase: Seems that Google Payload is a real bigtime winner on all fronts. However, there's even more news - some good, some badhttp://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2007/11/14/the-google-payload-instant-success-b... |