Someone Know The Trick Of These Blog Sites?

[jonty]

I found that some blogs is in top #5 for some very competitive word (such as "bedroom furniture"). Sometimes, they are just nothing but a site that redirects to another small directory with the search result of bedroom furniture. This really frustrated me, how can these redireting site ranked so well? Do they use some "tricks" in keyword and description. I've noticed the use of <link ref="home" title="keyword" href="/keyword">

what's with this <link href="home">? ? Actually I saw the use of <link> is recommended by W3C. Anyone familiar with the use of this tag?

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[rouble]

You can read about the <LINK> element here...
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/links.html#edef-LINK

Do they use some "tricks" in keyword and description.

No, they just have a lot of backlinks. You can see which sites are linking to that site to see why it's getting such a good ranking by searching for this in Yahoo...
linkdomain:www-bedroomfurniture.blogspot.com
or this in Google (or AltaVista)...
link:www-bedroomfurniture.blogspot.com -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[hansi]

Yes those spam blog sites has lots of backlinks as a result of link spamming, usually done using Black Hat method. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[jonty]

rouble..but as search engines getting more sophisticated, how come thses black hat seo still work and work so well? -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[spitfire]

their high SERPs are temporary. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[taufell]

yeh , btw what's a Black Hat Method? I wish my Superblog gets rank #1 in at least one search engine -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[comet]

Originally Posted by hansi

Yes those spam blog sites has lots of backlinks as a result of link spamming, usually done using Black Hat method.

that's why yahoo sucks..they rank spammy sites too good -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[sharp]

Originally Posted by spitfire

their high SERPs are temporary.

Indeed temporary in itself, but there are enough of them about for it to not seem that way sometimes... -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[graham]

what's a Black Hat Method?
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[duke]

Originally Posted by graham

what's a Black Hat Method?
Thanks.

Something that is warned and penalised against by the search engines, cloaking for example. This sort of tactic usually bring short term gains but will get you penalised or banned in the long run. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --