Target.com's Aggressive SEO Tactic Spams Google 241
eldavojohn writes "Greg Niland is blogging about target.com's aggressive near-spam search engine optimization, and is more than a little critical not only of how this affects the most popular search engine, but also why it will probably persist. If you want an example, search for 'Exercise Bike Clearance' and click the first link."
Re:Easy response (Score:5, Funny)
As if slashdotters would search for exercise bikes...
Re:How are these getting indexed? (Score:3, Funny)
I have found the solution!... (Score:5, Funny)
But is on expect-exchange.
Re:Easy response (Score:5, Funny)
Of course they do. But only to install Linux on them.
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Re:Could have made it a link (Score:5, Funny)
I tried site:target.com we could not find matches for [google.com] and the third option was Anal Massage for Lovers Vol 2 [target.com].
I wasn't aware that Target marketed to this demographic.
Re:haha - Mod up! (Score:4, Funny)
'Anal Massage for Lovers Vol 2 Wow.
Vol 1 wasn't enough? Wow indeed!
Re:Easy response (Score:2, Funny)
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of exercise bikes!
Re:Easy response (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Could have made it a link (Score:3, Funny)
And then they come out to ./, telling us to get off their lawns, rambling on about their onion belt and whatnot.
Crazy old people.
Re:Easy response (Score:5, Funny)
WTF is a gym?
Re:Could have made it a link (Score:2, Funny)
And c'mon LtCol Burrito, do you honestly beleive I don't know the difference between sponsored links and actual results? I'm not new to this internet thingy.
Well, you clearly don't know the difference between .co.uk and .com !