Two weeks ago, the world found out that the U.S. Army had placed extensive new restrictions on soldiers’ blogs. Now the book of Colby Buzzell, a former machine gunner, has won an international contest – and Buzzell’s book is based on his blog. Oh, the irony.
Will Unison.ie be Banned From Google for Cloaking?
A nice little find by Niall Donegan who discusses Unison.ie cloaking:
A prime example of this is Unison.ie. When searching for current Irish news it usually ranks fairly high on Google, however all the pages require you register first before you view them. The registration gives no advantage to people like me who just want to a quick look at the latest news. I suspect that I’m not alone and that lots of people will just go back and look for another site.
Wikipedia No Longer Banned in China
Almost one year to the day after the Chinese government placed a ban on both the English and Chinese-language versions of online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, both have been lifted.
Yahoo Time Capsule Banned From Mexico
Instead of beaming its digitized time capsule into space from the Pyramid of the Sun, Yahoo will have to settle for burying it in the ground like everyone else does.
Google Promotes Banned Books
Despite America’s reputation as a free society, the practice of banning books in schools and even some libraries has happened through the years. Google and the American Library Association will celebrate 25 years of Banned Books Week, September 23rd – 30th.
You Can Be Banned By Google For Using You Own Website
Silly. Yes it may sound so. But it is not. And when your revenue is heavily depending on Google you cannot take risk of ignoring this bad habit residing in you.
Out of Exile: How to get un-banned from Google
I am banned from Google…Help!
An Easy Way Not to Get Banned by Google
To avoid being banned by Google, it’s important to understand how to manage multiple domains. If handled incorrectly, Google may ban a web site for the appearance of duplicate content. A 301 redirect is the key.
How to Determine if your Site is Banned in Google
Reader question: I think my site has been banned in google. It used to have all of these top positions for the past three years, and it suddenly disappeared. Can you help?
Why Business.com Was Banned
The need to include redirect in server access files is something many webmasters and site managers can come across. Including the correct text in order to inform visitors that the page or site they are looking for has moved is a relatively easy process. However, if search engine spiders and rankings are part of your web presence concern, there a few pointers that should be considered before altering your .htaccess file.